# Generate the Android SDK of an API in API Gateway
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The following procedure shows how to generate the Android SDK of an API in API Gateway.

**To generate the Android SDK of an API in API Gateway**

1. Sign in to the API Gateway console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/apigateway](https://console.aws.amazon.com/apigateway).

1. Choose a REST API.

1. Choose **Stages**. 

1. In the **Stages** pane, select the name of the stage.

1. Open the **Stage actions** menu, and then choose **Generate SDK**.

1. For **Platform**, choose the Android platform and do the following: 

   1.  For **Group ID**, enter the unique identifier for the corresponding project. This is used in the `pom.xml` file (for example, **com.mycompany**).

   1.  For **Invoker package**, enter the namespace for the generated client classes (for example, **com.mycompany.clientsdk**).

   1.  For **Artifact ID**, enter the name of the compiled .jar file without the version. This is used in the `pom.xml` file (for example, **aws-apigateway-api-sdk**).

   1. For **Artifact version**, enter the artifact version number for the generated client. This is used in the `pom.xml` file and should follow a *major*.*minor*.*patch* pattern (for example, **1.0.0**).

1. Choose **Generate SDK**, and then follow the on-screen directions to download the SDK generated by API Gateway.

Follow the instructions in [Use an Android SDK generated by API Gateway for a REST API](how-to-generate-sdk-android.md) to use the generated SDK. 

 Every time you update an API, you must redeploy the API and regenerate the SDK to have the updates included.