Flutter: cmdline-tools component is missing error [Solved]

“cmdline-tools component is missing” is an Error with android SDK configuration with flutter.

Run flutter doctor

It displays a report of the status of your flutter installation.

1. Solve cmdline-tools component is missing Error

Let’s use Android studio to solve this flutter error.

[!] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 30.0.3)
    ✗ cmdline-tools component is missing
    ✗ Android license status unknown.
      Run `flutter doctor --android-licenses` to accept the SDK licenses.
      See https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install/macos#android-setup for more details.

Android SDK cmdline-tools component is missing error could be shown on windows, mac, Linux, visual studio code and android studio.

How to Install command line-tools on Android Studio

1. Open Android Studio

2. Go to SDK Manager

3. Switch to SDK Tools Tab

4. Check Android SDK Command-line Tools(latest)

command-line tools Downloading Process

command-line tools will be downloaded from the internet and installed on your system.

How to Install command line-tools without Android Studio

If you want to download the command line-tool without using an android studio then go to this link

Here you can download the zip file of command line-tools

Move it to the home folder of your system

Create a directory to store the android studio and other stuff

open the terminal and write

~ $ mkdir android
~ $ cd android

Move and unzip the tools in the android directory we just created

~/android $ mv ~/commandlinetools-mac-6858069_latest.zip ./
~/android $ unzip commandlinetools-mac-6858069_latest.zip
~/android $ rm commandlinetools-mac-6858069_latest.zip

Of course, you will use your file names here

The directory acts as $ANDROID_HOME so other libraries can access it from the environment variable.

In the android directory run

$ cd cmdline-tools
$ mkdir tools
$ mv -i * tools

Add tools to $PATH and you configure your cmdline-tool.

2. Solve cmdline-tools component is missing Error

If your run flutter doctor and see this error

[!] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 30.0.2)
• Android SDK at /Users/ADMIN/Library/Android/sdk
✗ cmdline-tools component is missing
  Run `path/to/sdkmanager --install "cmdline-tools;latest"`

Solution For Windows

/Users/YOURUSER/Library/Android/sdk/tools/bin/sdkmanager --install "cmdline-tools;latest"

Run this command on terminal

Note

Here path/to/sdkmanager was

/Users/YOURUSER/Library/Android/sdk/tools/bin/sdkmanager

Solution For Mac Users

Run this command in terminal

cd Library/Android/sdk/tools/bin
./sdkmanager --install "cmdline-tools;latest"

cmdline-tools component is missing Error solved flutter doctor

Doctor summary (to see all details, run flutter doctor -v):
[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 2.5.1, on macOS 11.5.1 20G80 darwin-x64, locale
  en-US)
[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 31.0.0)
[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS
[✓] Chrome - develop for the web
[✓] Android Studio (version 2020.3)
[✓] VS Code (version 1.60.2)
[✓] Connected device (2 available)

• No issues found!

Conclusion

cmdline-tools is an Android SDK Tools Component that was missing. We solve the problem by using android studio and terminal.