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Cannot find adb under platform-tools

I have installed android-sdk through command line
command - brew install --cask android-sdk
and have also installed the platform tools. I have this folder structure
/usr/local/share/android-sdk
under this, i have the following:
emulator
licenses
patcher
platform-tools
platforms
system-images
tools
there is no adb inside platform tools, in fact it is empty. I do have adb installed which is under: /usr/local/bin/adb
Now , when I build - I keep getting the error :
An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error:
Could not find 'adb' in ["/usr/local/share/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb","/usr/local/share/android-sdk/emulator/adb",
"/usr/local/share/android-sdk/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/adb","/usr/local/share/android-sdk/tools/adb",
"/usr/local/share/android-sdk/tools/bin/adb",
"/usr/local/share/android-sdk/adb"]. Do you have Android Build Tools installed at '/usr/local/share/android-sdk'?
Can anyone help me to solve this?

Use brew install --cask android-platform-tools

installing android studio on ubuntu

everybody, I am the android developer, I am using ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
Because of some hardware problem, I have to format my PC. before that android studio , SDK and Java were working perfectly.
After formatting my PC. I installed jdk1.8.0_71. after i extract android studio deb file with command sudo dpkg -i android-studio_4.13.0-ubuntu0_all.deb
and 'android-studio' folder extracted at /opt directory.
after that, i try to run /opt/android-studio/bin/studio.sh with command.
sh ./studio.sh and it gives me error like this
I have also tried by ./studio.sh to execute but same error. please help to solve.

To install Oracle Java on Ubuntu, do this:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
I do this every time I install an Android Studio and it works flawlessly. And your Java 8 will be kept up to date, too. The environment variables are automatically properly set by that procedure.

its all about ELF execution (when you get bushes in output)
when your 64 bit os tries to start the Android SDK which in turns tries to run some 32 bit binaries and thus is the issue of compatibility.
check you have proper libs installed for studio
sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0 lib32stdc++6
64-bit architecture your you need
sudo apt-get install libncurses5:amd64 libstdc++6:amd64 zlib1g:amd64
and 32 bit:
sudo apt-get install libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 zlib1g:i386
for details see:
https://developer.android.com/studio/install.html
ps if apt could not find such libs try to search for similar - the name can vary for different distro
also use proper java hotspot (jdk) 32/64bit for your system

Setting up Android Studio takes just a few clicks.
While the Android Studio download completes, verify which version of the JDK you have: open a command line and type javac -version. If the JDK is not available or the version is lower than 1.8, download the Java SE Development Kit 8.
To install Android Studio on Linux, proceed as follows:
Unpack the .zip file you downloaded to an appropriate location for your applications, such as within /usr/local/ for your user profile, or /opt/ for shared users.
To launch Android Studio, open a terminal, navigate to the android-studio/bin/ directory, and execute studio.sh.
Tip: Add android-studio/bin/ to your PATH environment variable so you can start Android Studio from any directory.
Select whether you want to import previous Android Studio settings or not, then click OK.
The Android Studio Setup Wizard guides you though the rest of the setup, which includes downloading Android SDK components that are required for development.
Note: If you are running a 64-bit version of Ubuntu, you need to install some 32-bit libraries with the following command:
sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0 lib32stdc++6
If you are running 64-bit Fedora, the command is:
sudo yum install zlib.i686 ncurses-libs.i686 bzip2-libs.i686
For your details:
https://storage.googleapis.com/androiddevelopers/videos/studio-install-linux.mp4

I had similar problems with finding java by starting android-studio on ubuntu.
I solved the problems by editing the studio.sh file.
In the file the JAVA_HOME variable should be set, but it wasn't.
So I set the JAVA_HOME variable in the script manually and I could start android-studio.

Finally i solved my problem bu reinstalling java properly. i thought i installed wrong java/jdk. now Android Studio,Java is working.
I found this link useful to install java step by step. Link to install java step by step

Install Android Studio in ubuntu :
At first install JDK
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default
Download the android studio from here
https://developer.android.com/studio
Unzip android studio tar file using :
sudo unzip android-studio-ide-141.2178183-linux.zip -d /opt
or Simply unzip the download file using Archive Manager
Goto to android-studio/bin folder and open terminal or in terminal type
/opt/android-studio/bin
Then type :
./studio.sh
Android studio lunch your computer.
It takes about 30 min to one hour to finish gradle.
There recommend some updates and you should provide those updates.
For installing app using your phone, open developer mode. If you cannot see developer options go to about phone and tap build version 8 times.
In developer options turn on usb debugging.
Connect the phone into the computer using a USB cable.
Give a commands : sudo apt install adb
On the phone there is a dialog for debugging permission. Provide the permission.
Then install the app.
For saw the program in desktop goto tools->Create Desktop Entry-> Ok

Please, try to install java 7 or openjdk. It must solve problem.

