Installing ADB on macOS

Question

I had issues finding a good solid tutorial on how to setup ADB for Mac    How can I add ADB to macOS in such a way that it can be used in the terminal    UPDATE  For those reading this post  Yes  as the edited response says  I was at the time looking for a tutorial with all steps as a beginner level guide      Unlike Set up adb on Mac OS X  the intention of this question is to have a tutorial with all of the required installation steps to get ADB on macOS

User · Answer

Option 3 - Using MacPorts

Analoguously to the two options (homebrew / manual) posted by @brismuth, here's the MacPorts way:

Install the Android SDK:
```
sudo port install android
```

Run the SDK manager:

sh /opt/local/share/java/android-sdk-macosx/tools/android

As @brismuth suggested, uncheck everything but Android SDK Platform-tools (optional)
Install the packages, accepting licenses. Close the SDK Manager.
Add platform-tools to your path; in MacPorts, they're in /opt/local/share/java/android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools. E.g., for bash:
```
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/share/java/android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools' >> ~/.bash_profile
```
Refresh your bash profile (or restart your terminal/shell):
```
source ~/.bash_profile
```
Start using adb:
```
adb devices
```

User · Answer

Note that if you use Android Studio and download through its SDK Manager  the SDK is downloaded to   Library Android sdk by default  not    android-sdk-macosx   I would rather add this as a comment to  brismuth s excellent answer  but it seems I don t have enough reputation points yet

User · Answer

Note for zsh users  replace all references to    bash profile with    zshrc  Option 1 - Using Homebrew This is the easiest way and will provide automatic updates   Install the homebrew package manager   bin bash -c  quot   curl -fsSL https   raw githubusercontent com Homebrew install master install sh  quot    Install adb  brew install android-platform-tools   Start using adb  adb devices     Option 2 - Manually  just the platform tools  This is the easiest way to get a manual installation of ADB and Fastboot   Delete your old installation  optional   rm -rf    android-sdk-macosx    Navigate to https   developer android com studio releases platform-tools html and click on the SDK Platform-Tools for Mac link   Go to your Downloads folder  cd   Downloads    Unzip the tools you downloaded  unzip platform-tools-latest  zip    Move them somewhere you won t accidentally delete them  mkdir    android-sdk-macosx  mv platform-tools     android-sdk-macosx platform-tools   Add platform-tools to your path  echo  export PATH  PATH    android-sdk-macosx platform-tools    gt  gt     bash profile   Refresh your bash profile  or restart your terminal app   source    bash profile   Start using adb  adb devices    Option 3 - Manually  with SDK Manager   Delete your old installation  optional   rm -rf    android-sdk-macosx    Download the Mac SDK Tools from the Android developer site under  quot Get just the command line tools quot   Make sure you save them to your Downloads folder   Go to your Downloads folder  cd   Downloads    Unzip the tools you downloaded  unzip tools r -macosx zip    Move them somewhere you won t accidentally delete them  mkdir    android-sdk-macosx  mv tools     android-sdk-macosx tools   Run the SDK Manager  sh    android-sdk-macosx tools android   Uncheck everything but Android SDK Platform-tools  optional      Click Install Packages  accept licenses  click Install  Close the SDK Manager window     Add platform-tools to your path  echo  export PATH  PATH    android-sdk-macosx platform-tools    gt  gt     bash profile   Refresh your bash profile  or restart your terminal app  source    bash profile   Start using adb adb devices

User · Answer

If you ve already installed Android Studio --  Add the following lines to the end of    bashrc or    zshrc  if using Oh My ZSH    export ANDROID HOME  Users  USER Library Android sdk export PATH   PATH   ANDROID HOME tools  ANDROID HOME platform-tools   Restart Terminal and you re good to go

User · Answer

You must download Android SDK from this link  You can really put it anywhere  but the best place at least for me was right in the YOUR USERNAME folder root  Then you need to set the path by copying the below text  but edit your username into the path  copy the text into Terminal by hitting command spacebar type terminal  export PATH     PATH   Users   YOURUSERNAME   android-sdk platform-tools  Verify ADB works by hitting command spacebar and type terminal  and type ADB     There you go  You have ADB setup on MAC OS X  It works on latest MAC OS X 10 10 3

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Option 3 - Using MacPorts

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