Consistently receiving this error message on Android Studio to run app:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unable to locate adb
Attempted several troubleshooting options by downloading ADB, but the issue was not resolved. Thoughts?
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is this relevant? stackoverflow.com/questions/42778344/…– ThorSummonerMar 29, 2019 at 23:30
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Thanks! Will attempt to follow through with recommendations...– Mimi DMar 29, 2019 at 23:52
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was the link very relevant? if so it might be worth marking your post as a duplicate :)– ThorSummonerApr 1, 2019 at 17:13
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Finally after several hours of investigation I think I have another solution for everyone having issues with AVD Manager "Unable to locate adb".
I know we have the setting for the SDK in File -> Settings -> Appearance & Behavior -> System Settings -> Android SDK. This it seems is not enough! It appears that Android Studio (at least the new version 4) does not give projects a default SDK, despite the above setting.
So, you also (for each project) need to go to File -> Project Structure -> Project Settings -> Project, and select the Project SDK, which is set to [No SDK] by default.
If there's nothing in the drop-down box, then select New, select Android SDK, and navigate to your Android SDK location (normally C:\Users[username]\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk on Windows). You will then be able to select the Android API xx Platform. You now should not get this annoying adb error.
HTH
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@SmarthBansal Thank you :) It's a community worth joining. There are a lot of clever people here always willing to help out. May 23, 2021 at 15:19
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Came from StackOverflow to here. Solved my problem. Thanks a lot man! May 17, 2022 at 12:44
I fixed this problem by installing SDK from SDK Manager in Andoid Studio.
Update:
On versions of macOS > 10.15.x (Catalina), the file to use is:
¨/.zshrc as Apple switched to ZSH as the default login-shell starting with 10.15.
---- Original Answer Follows + small adjustments for clarity ----
This worked for me, on my Mac.
Install platform-tools, and update your $PATH environment variable:
Using your text editor of choice:
nano ~/.zshrc # ~/.bashrc for macOS < 10.15
Edit existing PATH or add the following:
export PATH="$PATH:[PLATFORM-TOOLS-PATH-HERE]"
Save the file and refresh Zsh's configuration:
source ~/.zshrc # (~/.bashrc if macOS < 10.15) Or zsh -l to re-read login scripts
Hope this helps.
Sometimes In “C: \ Users \ User \ AppData \ Local \ Android \ SDK \ platform-tools” folder ADB.exe can be missing. One you can get from developer.Android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools just download “SDK Platform-Tool for Windows” and copy paste ADB.exe, ADBWinApi.dll, ADBWinUsbApi.dll. And then your apps will run perfectly.
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