-bash: android: command not found on Mac OSX

Question

I've been diving into Android development for a while, and now I want to use some project (helpshift) in my app. On the website they have some example apps in which the readme says: Run the following inside the /HelpshiftDemo folder.

android update project -t android-17 -p .

So I do this, but unfortunately this gives me an error saying -bash: android: command not found. I understand this, because "android" as such doesn't refer to anything on my laptop (Mac OSX). So I thought it is maybe referring to the adb. So I tried replacing android for the direct path to my adb:

/Users/kramer65/dev/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64-20130917/sdk/platform-tools/adb update project -t android-17 -p .

This gives me a humongous output with more information on adb, which is I guess not the expected result.

So my questions; what does android refer to, and how can I fix this on Mac OSX?

Answer 1

Update the path.

Open the Terminal program from Spotlight. Run the following command:

touch ~/.zshrc (or ~/.bash_profile) ; open ~/.zshrc (or ~/.bash_profile)

Then save following code

export AAPT_HOME=/Users/****/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/31.0.0
export PATH=$PATH:$AAPT_HOME

Save the file and quit the text editor. Execute your .zshrc (or .bash_profile) to update your PATH:

source ~/.zshrc (or ~/.bash_profile)

Answer 2

Step 0

The first step is install Android SDK: https://developer.android.com/studio

I don't like the default configurations. I installed SDK in this folder:

/Users/<Username>/Android\ SDK

ℹ️ The default path is

$HOME/Library/Android/sdk

Step 1

The next command open your bash or zshrc configuration file:

Bash profile:

vim ~/.bash_profile

If you use zsh:

vim ~/.zshrc

Step 2

You're ready to update your configurations:

# File: .bash_profile | .zshrc

# Custom path to Android SDK folder. 
# If you use the default configuration please change ANDROID_HOME to $HOME/Library/Android/sdk
export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/<Username>/Android\ SDK
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$PATH
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH

Step 3

Option 1: Restart your terminal and you should be able to use android command

Option 2: source your bash or zsh profile.

Example: source ~/.bash_profile / source ~/.zshrc

Answer 3

Add the following lines into ~/.bash_profile and source ~/.bash_profile

export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/macbook/Library/Android/sdk/
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$PATH
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH

This is working for me

Answer 4

First add these lines to your ~/.bashrc file:

export ANDROID_HOME=${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk
export PATH=${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/tools
export PATH=${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools

then:

source ~/.bashrc

Answer 5

This is the issue because of you didn't give proper android sdk path variable in .bash_profile. for this you must follow the below steps.
1. Check android sdk path: for this you should open android studio->preferences and click on Android SDK in newly open window in that look for Android SDK location textfield in that you can find path of Android SDK. For me it shows like: /Users/<your_name>/Library/Android/sdk. here <your_name> is name of your home directory.
2. Open your terminal enter cd ~ command.
3. and enter vi .bash_profile.
4. In vi editor enter following
export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/Murali/Library/Android/sdk export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$PATH export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH
Save it by press esc button and enter :wq.
5. After this close your terminal and open it again. 6. To apply all your changes in .bash_profile enter following command
source .bash_profile.
7. Enter android command. Hope this now working fine :-)

Answer 6

export PATH="/Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/":"/Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/tools/":$PATH

Worked for me

Answer 7

Problem Solved For Android Studio Users:

I am using Mac OS X Elcapitan version 10.11.X.

Under my home directory I found .bash_profile.save file. I opened that file using sublime (you can use any other editor). Then I added this line

export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/UserName/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools:/Users/UserName/Library/Android/sdk/tools

Replace "UserName" with your UserName.

open terminal then run

 source ~/.bash_profile 

here you go.

Answer 8

Update the path.

Open the Terminal program from Spotlight. Run the following command:

touch ~/.bash_profile; open ~/.bash_profile

Then save following code

export PATH=${PATH}:/android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools:/Development/android-sdk-macosx/tools

For my case, path is

export PATH=/Users/<user-name>/Development/android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools:/Users/<user-name>/Development/android-sdk-macosx/tools:$PATH 

Save the file and quit the text editor. Execute your .bash_profile to update your PATH:

source ~/.bash_profile

Then run adb.

Answer 9

I spent so much time trying to figure out, this steps helped me ( from http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.2.0/guide_getting-started_android_index.md.html ) You need to execute your .bash_profile to update your PATH.

Set up your PATH environment variable on Mac OS

Open the Terminal program (this is in your Applications/Utilites folder by default). Run the following command

touch ~/.bash_profile; open ~/.bash_profile

This will open the file in the your default text editor. You need to add the path to your Android SDK platform-tools and tools directory. In my example I will use "/Development/android-sdk-macosx" as the directory the SDK is installed in. Add the following line:

export PATH=${PATH}:/Development/android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools:/Development/android-sdk-macosx/tools

Save the file and quit the text editor. Execute your .bash_profile to update your PATH:

source ~/.bash_profile

Now every time you open the Terminal program you PATH will included the Android SDK.

Answer 10

The android tool is located in the tools directory in your SDK. You need to add this to your PATH environment variable so that bash can recognize it.

You can do this by adding it to your PATH in your .bash_profile file. This file should be located in your home directory. Create if it doesn't exist using vi .bash_profile and add the following line to it:

export PATH=<path_to_android_sdk>/platform-tools:<path_to_android_sdk>/tools:$PATH

where <path_to_android_sdk> is to be replaced with the path to your SDK. For example: "/Users/me/android-sdk-mac_86/platform-tools"