Set ANDROID_HOME environment variable in mac

Question

I am new in developing native app using Salesforce SDK. I tried to create android project from command line using forcedroid tool but there is problem in setting environment

Answer 1

To make it permanent on your system and the variable keep working after close the terminal, ou after a restart use:

nano ~/.bash_profile 

Add lines:

export ANDROID_HOME=/YOUR_PATH_TO/android-sdk
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/emulator

Reopen terminal and check if it worked:

source ~/.bash_profile
echo $ANDROID_HOME

Answer 2

Set the path of ANDROID_HOME > You have to open terminal and enter the below cmd.

touch ~/.bash_profile; open ~/.bash_profile

After that paste below paths in base profile file and save it

export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/<username>/Library/Android/sdk 
export PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$ANDROID_HOME/emulator:$PATH"

Answer 3

If you try to run "adb devices" OR any other command and it says something like

zsh: command not found adb

It tells that you are using zsh shell and /.bash_profile won't work as it should. You will have to execute bash_profile everytime with source ~/.bash_profile command when you open terminal, and it isn't permanent.

To fix this run

nano ~/.zshrc

Terminal image

and then paste following commands at the end of the file

export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/{YourName}/Library/Android/sdk
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$PATH
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin:$PATH

NOTE: You can find Android Home url from Android Studio > Preferences System Settings > Android SDK > Android SDK Location textbox

To save it, hit Ctrl + X, type Y to save and then enter to keep the file name as it is.

Restart the terminal and try your commands again.

Answer 4

Firstly, get the Android SDK location in Android Studio : Android Studio -> Preferences -> Appearance & Behaviour -> System Settings -> Android SDK -> Android SDK Location

Then execute the following commands in terminal

export ANDROID_HOME=Paste here your SDK location

export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/bin

It is done.

Answer 5

The above answer is correct. Works really well. There is also quick way to do this.

1. Open command prompt
   

2. Type - echo export "ANDROID_HOME=/Users/yourName/Library/Android/sdk" >> ~/.bash_profile
   

   Thats's it.
   

3. Close your terminal.
   

4. Open it again.
   

5. Type - echo $ANDROID_HOME to check if the home is set.

Answer 6

solved my problem on mac 10.14 brew install android-sdk