Changing default port (i.e. 5037) on which adb server runs

Question

I am a budding android developer and if there is no easy way of configuring the adb server to run on another port then the inflexibility of the tools will force me

Answer 1

In Windows, go to Environment Variables – Add a new one called ANDROID_ADB_SERVER_PORT and set it to whatever you want, I've set to 5038.

Should look like this:

Solved it for me.