Not able to access adb in OS X through Terminal command not found

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I have installed Android SDK and Eclipse on my  Mac system  I am able to program using Eclipse and have created few sample applications  But I am still not able to access adb through the terminal window  I have tried following command in terminal                pwd  Users espireinfolabs Desktop soft android-sdk-mac x86 platform-tools    ls NOTICE txt  dexdump     llvm-rs-cc-2 aapt        dx          llvm-rs-cc txt adb         lib         source properties aidl        llvm-rs-cc    adb --help -bash  adb  command not found   I have also added the ls output so that you know in which window I am

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For zsh users  Add alias adb   Users  lt yourUserName gt  Library Android sdk platform-tools adb  to  zshrc file   Than run source    zshrc command

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Simply install adb with brew  brew cask install android-platform-tools Check if adb is installed  adb devices

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For Mac Os the default shell has moved on to  quot zsh quot  from  quot bash quot  as of Mojave and later releases  so for all the Mac users I would suggest go with the creating  quot  zshrc quot  file   quot adb quot  runs as it is intended to be  Thanks  slhck for your info

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In addition to slhck  this is what worked for me  mac    To check where your sdk is located     Open Android studio and go to       File -  Project Structure -  Sdk location    Copy the path  Create the hidden  bash profile in your home    open it with vim  or open -e  with the following      export PATH  Users  lt Your session name gt  Library Android sdk platform-tools  Users  lt Your session name gt  Library Android sdk tools  PATH      Then simply use this in your terminal       bash profile   SO post on how to find adb devices

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I don t know how did you install the android SDK  But in Mac OS  what really worked for me is to reinstall it using brew  All problems solved in a row  brew install --cask android-sdk  Later on  android update sdk --no-ui --filter  platform-tools   Like a charm

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run command in terminal nano  HOME  zshrc  Must include next lines  export PATH  PATH   Library Android sdk platform-tools export ANDROID HOME   Library Android sdk export PATH  quot  HOME  bin  PATH quot  export PATH  quot   Library Android sdk platform-tools quot   PATH   Press Command   X to save file in editor Enter Yes or No and hit Enter key  Run source    zshrc  Check adb in terminal  run adb

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For Mac  Android Studio 3 6 1  I added this to  bash profile  export PATH    Library Android sdk platform-tools platform-tools   PATH

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Quick Answer  Pasting this command in terminal solves the issue in most cases      For Current Terminal Session     in macOS  export PATH    Library Android sdk platform-tools   PATH  in Windows  i will update asap      Permanently     in macOS  edit the    bash profile using vi    bash profile and add this line to it  export PATH    Library Android sdk platform-tools   PATH   However  if not  continue reading     Detailed Answer  Android Debug Bridge  or adb for short  is usually located in Platform Tools and comes with  Android SDK  You simply need to add its location to system path  So system knows about it  and can use it if necessary   Find ADB s Location  Path to this folder varies by installation scenario  but common ones are      If you have installed Android Studio  path to ADB would be   Most Common     in macOS    Library Android sdk platform-tools  in Windows  i will update asap       If you have installed Android Studio somewhere else  determine its location by going to     in macOS  Android Studio   Preferences   Appearance And Behavior   System Settings   Android SDK and pay attention to the box that says  Android SDK Location  in Windows  i will update asap       However Android SDK could be Installed without Android studio  in this case your path might be different  and depends on your installation      Add it to System Path  When you have determined ADB s location  add it to system  follow this syntax and type it in terminal     in macOS   export PATH  your path to adb here   PATH  for example  export PATH    Library Android sdk platform-tools   PATH

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If you are using the Mac with the M1 chip add the below export command to the zshrc file using the nano command  if that file is not present the nano command will create it for you so run nano    zshrc  paste this command in that file without any modification export PATH  quot  Users  USER Library Android sdk platform-tools quot   PATH  hit ctrl-x and then Hit y to save the changes and the hit return Key to close it without renaming the file  then run source    zshrc  to refresh the  zshrc file and then try runnning adb it should give you the desired output

