diff --git a/.github/workflows/android-automated-sdk-install.yml b/.github/workflows/android-automated-sdk-install.yml
index d32d08d67..e700b16b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android-automated-sdk-install.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android-automated-sdk-install.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ on:
   push:
     paths:
       - 'setup/prereq_android_sdk_install.sh'
+      - '.github/workflows/android-automated-sdk-install.yml'
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - 'setup/prereq_android_sdk_install.sh'
+      - '.github/workflows/android-automated-sdk-install.yml'
   schedule:
     # * is a special character in YAML so you have to quote this string
     - cron:  '5 4 * * 0'
@@ -71,7 +73,17 @@ jobs:
         export JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME_11_X64
         export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=$NEW_ANDROID_SDK_ROOT
         echo "New SDK root $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT"
+        echo "About to run the emulator at $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/emulator/emulator"
         $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/emulator/emulator -list-avds
+        echo "About to run the avdmanager at $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/avdmanager"
+        $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/avdmanager list avds
+
+    - name: Setup the cordova environment
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: |
+        export JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME_11_X64
+        export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=$NEW_ANDROID_SDK_ROOT
+        bash setup/setup_android_native.sh
 
     - name: Ensure that the path is correct and the project can be activated
       shell: bash -l {0}
@@ -80,3 +92,5 @@ jobs:
         export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=$NEW_ANDROID_SDK_ROOT
         echo "New SDK root $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT"
         source setup/activate_native.sh
+        echo "About to run the avdmanager from the path" `which avdmanager`
+        avdmanager list avd
diff --git a/setup/activate_native.sh b/setup/activate_native.sh
index 27a2cd99d..c0b8eb6e3 100644
--- a/setup/activate_native.sh
+++ b/setup/activate_native.sh
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ echo "Verifying $ANDROID_HOME or $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT is set"
 if [ -z $ANDROID_HOME ] && [ -z $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT ];
 then
     echo "ANDROID_HOME and ANDROID_SDK_ROOT not set, android SDK not found"
+    exit 1
 fi
 
 echo "Activating sdkman, and by default, gradle"
 source ~/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh
 
 echo "Ensuring that we use the most recent version of the command line tools"
-export PATH=$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/sdk/cmdline-tools/bin:$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/emulator:$PATH
+export PATH=$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/cmdline-tools/latest/bin:$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/emulator:$PATH
 
 echo "Configuring the repo for building native code"
 ./bin/configure_xml_and_json.js cordovabuild
diff --git a/setup/setup_android_native.sh b/setup/setup_android_native.sh
index 5b4ea6a4b..95dc9222e 100644
--- a/setup/setup_android_native.sh
+++ b/setup/setup_android_native.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ JAVA_VERSION=`javac -version`
 echo "Found java in the path with version $JAVA_VERSION"
 
 echo "Setting up SDK environment"
-ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION=27.0.3
 MIN_SDK_VERSION=21
 TARGET_SDK_VERSION=28