How to install Cordova in Linux?

I have tried to install cordova in Linux several times. When installing I got a Error "java home not set" and then node related error.
Is there any step by step guide to install cordova?

HOW TO INSTALL CORDOVA
Install Java Development Kit (JDK) Eg:
yum install java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.79-2.5.5.1.59.amzn1.x86_64
Download and Install Android SDK.
download the appropriate Eclipse/Android SDK package from the Android site. Extract the downloaded files to a location where you can leave them permanently.
We now need to add this location to the PATH.
On Linux -
$ export PATH=$PATH:/opt/java/adt-linux/sdk/platform-tools:/opt/java/adt-linux/sdk/tools
$ echo $PATH
On WIndows -
setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\adt-windows\sdk\tools;C:\adt- windows\sdk\platform-tools"
::Exit command prompt and reopen for setx to take effect
path
Install Android Build Tools - API 19
Install Apache Ant
On Linux
sudo yum install ant
Ant should automatically be added to the PATH.
On Windows
Download Ant from Apache Website
Since Ant is not automatically added to the PATH, run the following:
setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\apache-ant-1.9.4\bin"
::Exit command prompt and reopen for setx to take effect
path
Install Node Package Manager
On Linux
sudo yum install npm
On Windows, download the appropriate setup file from the NodeJS site and run it.
Install Cordova
npm install –g cordova
Set up Android Virtual Device

ERRORS ENCOUNTERED
JAVA_HOME Not Set
On Linux
$ alternatives --config java
Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Break [Important. Don't Press Any Other Key.]
Copy the Location under Command
eg. Location is /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.79-2.5.5.0.fc20.x86_64/
$ export JAVA_HOME= /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.79-2.5.5.0.fc20.x86_64/
32bit Library Missing on Linux
$ sudo yum install ia32-libs
Link NodeJS and Node Folders on Linux
$ sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
[ ensure there are no trailing “/” (slash) after the nodejs or node ]

How to install Android Studio on Ubuntu?

I have to install Android Studio on Ubuntu and I have used this link to download Android Studio.
Is there any easy way to install Studio on Ubuntu?

Below are the steps to install Android Studio in Ubuntu system:
1. Install JDK 6 or later
First, install Oracle JDK 8 (although you could also choose OpenJDK but it has some UI/performance issues) using WebUpd8 PPA.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default
To make sure, it’s installed successfully, open a terminal and type (you should get the version number of the jdk you’ve installed e.g javac 1.8.0_11)
javac -version
2. Download and install Android Studio
Download the Android Studio package for Linux and extract it somewhere (e.g home directory).
Then type :
cd android-studio/bin
./studio.sh
3. Install SDK Platforms
You need to install some SDK before you jump into building android apps. Click on Configure -> SDK Manager to open Android SDK Manager. Select the latest API (to test against target build, e.g API 19 (Android 4.4.2)) and some packages in Extras (Android Support Library and Android Support Repository). Then install the selected packages.

Download the Linux SDK from the Android website.
Copy the folder to whereever you want to extract the contents.
Open a terminal there, and then run:
sudo apt-get install unzip
sudo tar xvzf android-studio-ide-135.1641136-linux.zip
cd android-studio-ide-135.1641136-linux
./studio.sh
JDK 1.7 is required for Studio 1.0 onwards:
Download the ubuntu zip from the d.android.com and repeat the steps from above
Download the jdk 1.7 by executing the following commands in terminal as mentioned webupd8:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer
Open Android Studio and install the SDK tools.
Caveats:
If your system has a 32 bit processor, use Platform Tools r23.0.1.
Refer to this bug for details.
Note: If you are running a 64-bit version of Ubuntu, you need to install some 32-bit libraries with the following command:
$ sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 lib32z1
Source: - linux-32-bit-libraries

Run the following command on terminal.
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:paolorotolo/android-studio
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install android-studio

Don't forget to run:
/opt/android-studio/bin/studio.sh
when you are done installing.

