diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
           localOverlay # this should expose devShell
         ];
         inherit system;
+        config.android_sdk.accept_license = true;
       };
     # https://github.com/numtide/flake-utils#usage for more examples
     in utils.lib.eachSystem [ "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" "aarch64-darwin" ] (system: rec {
diff --git a/nix/android-dev-env.nix b/nix/android-dev-env.nix
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/android-dev-env.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ androidenv }:
+
+androidenv.composeAndroidPackages {
+  toolsVersion = "26.1.1";
+  platformToolsVersion = "31.0.3";
+  buildToolsVersions = [ "31.0.0" ];
+  includeEmulator = false;
+  emulatorVersion = "30.9.0";
+  platformVersions = [ "30" ];
+  includeSources = false;
+  includeSystemImages = false;
+  systemImageTypes = [ "google_apis_playstore" ];
+  abiVersions = [ "armeabi-v7a" "arm64-v8a" ];
+  cmakeVersions = [ "3.10.2" ];
+  includeNDK = true;
+  ndkVersions = ["22.0.7026061"];
+  useGoogleAPIs = false;
+  useGoogleTVAddOns = false;
+  includeExtras = [
+    "extras;google;gcm"
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/nix/dev-shell.nix b/nix/dev-shell.nix
--- a/nix/dev-shell.nix
+++ b/nix/dev-shell.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { mkShell
 , stdenv
 , lib
+, androidDevEnv
 , arcanist
 , darwin
 , nodejs-16_x
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@
     nodejs-16_x
     protobuf3_15
     yarn
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isx86_64 [
+    # aarch64-darwin tarballs are not available
+    androidDevEnv.androidsdk
   ];
 
   # include any libraries or programs in buildInputs
@@ -27,6 +31,11 @@
     Security
   ]);
 
+  # if a package exposes many commands, libraries, shellhooks, etc. Add here
+  inputsFrom = [
+    openjdk11
+  ];
+
   # shell commands to be ran upon entering shell
   shellHook = ''
     # For NixOS, the pre-compiled binaries from npm will not be able to find
diff --git a/nix/overlay.nix b/nix/overlay.nix
--- a/nix/overlay.nix
+++ b/nix/overlay.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 prev: final: {
   # add packages meant for just this repository
+  androidDevEnv = prev.callPackage ./android-dev-env.nix { };
 
   devShell = final.callPackage ./dev-shell.nix { };
 }