Android SDK Manager – used to install, update and
manage the android SDK tools and packages
Android Virtual Device Manger – used to create and manage
AVDs.
Dalvik Debug Monitor Server
(ddms) – used to debug
the android applications.
Dmtracedump – used to generate the call-stack diagrams from trace
log files.
Draw 9-patch – used to create a NinePatch graphic using WYSIWYG
editor.
Android Emulator (emulator) – is used as a device-emulation
tool to design, debug, and test applications in an actual Android run-time
environment.
Hierarchy Viewer (hierarchyviewer) – used to optimize an Android
application's user interface.
Layoutopt - used to quickly analyze
application’s layouts in order to get high performance.
Mksdcard - is used to create a disk image
that can use with the emulator, to simulate the presence of an external storage
card (such as an SD card).
Monkey- Runs on emulator or device and
generates pseudo-random streams of user events such as clicks, touches, or
gestures, as well as a number of system-level events. Monkey is used to perform
the stress-test of the applications.
Monkeyrunner – is used to develop the programs
that control an android device or emulator from outside the android code.
ProGuard- Shrinks, optimizes, and
obfuscates applications code by removing unused code and renaming classes,
fields, and methods with semantically obscure names.
sqlite3 – is used to access the SQLLite
data files created and used by Android applications.
Traceview – is used to get a graphical
viewer for execution logs saved for applications.
Zipalign– is used to align the .apk files
once the .apk files are exported as signed packages.
