How to setup Android artifacts using the JFrog Platform?

I have been using the JFrog Bintray to upload/download Android libraries from the cloud. Recently I have noticed JFrog Bintray is sunsetting: https://jfrog.com/blog/into-the-sunset-bintray-jcenter-gocenter-and-chartcenter/

So by May 1st 2021, I have to move to JFrog Platform. However, setting the environment is not straight forward.

What I need:

• Use the cloud server
• Use the Gradle so that the Android Studio can call the artifact library version to easily load my libraries

What I am confused:

• I am confused if I want the "cloud" option, then I need to create "local repository" or "remote repository". If remote repository, then is it OK to use the URL "https://jcenter.bintray.com"?
• Android example sample code of how to download from the Android Studio is missing
• Android example sample code of how to publish from the Android Studio is missing
• My original Bintray artifacts will stop working(not able to download from Android Studio) as of May 1st 2021?

It could be my lack of searching skills, but I cannot find any examples how to setup Android Studio to use JFrog Platform.

Local/remote repositories aren't related to cloud v.s. on-prem. You deploy artifacts to local repositories (and then you can download them). You download artifacts from remote repositories, which proxy central artifacts servers such as bintray & maven-central. You will still be able to use bintray for your remote repositories until February 1st 2022, see blog for details. Since you're working on a clean setup I recommend using maven-central. You can find details of how to setup a remote gradle repository in the official documentation, including a video at the bottom.