Android Studio doesn't see device

Question

The AVD Manager in Android Studio doesn\'t show my device but adb devices does show it. Am I missing something obvious here?

Answer 1

It works for me by following steps below:-

If you using Windows, the device won't show up because of driver issue.

Go to device manager (just search it using Start) and look for any devices showing an error. Many androids will show as an unknown USB device and comes with exclamation mark. Select that device and try to update the drivers for it. for update part follow the link:universal adb

But before that, you have to update your sdk manager and make sure Google USB Driver package is installed.

When done, the driver files are downloaded into the \extras\google\usb_driver\ directory. Hints: Search "android_winusb.inf" under Windows Start and Open File Location to get the directory mentioned.

Open up your device manager, navigate to your android device, right click on it and select Update Driver Software then select Browse driver software. Follow the file location path previously to install Google USB Driver.

Restart Android Studio and Developer Options in your android device and reconnect USB.

Cheers !