Android - Command not found

Question

I am trying to run the command in ubuntu

android update project --path .

However I am getting a android:command not found

Answer 1

On MacOS/Linux, define the path to wherever you installed your SDK as ANDROID_HOME:

MacOS

$ export ANDROID_HOME=/Applications/android-sdk-macosx

If you installed Android Studio, the value will need to be

export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/Library/Android/sdk

Linux

$ export ANDROID_HOME=~/android-sdk-linux

Then add the paths to the platform-tools and tools sub-directories (Same on MacOS/Linux).

export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$PATH
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH

You should now be able to run android from the shell.

If none of the suggested ANDROID_HOME paths above are valid, you can find the (uniquely and consistently named) platform-tools folder via:

find / -name platform-tools 2>/dev/null

Whatever path that returns will need to be trimmed down to end with either sdk, android-sdk-linux, or android-sdk-macosx.

Answer 2

Assuming that you have set ANDROID_HOME to point to the sdk install, you should add $ANDROID_HOME/tools and $ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools to your PATH.

Answer 3

For Mac, go into your home directory by typing cd ~, and then type vi .bash_profile, This file might be empty or just created, and this is not a problem.

To edit the file, press i on your keyboard and inside the file, type the following path:

export PATH="/Users/YOUR-USERNAME-HERE/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools":$PATH
export PATH="/Users/YOUR-USERNAME-HERE/Library/Android/sdk/tools":$PATH

When you are done, press esc, and again press shift : and type wq. Okay, now you saved your file. Now, quit terminal and re-launch, and try typing:

adb -h
android -h

If both commands are giving you output, it means everything works fine.

Not: We used vi command to edit the file. If you got confused with this command, you can also try nano for editing the file.