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Bill
Bill

Reputation: 811

Zipalign - Command not found - MAC terminal

When I try to run Zipalign on an apk I get the error "Command not found"

I am not that familiar with using terminal commands on the MAC but I have navigated to the SDK/Tools folder and run the following command:

zipalign -v 4 Project1.apk Project1-aligned.apk

I get Command not found

I have tried placing the apks in the Tools folder and same result.

Can someone help me to understand where the apks should be located and where I should run zipalign from?

Thanks, I am very frustrated about this as it seems so simple.

Upvotes: 81

Views: 107588

Answers (23)

Raymond
Raymond

Reputation: 570

Solution for Jenkins

For Jenkins users using MacOS to build and sign mobile apps who are experiencing this error, the solution could be this:

At the stage where the signature is made:

withEnv(['PATH=/Users/jenkins/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/29.0.3', 
'ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=/Users/jenkins/Library/Android/sdk', 
'JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_301.jdk/Contents/Home'])

Upvotes: 0

Stan
Stan

Reputation: 4239

Alternatively, if you do not want to add a specific build tools folder to the path, in case it changes in the future, you can use the first result of find command:

$(find ~/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools -name "zipalign" | head -n 1) <your-zipalign-parameters>

It might be especially useful in a CI pipeline.

Upvotes: 2

Gregdebrick
Gregdebrick

Reputation: 571

2hours resume for newbies (like me) :

If you type this command : 

zipalign -v 4 platforms/android/app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release-unsigned.apk app-release.apk

Witch gives you :

command not found: zipalign

It's maybe that the path is somewhere wrong. If you have this :

Unable to locate an executable at "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_201.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/apt" (-1)

It confirms that its not really as it should be. So, to execute zipalign and finally publish your app, you have to go in the correct repository and execute commande.

1. Go to the correct repo to execute command :

The path is cd /Users/xxxyour_user_namexxx/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/xxxxx/

cd /Users/greg/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/28.0.3

2. Execute your zipalign command, don't forget to precise the path of apk file :

Obviously, chance "greg" and "myapp" with your user name & app name.

./zipalign -v 4 /Users/greg/Desktop/AppLocal/myapp/platforms/android/app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release-unsigned.apk /Users/greg/Desktop/AppLocal/myapp/platforms/android/app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk

Hope it helps.

Upvotes: 10

Roni Canche
Roni Canche

Reputation: 151

on the mac with the zsh console, my solution was

command 1)

find ~/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools -name "zipalign"
----------------------------------------------------------
/Users/macOs/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/28.0.3/zipalign
/Users/macOs/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/26.0.2/zipalign
/Users/macOs/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/25.0.2/zipalign
/Users/macOs/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/27.0.3/zipalign

command 2)

echo "export PATH=\$PATH:~/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/28.0.3/" >> ~/.bash_profile && . ~/.bash_profile

command 3)

ls -l ~/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/

command 4)

zipalign -v 4 app-release-unsigned.apk nameApp.apk

Upvotes: 15

Khurshid Ansari
Khurshid Ansari

Reputation: 5075

In my case I follow below answer

  1. Change directory

    /path/to/sdk/build-tools//zipalign

  2. Type

    ./zipalign instead zipalign

In short ./zipalign is solution for me.

Upvotes: 0

Hasan &#199;avuşlar
Hasan &#199;avuşlar

Reputation: 1

Downloaded zipalign-file from github 

zipalign exec copy and paste in your Project1-aligned.apk directory
./zipalign -v 4 Project1.apk Project1-aligned.apk

Upvotes: 0

Tash Pemhiwa
Tash Pemhiwa

Reputation: 7685

You will find the zipalign tool at /path/to/sdk/build-tools/<build-tools-version>/zipalign NOT in the tools folder anymore.

Upvotes: 52

Olusola Omosola
Olusola Omosola

Reputation: 905

First, if your android home is set, then you can just cd $ANDROID_HOME and open . (This should be - /Users/username/Library/Android/, you can just cd to that path as well)

Next, navigate to "sdk/build-tools/25.0.3/" (version 25.0.3 in this case, yours may be a different version).

At your terminal (apk prompt), drag zipalign to the terminal and ...../zipalign -v -p 4 my-app-unsigned.apk my-app-unsigned-aligned.apk. Should work fine.

Hope it helps.

