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  <h2>See Also</h2>
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    <li><a href="{@docRoot}tools/building/index.html">Building and Running</a></li>
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<p>Build Tools is a component of the Android SDK required for building Android
  application code. The latest version of these tools is included in the
  <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/index.html">SDK starter package</a> and installed in the
  <code>&lt;sdk&gt;/build-tools/</code> directory.</p>

<p>You should always keep your Build Tools component updated by downloading the latest version
  using the <a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/sdk-manager.html">Android SDK Manager</a>. By default,
  the Android SDK uses the most recent downloaded version of the Build Tools. If your projects
  depend on older versions of the Build Tools, the SDK Manager allows you to download and maintain
  separate versions of the tools for use with those projects.</p>

<p>To use a specific version of the Build Tools in your application project:</p>

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  />Using Eclipse</a></p>

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    <li>In the root folder of your application project, find the {@code project.properties}
      file.</li>
    <li>Open the file and specify the Build Tools version by adding a {@code buildtools} property
      on a separate line:
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sdk.buildtools=17.0.0
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  />Using Android Studio</a></p>

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    <li>In the root folder of your application project, find the {@code build.gradle}
      file.</li>
    <li>Open the file and specify the Build Tools version by adding a {@code buildToolsVersion}
      property to the {@code android} section:
<pre>
android {
    ...
    buildToolsVersion "17.0.0"
    ...
}
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<h2 id="notes">Revisions</h2>

<p>The sections below provide notes about releases of the Build Tools. To determine which
revisions of the Build Tools are available in your SDK, refer to the <em>Installed Packages</em>
listing in the Android SDK Manager.</p>

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  <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
    <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-opened.png" class="toggle-content-img"
      alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 21.1.1</a> <em>(November 2014)</em>
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    <p>Fixed multidex script issues.</p>
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  <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
    <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
      alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 21.1</a> <em>(October 2014)</em>
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    <p>Added multidex file support for APKs and Jack suppport to address the 64K method reference
    limit.</p>
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  <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
    <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
      alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 21.0.2</a> <em>(October 2014)</em>
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    <p>Complete updates for Eclipse ADT to solve instability issues on Windows platforms.</p>
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  <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
    <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
      alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 21.0.1</a> <em>(October 2014)</em>
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    <p>Initial updates for Eclipse ADT on Windows. Please use Revision 21.0.2.</p>
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  <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
    <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
      alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 21.0.0</a> <em>(October 2014)</em>
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    <dl>
      <dt>General Notes:</dt>
      <dd>
        <ul>
          <li>Added support for Android 5.0 (API level 21).</li>
          <li>RenderScript now supports seamless 32/64-bit operation for API level 21 and higher.</li>
          <li>Fixed issue with the Gradle build system when using the JaCoCo plugin.
          (<a href="http://b.android.com/69174">Issue 69174</a>)</li>
          <li>Added an <em>input-list</em> option for use with long command lines on Windows.</li>
        </ul>
      </dd>
    </dl>
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    <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
      alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 20.0.0</a> <em>(June 2014)</em>
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      <dt>General Notes:</dt>
      <dd>
        <ul>
          <li>Added support for Android Wear.</li>
        </ul>
      </dd>
    </dl>

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    <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
      alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 19.1.0</a> <em>(May 2014)</em>
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    <dl>
      <dt>General Notes:</dt>
      <dd>
        <ul>
          <li>Added <code>zipalign</code> to the Build Tools.</li>
          <li>Modified <code>aapt</code> to ignore XML files that fail to compile.</li>
        </ul>
      </dd>
    </dl>

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  <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">
    <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
      alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 19.0.3</a> <em>(March 2014)</em>
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    <p>Fixed an issue with RenderScript support.</p>

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    <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
      alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 19.0.2</a> <em>(February 2014)</em>
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      <dt>Fixed RenderScript build issues:</dt>
      <dd>
        <ul>
          <li>Fixed a problem with RenderScript bitcode encoding.
            (<a href="http://b.android.com/64775">Issue 64775</a>)
          </li>
          <li>Fixed a problem with RenderScript missing math symbols
            (<a href="http://b.android.com/64110">Issue 64110</a>)
          </li>
        </ul>
      </dd>
    </dl>
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    <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
      alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 19.0.1</a> <em>(December 2013)</em>
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      <dt>Fixed miscellaneous build issues:</dt>
      <dd>
        <ul>
          <li>Fixed support for compiling RenderScript in NDK mode with Gradle.</li>
          <li>Fixed {@code BufferOverflowException} problem in the dx build.
            (<a href="http://b.android.com/61710">Issue 61710</a>)
          </li>
        </ul>
      </dd>
    </dl>
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    <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
      alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 19</a> <em>(October 2013)</em>
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    <p>Added support for Android 4.4 (API level 19) build targets.</p>

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    <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
      alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 18.1.1</a> <em>(September 2013)</em>
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    <p>Fixed several minor build issues.</p>

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    <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
      alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 18.1.0</a> <em>(September 2013)</em>
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    <p>Fixed issue with RenderScript support mode.</p>

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    <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
      alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 18.0.1</a> <em>(July 2013)</em>
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    <p>Added support for Android 4.3 (API level 18) build targets.</p>

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    <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img"
      alt=""/>Build Tools, Revision 17</a> <em>(May 2013)</em>
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    <p>Initial release.</p>

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      <dt>General Notes:</dt>
      <dd>
        <ul>
          <li>Included support for Android 4.2 (API level 17) build targets.</li>
          <li>Decoupled the build-specific components of the Android SDK from the platform-tools
          component, so that the build tools can be updated independently of the integrated
          development environment (IDE) components.</li>
        </ul>
      </dd>
    </dl>

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