The easiest method to install Android Studio (or any other developer tool) on Ubuntu is to use the snap package from Ubuntu Software store. No need to download Android Studio as zip, try to manually install it, add PPAs or fiddle with Java installation. The snap package bundles the latest Android Studio along with OpenJDK and all the necessary dependencies.
Step 1: Install Android Studio
Search "android studio" in Ubuntu Software, select the first entry that shows up and install it:
Or if you prefer the command line way, run this in Terminal:
sudo snap install --classic android-studio
Step 2: Install Android SDK
Open the newly installed Android Studio from dashboard:
Don't need to import anything if this is the first time you're installing it:
The Setup Wizard'll guide you through installation:
Select Standard install to get the latest SDK and Custom in-case you wanna change the SDK version or its install location. From here on, it's pretty straightforward, just click next-next and you'll have the SDK downloaded and installed.
Step 3: Setting PATHs (Optional)
This step might be useful if you want Android SDK's developer tool commands like adb, fastboot, aapt, etc available in Terminal. Might be needed by 3rd party dev platforms like React Native, Ionic, Cordova, etc and other tools too. For setting PATHs, edit your ~/.profile file:
gedit ~/.profile
and then add the following lines to it:
# Android SDK Tools PATH
export ANDROID_HOME=${HOME}/Android/Sdk
export PATH="${ANDROID_HOME}/tools:${PATH}"
export PATH="${ANDROID_HOME}/emulator:${PATH}"
export PATH="${ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools:${PATH}"
If you changed SDK location at the end of Step 2, don't forget to change the line export ANDROID_HOME=${HOME}/Android/Sdk accordingly. Do a restart (or just logout and then log back in) for the PATHs to take effect.
Tested on Ubuntu 16.04LTS and above. Would work on 14.04LTS too if you install support for snap packages first.
Note: This question is similar to the AskUbuntu question "How to install Android Studio on Ubuntu?" and my answer equally applies. I'm reproducing my answer here to ensure a full complete answer exists rather than just a link.

Here's how I installed android studio on xubuntu.
1. Install JDK:
Go through following commands to install jdk
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-set-default
If you want to install other version of jdk than replace your version number with 7 in last two commands.
2. Download the latest android studio from official site:
https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html
It is better to use latest version of android studio because I tried to install version 1.5.1 and it was not working. Then I installed version 2.1.1 and it run perfectly.
Extract downloaded android studio file in whichever folder you want.
Now go to extracted android studio-->bin directory and open terminal here. Now run following:
./studio.sh
And that's it. If you are facing any problem than comment below.

You can also Install using a PPA
link

In order to install Android Studio on Ubuntu Studio 14.04 and derivatives, do the following:
Step 1: Open a terminal using the Dash or pressing Ctrl + Alt + T keys.
Step 2: If you have not, add that repository with the following command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:paolorotolo/android-studio
Step 3: Update the APT with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Step 4: Now install the program with the command:
sudo apt-get install android-studio
Step 5: Once installed, run the program by typing in Dash:
studio

you can install android studio by following steps in the terminal :
sudo apt update
sudo apt install openjdk-8-jre
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maarten-fonville/android-studio
sudo apt update
sudo apt install android-studio
make sure you have no error in installation.

Android Studio PPA is maintained by Paolo Rotolo. We just need to add PPA to our system and install it using the following commands:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:paolorotolo/android-studio
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install android-studio
For more, see allubuntu.com

To install android studio on ubuntu here is the simplest way possible:
First of all, you have to install Ubuntu Make before installing Android Studio. Type following commands in the same order one by one on terminal:
1) sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make
2) sudo apt-get update
3) sudo apt-get install ubuntu-make
Now since you are done with Ubuntu make, use below command to install Android Studio:
4) umake android
While installation it will give you a couple of option which you can handle. So, Installation is done. You can open it and run an App of your choice. Isn’t it very easy? Let me know if you go through any problem, I can help.
Source Install Android Studio

add a repository,
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:maarten-fonville/android-studio
sudo apt-get update
Then install using the command below:
sudo apt-get install android-studio

Android Studio is now integrated in JetBrains Toolbox:
This free tool allows to easily install all JetBrains products, and Android Studio as well. Upgrade is automatic.
On Ubuntu, this tools requires FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace)