Upvotes: 0

manish kumar
manish kumar

Reputation: 4692

add it to the path

on terminal

find path for zip align

find ~/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools -name "zipalign"

path: /Users/username/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/26.0.1/zipalign

enter the path found in there

sudo nano /etc/paths

now on new terminal you can see zipalign reco

Upvotes: 5

Luddig
Luddig

Reputation: 2819

A simple one-liner:

  • This adds a line in your profile, to add the directory which contains the zipalign executable to your path
  • Then reloads the profile

echo "export PATH=\$PATH:~/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/23.0.1/" >> ~/.bash_profile && . ~/.bash_profile

Make sure to replace 23.0.1 with your installed version

$ ls -l ~/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  23.0.1 <---

Now you should be able to use zipalign regardless of your current working dir

$ zipalign

Upvotes: 22

user5651557
user5651557

Reputation:

Solution for Mac

This error basically means that the terminal wasn't able to find the zipalign file. So you can either type in the full path for your zipalign file with the command (located in your Android build-tools folder)

/Users/username/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/26.0.1/zipalign -v 4 android-armv7-release-unsigned.apk helloWorld.apk;

If you do not know the location of the zipalign file, then just use this command

find ~/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools -name "zipalign"

Upvotes: 3

Mojtaba Behroozi
Mojtaba Behroozi

Reputation: 1

%ANDROID_HOME%\\build-tools\\25.0.2\\zipalign -v 4 .\\platforms\\android\\build\\outputs\\apk\\input.apk .\\path\\ output.apk

Upvotes: 0

Ignatius Andrew
Ignatius Andrew

Reputation: 8258

Navigate to the path of the zip align and include that with the command

/Users/ignatiusandrew/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/25.0.2/zipalign 4 android-release-unsigned.apk igi.apk

Upvotes: 2

Alexey Petushkov
Alexey Petushkov

Reputation: 2158

You can find correct path with this command:

find ~/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools -name "zipalign"

Upvotes: 92

vijay
vijay

Reputation: 10997

Relax! , Just Use Locate Command in Terminal WHEREVER it is , it will come out

tom-MacBook-Air:kavform_app tom$ locate zipalign

/Users/tom/Software/android-sdk-macosx/build-tools/24.0.1/zipalign

/Users/tom/Software/android-sdk-macosx/docs/tools/help/zipalign.html

In my case it was burried over here

/Users/tom/Software/android-sdk-macosx/build-tools/24.0.1/zipalign -v 4 /Users/tom/kavwork/kavform/kavform_app/platforms/android/build/outputs/apk/android-release-unsigned.apk BrideToBe.apk

Upvotes: 8

ngnguyen
ngnguyen

Reputation: 1366

Zipalign is a command that located at $ANDROID_HOME/build-tools/{android-version}/.

Hope it helped.

Upvotes: 27

Raul Rivero
Raul Rivero

Reputation: 248

for me this worked perfectly, I copied the zipalign file from the android path to the folder where I wanted to run command and then typed ./zipalign -v 4 android-release-unsigned.sdk nameofapp.apk

Note: It was on Mac

Upvotes: 0

Tanuj
Tanuj

Reputation: 567

~/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/xxxx/zipalign

Drag this to terminal or save this in your path. xxxx -> Version

Upvotes: 37

Seetpal singh
Seetpal singh

Reputation: 3849

I am using Windows with git bash/command promt

zipalign.exe needed to be configured in environment variables.

so include sdk folder 'build-tool' with android version folder you are using to build.

e.g. E:\android-sdk\build-tools\22.0.1

it should contain 'zipalign.exe'. now you can user

zipalign -v 4 Project1.apk Project1-aligned.apk

from any location using command line tools.

thumb up for me so i can help more developers.

Upvotes: -1

user3794964
user3794964

Reputation: 41

cd android-sdk/build-tools/22.0.0/ - change directory to android sdk folder, build tools and choose version (I used 22.0.0).

Then at the prompt type:

./zipalign -v 4 /MyApp/android-x86-release-signed.apk ~/MyApp/android-x86-release-signedandzipped.apk

That worked for me. I tried the other solutions above with no success. I just had to run the command withn the proper folder, but that wasn't explained clearly in other resources I checked.

Upvotes: 2

pjulien
pjulien

Reputation: 1379

Perhaps the current directory is not in your path?

Try adding "./" before your command so

./zipalign -v 4 Project1.apk Project1-aligned.apk

Upvotes: 78

Supriya Tenany
Supriya Tenany

Reputation: 37

If you are working on Windows, change the command prompt to point to the folder containing the zipalign.exe and then run the command. Also, I have found that you are not using the complete command: 

zipalign [-f] [-v] 4 Input.apk Output.apk

Upvotes: 2

Ari Waisberg
Ari Waisberg

Reputation: 1304

Search it and reference it... I have it here and reference it like this:

/Users/lioncio/Desktop/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64-20140702/sdk/build-tools/android-4.4W/zipalign bla bla bla (all the options of the command!)

And worked

Upvotes: 9

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