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For Mac OS Catalina or Mojave  Enter command to open nano editor   nano  HOME  zshrc   Set PATH variable  means append more path as shown here  FLUTTER HOME   Users pankaj Library Android flutter-sdk flutter bin  DART HOME   Users pankaj Library Android flutter-sdk flutter bin cache dart-sdk bin  ANDROID SDK HOME   Users pankaj Library Android sdk  ANDROID ADB HOME   Users pankaj Library Android sdk platform-tools   PATH   PATH  FLUTTER HOME  PATH   PATH  DART HOME  PATH   PATH  ANDROID SDK HOME  PATH   PATH  ANDROID ADB HOME    Now press Command   X to save file in editor Enter Yes or No and hit Enter key

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The problem is  adb is not in your PATH  This is where the shell looks for executables  You can check your current PATH with echo  PATH   Bash will first try to look for a binary called adb in your Path  and not in the current directory  Therefore  if you are currently in the platform-tools directory  just call    adb --help   The dot is your current directory  and this tells Bash to use adb from there   But actually  you should add platform-tools to your PATH  as well as some other tools that the Android SDK comes with  This is how you do it    Find out where you installed the Android SDK  This might be  where  HOME is your user s home directory  one of the following  or verify via Configure   SDK Manager in the Android Studio startup screen     Linux   HOME Android Sdk macOS   HOME Library Android sdk  Find out which shell profile to edit  depending on which file is used    Linux  typically  HOME  bashrc macOS   typically  HOME  bash profile With Zsh   HOME  zshrc  Open the shell profile from step two  and at the bottom of the file  add the following lines  Make sure to replace the path with the one where you installed platform-tools if it differs   export ANDROID HOME   HOME Android Sdk  export PATH   ANDROID HOME tools  ANDROID HOME tools bin  ANDROID HOME platform-tools  PATH   Save the profile file  then  re-start the terminal or run source    bashrc  or whatever you just modified     Note that setting ANDROID HOME is required for some third party frameworks  so it does not hurt to add it

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I couldn t get the stupid path working so I created an alias for abd alias abd   quot   Library Android sdk platform-tools adb quot   works fine

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It s working fine       brew install android-sdk   Later on   android update sdk --no-ui --filter  platform-tools

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For me  I ran into this issue after switching over from bash to zsh so I could get my console to look all awesome fantastic-ish with Hyper and the snazzy theme  I was trying to run my react-native application using react-native run-android and running into the op s issue  Adding the following into my   zshrc file solved the issue for me   export ANDROID HOME   Library Android sdk export PATH   PATH    ANDROID HOME  tools   ANDROID HOME  platform-tools

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Or the alternative solution could be   Make sure you already install for android SDK  Usually it is located under  Users your-user-name Library Android sdk If the SDK is there then run this command    platform-tools adb install your-apk-location From there you can generate the APK file That s the only sample to check if adb  command is there

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For some reason when installed Android Studio 3 6 1 the adb file was actually in  ANDROID HOME platform-tools platform-tools  not sure if this is a bug with my installation or what but this fixed it for me

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This is how it worked for me first I find my platform-tools than I was using zshrc instead of bash profile so I run this command first echo  export PATH  HOME Library Android sdk platform-tools    gt  gt     zshrc  next refresh terminal source    zshrc  Check if it worked adb devices  result of this command must be something similar to this if so then it worked  List of devices attached emulator-5554   device

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If you are using zsh on an OS X  you have to edit the zshrc file   Use vim or your favorite text editor to open zshrc file   vim    zshrc   Paste the path to adb in this file   export PATH   Users   USER  Library Android sdk platform-tools   PATH

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This worked for me on my MAC - 2020 Go to directory containing adb  cd   Library Android sdk platform-tools   Run adb command to list all services   adb shell dumpsys activity services

[android] Not able to access adb in OS X through Terminal, "command not found"

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