How to create android project with gradle from command line?

android create project was removed in SDK tools 26.0.1

See https://askubuntu.com/questions/906942/android-update-project-path-target-android-25-on-ubuntu-16-04 for more details

Trying to use it fails with:

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The "android" command is deprecated.
For manual SDK, AVD, and project management, please use Android Studio.
For command-line tools, use tools/bin/sdkmanager and tools/bin/avdmanager
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Invalid or unsupported command "project create"

Supported commands are:
android list target
android list avd
android list device
android create avd
android move avd
android delete avd
android list sdk
android update sdk

Workaround: Android Studio template + copy helper script

The best workaround I have is to:

• create a new Gradle project manually from the Android Studio GUI
• use a helper script to copy that template around, renaming classes in the process

The following helper script allows you to do:

./template NewAppName AppTemplateProject

to get a new app NewAppName from an existing AppTemplateProject created with Android studio:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -ex
new="$1"
shift
if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
  old="$1"
  shift
else
  old='Min'
fi
old="$(echo "$old" | sed -E 's/\/$//')"
new="$(echo "$new" | sed -E 's/\/$//')"
new_lower="$(echo "$new" | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')"
old_lower="$(echo "$old" | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')"
cp -r "$old" "$new"
cd "$new"
find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i "s/${old}/${new}/g"
find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i "s/${old_lower}/${new_lower}/g"
cd 'app/src/main/java/com/cirosantilli/android_cheat'

GitHub upstream: https://github.com/cirosantilli/android-cheat/blob/0e6b7462705179658b48d0e2e27f0dbce308393c/gradle/template

Yes it is not perfect. But CLI support appears secondary to Google, so what can you do :-(

Here is the solution PHP Android CLI

Just run:

phpandroid create HelloWorld com.example.helloworld

and your project is scaffolded with latest android-studio parameters, like, compile & target SDK is 29, buildToolsVersion is 29.0.1 & minSdk is 16.

If you want to change, like, want to set minSdk to 14:

phpandroid create PROJECT PACKAGE --minSdk=14

PHP Android CLI can also create Variants and modules (application/library):

phpandroid create PROJECT PACKAGE --modules=common:library,admin --variants=free:type,paid:type,php:backend,firebase:backend

this will generate 2 applications, app, admin & a library common. App has 2 dimensions: type & backend 4 variants: free & paid of type dimension; php & firebase variant of backend dimension.