Minimum Viable Android Environment on Apple Silicon

This guide is based on this guide with a couple updates for running on Apple Silicon.

Install Android Commandline Tools

brew update
brew install openjdk@11
brew install android-commandlinetools --cask

Install Android SDK Components

sdkmanager "build-tools;30.0.3" "platform-tools" "emulator" "system-images;android-30;google_apis;arm64-v8a" "platforms;android-30"

# verify everything got installed
sdkmanager --list_installed

Create AVD

avdmanager create avd -n "Pixel_4A" -d "pixel_4a" -k "system-images;android-30;google_apis;arm64-v8a"

# verify avd is listed
emulator -list-avds

Start an Emulator

emulator -avd Pixel_4A