I recommend you still install Android Studio along with the SDK as before (you’ll still need the JDK too). When you go through this process, just make a note of the path where the SDK is installed.

“Installing the Android N preview SDK requires Android Studio 2.1,” said Reto Meier, Android developer advocate. The IDE now supports Java 8 language features in Android N, including lambda ...

Previously, you'd have to download Android Studio or the SDK to get these, which are a 400MB-1.6GB download. Even the smaller command line tools download is still 200-300MB. If you're not doing ...

Since the release of Android Studio Flamingo, it can auto-generate the correct version checks for APIs that have been launched via SDK extensions. Using these new version checks is completely optional ...