The command “yes | sdkmanager –licenses” failed, Android Kotlin

So this is my first dip into the CI waters and I’ve had a rough time. This is my travis.yml inside my Android application in Android Studio using Kotlin. I’ve tried googling quite a bit but I couldn’t find any useful info on the topic. Doesn’t seem like a common problem, or it’s easily solvable.

language: android
jdk: oraclejdk8
env:
  global:
    - ANDROID_API_LEVEL=25
    - ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION=29.0.2
android:
  licenses:
    - 'android-sdk-preview-license-.+'
    - 'android-sdk-license-.+'
    - 'google-gdk-license-.+'
  components:
    - tools
    - platform-tools
    # The BuildTools version used by your project
    - build-tools-$ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION
    # The SDK version used to compile your project
    - android-$ANDROID_API_LEVEL
    # Additional components
    - extra-google-google_play_services
    - extra-google-m2repository
    - extra-android-m2repository
    - addon-google_apis-google-$ANDROID_API_LEVEL
#before_script:
#  # Prepare pre-accepted licenses to not be promted at installation
# # - mkdir -p "$ANDROID_HOME/licenses"
#  #- cp ./google-licenses/* "$ANDROID_HOME/licenses/"
#  - yes | ~/Android/Sdk/tools/bin/sdkmanager --licenses
before_install:
  - chmod +x gradlew
  - chmod +x gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
  - mkdir "$ANDROID_HOME/licenses" || true
  - echo -e "\n8933bad161af4178b1185d1a37fbf41ea5269c55" > "$ANDROID_HOME/licenses/android-sdk-license"
  - echo -e "\n84831b9409646a918e30573bab4c9c91346d8abd" > "$ANDROID_HOME/licenses/android-sdk-preview-license"
  - yes | sdkmanager --update
  - yes | sdkmanager --licenses
script:
  - ./gradlew build check
  - ./gradlew test build

And this is the build log

0.08s
worker_info

Worker information

0.16s0.01s0.00s0.01s
system_info

Build system information

0.02s0.01s0.66s0.57s0.97s0.00s0.04s0.00s0.01s0.01s0.01s0.01s0.01s0.00s0.00s0.03s0.00s0.01s0.31s0.00s0.00s0.00s0.01s0.00s0.06s0.00s0.01s0.00s0.00s6.04s0.00s4.31s0.00s1.20s
docker_mtu

docker stop/waiting
resolvconf

resolvconf stop/waiting
install_jdk

Installing oraclejdk8

0.00s
git.checkout

0.65s$ git clone --depth=50 --branch=master https://github.com/Nikola-Milovic/NSDKelper.git Nikola-Milovic/NSDKelper

0.01s

Setting environment variables from .travis.yml

$ export ANDROID_API_LEVEL=25

$ export ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION=29.0.2

$ export TERM=dumb
android.install

Installing Android dependencies

$ export PATH=/usr/local/android-sdk/tools/bin:$PATH

$ java -Xmx32m -version

java version "1.8.0_161"

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_161-b12)

Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.161-b12, mixed mode)

$ javac -J-Xmx32m -version

javac 1.8.0_161
before_install.1

0.01s$ chmod +x gradlew
before_install.2

0.01s$ chmod +x gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
before_install.3

0.01s$ mkdir "$ANDROID_HOME/licenses" || true
before_install.4

0.00s$ echo -e "\n8933bad161af4178b1185d1a37fbf41ea5269c55" > "$ANDROID_HOME/licenses/android-sdk-license"
before_install.5

0.00s$ echo -e "\n84831b9409646a918e30573bab4c9c91346d8abd" > "$ANDROID_HOME/licenses/android-sdk-preview-license"
before_install.6

4.58s$ yes | sdkmanager --update

0.11s$ yes | sdkmanager --licenses

Error: Unknown argument --licenses

Usage: 

  sdkmanager [--uninstall] [<common args>] \

    [--package_file <package-file>] [<packages>...]

  sdkmanager --update [<common args>]

  sdkmanager --list [<common args>]

In its first form, installs, or uninstalls, or updates packages.

    <package> is a sdk-style path (e.g. "build-tools;23.0.0" or 

             "platforms;android-23").

    <package-file> is a text file where each line is a sdk-style path

                   of a package to install or uninstall.

    Multiple --package_file arguments may be specified in combination

     with explicit paths.

In its second form (with --update), currently installed packages are

    updated to the latest version.

In its third form, all installed and available packages are printed out.

Common Arguments:

    --sdk_root=<sdkRootPath>: Use the specified SDK root instead of the SDK containing this tool

    --channel=<channelId>: Include packages in channels up to <channelId>.

                           Common channels are:

                           0 (Stable), 1 (Beta), 2 (Dev), and 3 (Canary).

    --include_obsolete: With --list, show obsolete packages in the

                        package listing. With --update, update obsolete

                        packages as well as non-obsolete.

    --no_https: Force all connections to use http rather than https.

    --proxy=<http | socks>: Connect via a proxy of the given type.

    --proxy_host=<IP or DNS address>: IP or DNS address of the proxy to use.

    --proxy_port=<port #>: Proxy port to connect to.

* If the env var REPO_OS_OVERRIDE is set to "windows",

  "macosx", or "linux", packages will be downloaded for that OS.

The command "yes | sdkmanager --licenses" failed and exited with 1 during .

Your build has been stopped.

(For some reason moderators never accepted my previous post, guess they missed it or something, but it has been 16 days, so I “reposted”)

It’s pretty clear from the output that --licenses is no longer a valid argument.

It’s likewise missing from https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/sdkmanager.