diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/shell/DesktopShellEnvironment.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/shell/DesktopShellEnvironment.test.ts
index aee5a0bc81b54..d0dd17fcdb3b3 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/shell/DesktopShellEnvironment.test.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/shell/DesktopShellEnvironment.test.ts
@@ -220,6 +220,42 @@ describe("DesktopShellEnvironment", () => {
     }),
   );
 
+  it.effect.each([
+    {
+      name: "hydrates both Android SDK names when neither is inherited",
+      inherited: {},
+      expected: {
+        ANDROID_HOME: "/Volumes/Work/android-sdk",
+        ANDROID_SDK_ROOT: "/Volumes/Work/android-sdk",
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      // The device host reads ANDROID_HOME before ANDROID_SDK_ROOT, so a shell
+      // ANDROID_HOME next to an inherited ANDROID_SDK_ROOT would change the SDK.
+      name: "keeps an inherited ANDROID_SDK_ROOT selected over a login-shell ANDROID_HOME",
+      inherited: { ANDROID_SDK_ROOT: "/inherited/android-sdk" },
+      expected: { ANDROID_HOME: undefined, ANDROID_SDK_ROOT: "/inherited/android-sdk" },
+    },
+  ])("$name", ({ inherited, expected }) =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = { SHELL: "/bin/zsh", PATH: "/usr/bin", ...inherited };
+
+      yield* runShellEnvironment({
+        env,
+        platform: "darwin",
+        handler: () =>
+          envOutput({
+            PATH: "/usr/bin",
+            ANDROID_HOME: "/Volumes/Work/android-sdk",
+            ANDROID_SDK_ROOT: "/Volumes/Work/android-sdk",
+          }),
+      });
+
+      assert.equal(env.ANDROID_HOME, expected.ANDROID_HOME);
+      assert.equal(env.ANDROID_SDK_ROOT, expected.ANDROID_SDK_ROOT);
+    }),
+  );
+
   it.effect("preserves inherited POSIX values when present", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/shell/DesktopShellEnvironment.ts b/apps/desktop/src/shell/DesktopShellEnvironment.ts
index 8fa8a60b2e62b..095387f413d2e 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/shell/DesktopShellEnvironment.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/shell/DesktopShellEnvironment.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ export class DesktopShellEnvironment extends Context.Service<
 
 const LOGIN_SHELL_ENV_NAMES = [
   "PATH",
+  "ANDROID_HOME",
+  "ANDROID_SDK_ROOT",
   "DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS",
   "DISPLAY",
   "LANG",
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ const LOGIN_SHELL_ENV_NAMES = [
 ] as const;
 const WINDOWS_PROFILE_ENV_NAMES = ["PATH", "FNM_DIR", "FNM_MULTISHELL_PATH"] as const;
 const LOCALE_ENV_NAMES = ["LANG", "LC_ALL", "LC_CTYPE"] as const;
+const ANDROID_SDK_ENV_NAMES = ["ANDROID_HOME", "ANDROID_SDK_ROOT"] as const;
 const FALLBACK_LC_CTYPE = "en_US.UTF-8";
 const WINDOWS_SHELL_CANDIDATES = ["pwsh.exe", "powershell.exe"] as const;
 const LOGIN_SHELL_TIMEOUT = Duration.seconds(5);
@@ -472,6 +475,17 @@ const installPosixEnvironment = Effect.fn("desktop.shellEnvironment.installPosix
       }
     }
 
+    // The device host picks the Android SDK from ANDROID_HOME before ANDROID_SDK_ROOT,
+    // so a profile-only ANDROID_HOME must not shadow an inherited ANDROID_SDK_ROOT.
+    if (ANDROID_SDK_ENV_NAMES.every((name) => Option.isNone(trimNonEmpty(config.env[name])))) {
+      for (const name of ANDROID_SDK_ENV_NAMES) {
+        const value = trimNonEmpty(shellEnvironment[name]);
+        if (Option.isSome(value)) {
+          config.env[name] = value.value;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     // Locale variables form one precedence group: LC_ALL can override an inherited
     // LANG or LC_CTYPE, so only hydrate the group when the process has none of them.
     if (