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+description = "Android SDK Command-line Tools"
+homepage = "https://developer.android.com/tools#tools-sdk"
+test =  "sdkmanager --version"
+binaries = [
+  "bin/apkanalyzer",
+  "bin/avdmanager",
+  "bin/lint",
+  "bin/retrace",
+  "bin/sdkmanager",
+]
+strip = 1
+
+// avdmanager respects com.android.sdkmanager.toolsdir
+// sdkmanager respects com.android.sdklib.toolsdir
+// ANDROID_SDK_ROOT is deprecated. Don't even try it.
+// ... and everyone respects ANDROID_HOME
+env = {
+  "AVDMANAGER_OPTS": "'-Dcom.android.sdkmanager.toolsdir=${ANDROID_HOME}/cmdline-tools/${version}'",
+  "SDKMANAGER_OPTS": "'-Dcom.android.sdklib.toolsdir=${ANDROID_HOME}/cmdline-tools/${version}'",
+  "ANDROID_HOME": "${HERMIT_ENV}/.hermit/android",
+}
+
+// Symlink files and not the directory because avdmanager walks up the path!
+// TODO(ssr): this *really* should be 'on "exec"' or, worse, 'on "activate"',
+// but symlink isn't idempotent
+on "unpack" {
+  mkdir {
+    dir = "${HERMIT_ENV}/.hermit/android/cmdline-tools/${version}"
+  }
+
+  symlink {
+    from = "${root}/NOTICE.txt"
+    to = "${HERMIT_ENV}/.hermit/android/cmdline-tools/${version}/NOTICE.txt"
+  }
+
+  symlink {
+    from = "${root}/bin"
+    to = "${HERMIT_ENV}/.hermit/android/cmdline-tools/${version}/bin"
+  }
+
+  symlink {
+    from = "${root}/lib"
+    to = "${HERMIT_ENV}/.hermit/android/cmdline-tools/${version}/lib"
+  }
+
+  symlink {
+    from = "${root}/source.properties"
+    to = "${HERMIT_ENV}/.hermit/android/cmdline-tools/${version}/source.properties"
+  }
+}
+
+// Version comes from sdkmanager --list
+version "9.0" {
+  darwin {
+    source = "https://dl.google.com/android/repository/commandlinetools-mac-9477386_latest.zip"
+  }
+
+  linux {
+    source = "https://dl.google.com/android/repository/commandlinetools-linux-9477386_latest.zip"
+  }
+}