tools package is deprecated. Migrate to cmdline-tools

The tools package is deprecated:

https://developer.android.com/tools#tools-sdk

I didn't spend a long time investigating, but it seems like Google has stopped serving the sdkmanager tools package this morning.

Leading to:

Warning: Failed to find package 'tools'
  /opt/actions-runner/_work/_actions/android-actions/setup-android/9fc6c4e9069bf8d3d10b2204b1fb8f6ef7065407/dist/index.js:1823
                  error = new Error(`The process '${this.toolPath}' failed with exit code ${this.processExitCode}`);
                          ^
  
>  Error: The process '/home/ubuntu/.android/sdk/cmdline-tools/16.0/bin/sdkmanager' failed with exit code 1
      at ExecState._setResult (/opt/actions-runner/_work/_actions/android-actions/setup-android/9fc6c4e9069bf8d3d10b2204b1fb8f6ef7065407/dist/index.js:1823:25)
      at ExecState.CheckComplete (/opt/actions-runner/_work/_actions/android-actions/setup-android/9fc6c4e9069bf8d3d10b2204b1fb8f6ef7065407/dist/index.js:1806:18)
      at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/opt/actions-runner/_work/_actions/android-actions/setup-android/9fc6c4e9069bf8d3d10b2204b1fb8f6ef7065407/dist/index.js:1700:27)
      at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:524:28)
      at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1104:16)
      at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:304:5)

If it is indeed the case that tools is no longer being served, then this repo can change this:

  packages:
    description: 'Additional packages to install'
    required: false
    default: 'tools platform-tools'

to the following:

  packages:
    description: 'Additional packages to install'
    required: false
    default: 'cmdline-tools platform-tools'

And rename references in the documentation. I am not sure if this is a breaking change or not (that would require a v5).
Consumers might be looking for tools and have to migrate.

If people are stuck in the meantime while this issue is fixed, they can do (in their Android repos):

    - name: Android SDK setup
      uses: android-actions/setup-android@v4
      with:
        packages: 'platform-tools'

Which will prevent the deprecated and problematic tools from being requested

Fix ci-android.yml

Stop Requesting The Retired Android SDK Tools Package

ci: Fix setup Android SDK

sync(kernelsu): update submodule to 9645b0e

ci: Fix setup Android SDK

sync(kernelsu): update submodule to b22a46e

Mobile Android CI: stop installing the removed `tools` SDK package (#316

workflow: setup-android@v4.0.1

Fix issue build. android-actions/setup-android#537

CI Android : Google a retiré le paquet SDK « tools », dépôts sur le web

Name platform-tools explicitly for android-actions/setup-android

ci: stop installing the SDK tools package Google no longer serves

fix(e2e): Flutter SDK tools package + mobile evidence tmp isolation (#…

ci: stop installing 'tools' package from android sdk (servo#48095)

ci(android-sdk): fix setup-android failing on deprecated tools package

workaround for android-actions issue

ci(examples): stop installing the removed `tools` SDK package

fix: fix the setup android step

Fix android-actions#537: stop installing the deprecated `tools` package

CI: stop installing the removed Android SDK 'tools' package (#2332)

Fix build-android-jni CI workflow failure

ci(android): stop installing deprecated 'tools' SDK package

Updates on Sept 16, 2026 07:22

Drop removed 'tools' package from Android SDK setup (#52)

fix(ci): stop setup-android installing the removed `tools` package (#77)

ci(android): stop installing the removed `tools` SDK package (#568)

fix(ci): Google 下架了 SDK 的 `tools` 包，而 setup-android 默认要装它（Android 打包全红）

修复因 Google 移除 tools 包导致的编译失败 (android-actions/setup-android#537)

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