Hi If you want to install android studio on ubuntu you shoudl first have Java JDk on ubuntu.
Installing Java SDK
First you have to install Oracle on Java 7 (JDK and JRE)
Download Java SDK 32 or 64 bit depending upon your version.
java sdk on ubuntu
Then extract the file in the /tmp folder.Al dialogue box will pop up, click on replace all.An error will also pop out click close.
Go to tmp folder,a new folder name jdk and version must be created.right click on the folder and then click on rename and copy the name of the folder.
Also read How to Install Genymotion on Ubuntu
First write this command and click enter.
install android sdk on ubuntu linux
sudo su
Then write this command and press enter
if [ ! -d '/usr/lib/jvm' ]; then mkdir /usr/lib/jvm; fi
Paste this command
mv /tmp/jdk1.8* /usr/lib/jvm/
jdk1.8* = replace it with the name of the extracted folder in this example =jdk1.8.0_05
and press enter
sdk install linux
java,javac,jar,javaws = we have to replace these
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8*/bin/java 1065
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8*/bin/javac 1065
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/jar jar /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8*/bin/jar 1065
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws javaws /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8*/bin/javaws 1065
update-alternatives --config java
java -version
This was taken from
http://emulatorforpc.com/best-android-emulator-ubuntu/

I was just investigating this issue now, you should use Ubuntu Make
Which "is a command line tool which allows you to download the latest version of popular developer tools on your installation"

You could always follow the official guide on how to install Android Studio on Linux. There's even a video you can watch!
https://developer.android.com/studio/install.html
Remember to select Linux in the drop-down box.
To summarise the steps: download Android Studio and extract it and execute studio.sh to run it. If you're running 64-bit Ubuntu, you will need to run:
sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0 lib32stdc++6

Follow the steps via terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
after then:
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default
then;
Download Android Studio from "https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html", use All Android Studio Packages.
Unzip the file.
At last type via terminal :
cd android-studio
cd bin
./studio.sh
Then follow the commands and you're ready to go.

I was having having an issue with umake being an outdated version. What fixed it was:
sudo apt remove --purge ubuntu-make
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ubuntu-make
umake android

Error executing command 'ant' on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks when building for Android with PhoneGap/Cordova

Today I tried PhoneGap/Cordova with Mac OS X Mavericks. Building for iOS went just fine, but building for Android wasn't without some guesswork.
I installed Android 4.2.2 via the Android SDK Manager (I had to use the older API v17 since it wasn't compatible with a newer one), added the PATH environment variables for the SDK's platform-tools and tools and thought I was ready to take off by running the command:
phonegap run android
Nevertheless, I got the following error:
[phonegap] detecting Android SDK environment...
[phonegap] using the local environment
[phonegap] adding the Android platform...
[error] An error occured during creation of android sub-project. ERROR : executing command 'ant', make sure you have ant installed and added to your path.

The error message proved to be true as Apache Ant isn't in the path of Mac OS X Mavericks anymore.
Bulletproof solution:
Download and install Homebrew by executing following command in terminal:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Install Apache Ant via Homebrew by executing
brew install ant
Run the PhoneGap build again and it should successfully compile and install your Android app.

You can install ANT through macports or homebrew.
But if you want to do without 3rd party package managers, the problem can simply be fixed by downloading the binary release from the apache ANT web site and adding the binary to your system PATH.
For example, on Mountain Lion, in ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc my path was setup like this:
export ANT_HOME="/usr/share/ant"
export PATH=$PATH:$ANT_HOME/bin
So after uncompressing apache-ant-1.9.2-bin.tar.bz2 I moved the resulting directory to /usr/share/ and renamed it ant.
Simple as that, the issue is fixed.
Note Don't forget to sudo chown -R root:wheel /usr/share/ant

As an alternative to homebrew, you could download and install macports. Once you have macports, you can use:
sudo port install apache-ant

it don't needed port and brew!
because you have android sdk package.
.1 edit your .bash_profile
export ANT_HOME="[your android_sdk_path/eclipse/plugins/org.apache.ant_1.8.3.v201301120609]"
// its only my org.apache.ant version, check your org.apache.ant version
export PATH=$PATH:$ANT_HOME/bin
.2 make ant command that can executed
chmod 770 [your ANT_HOME/bin/ant]
.3 test if you see below message. that's success!
command line execute: ant
Buildfile: build.xml does not exist!
Build failed

I encountered the same issue when trying to use Cordova. Turns out I already had brew, try which brew, but it was outdated. So, I had to update it first:
Update brew: brew update
Install Apache Ant: brew install ant

In my case, I have macport installed already. I simply updated my macport:
sudo port selfupdate
sudo port upgrade outdated
Then install apache-ant:
sudo port install apache-ant
Finally, I add ant to my alias list in my .bash_profile:
alias ant='/opt/local/bin/ant'
Then you are all set.

For OSX your path needs to include /Users/yourusername
their example: /Development/adt-bundle/sdk/platform-tools
needs to be: /Users/yourusername/Development/adt-bundle/sdk/platform-tools