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'apkanalyzer' is not recognized as an internal or external command

I often compare my new build apk size with the production build and I am looking for options to automate this activity such that it compares both new and prod apk sizes and reports me.
I am aware of APK Analyzer of Android Studio but I want to do that using command-line tools. This doc lists the usage of apkanalyzer but upon running this command
apkanalyzer -h apk file-size myapk.apk
It says "'apkanalyzer' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." though I have already set the environment path to \Android\sdk\tools\bin.
Not sure why command-line is not recognizing this command, could you let me know where I could possibly have gone wrong or is there any other way to check apk file size using command-line?
Thanks for any help in advance.

apkanalyzer is unix shell script, here converted batch script for windows, make sure to change APP_HOME and CLASSPATH to match your setup. save it as apkanalyzer.cmd
#echo off
::##############################################################################
::##
::## apkanalyzer start up script for Windows
::##
::## converted by ewwink
::##
::##############################################################################
::Attempt to set APP_HOME
SET SAVED=%cd%
SET APP_HOME=C:\android\sdk\tools
SET APP_NAME="apkanalyzer"
::Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and APKANALYZER_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
SET DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=-Dcom.android.sdklib.toolsdir=%APP_HOME%
SET CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\lib\dvlib-26.0.0-dev.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\util-2.2.1.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\jimfs-1.1.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\annotations-13.0.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\ddmlib-26.0.0-dev.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\repository-26.0.0-dev.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\sdk-common-26.0.0-dev.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\kotlin-stdlib-1.1.3-2.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\protobuf-java-3.0.0.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\apkanalyzer-cli.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\gson-2.3.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\httpcore-4.2.5.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\dexlib2-2.2.1.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\commons-compress-1.12.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\generator.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\error_prone_annotations-2.0.18.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\commons-codec-1.6.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\kxml2-2.3.0.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\httpmime-4.1.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\annotations-12.0.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\bcpkix-jdk15on-1.56.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\jsr305-3.0.0.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\explainer.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\builder-model-3.0.0-dev.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\baksmali-2.2.1.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\j2objc-annotations-1.1.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\layoutlib-api-26.0.0-dev.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\jcommander-1.64.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\commons-logging-1.1.1.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\annotations-26.0.0-dev.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\builder-test-api-3.0.0-dev.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\animal-sniffer-annotations-1.14.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\bcprov-jdk15on-1.56.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\httpclient-4.2.6.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\common-26.0.0-dev.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\jopt-simple-4.9.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\sdklib-26.0.0-dev.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\apkanalyzer.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\shared.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\binary-resources.jar;%APP_HOME%\lib\guava-22.0.jar
SET APP_ARGS=%*
::Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
SET APKANALYZER_OPTS=%DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% -classpath %CLASSPATH% com.android.tools.apk.analyzer.ApkAnalyzerCli %APP_ARGS%
::Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
SET JAVACMD="java"
where %JAVACMD% >nul 2>nul
if %errorlevel%==1 (
echo ERROR: 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
echo Please set the 'java' variable in your environment to match the
echo location of your Java installation.
echo.
exit /b 0
)
:: execute apkanalyzer
%JAVACMD% %APKANALYZER_OPTS%

While checking the output of appium-doctor command - The following error was seen -
android, apkanalyzer could NOT be found in /Users/{user_name}/Library/Android/sdk!
The solution was to enable Android SDK Command-line tools from Android Studio Preferences
Checkout the screenshot
Hope this helps

APK Analyzer tool is available in android studio https://developer.android.com/studio/build/apk-analyzer.html.
Most the command executable options can be used just with the good UI available in the Android Studio.

The apkanalyzer file (with no extension) in my sdk>tools>bin installed on my windows 10 pc is a Unix Shell script.
Windows doesn't recognize this file as a valid command.
This appears to be a bug in the windows install of the Android SDK Tools 26.1.1.

This means that apkanalyzer does not exist in your SDK path.
To download it, just got to SDK Manager and click on Android SDK Tools, then click Ok to continue and download the missing tools.
SDK manager

As others have mentioned, make sure you have installed the Android SDK Tools via the SDK Manager. They should show up in <your_sdk_root>/tools/bin. A long time ago I added <your_sdk_root>/tools to my $PATH in my ~/.bash_profile, but never added <your_sdk_root>/tools/bin; apparently I missed the note that as of SDK Tools, Revision 25.3.0 tools were deprecated or otherwise moved to there among other places.
Seee also
https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/ for details on the regular Tools, Build, Platform, and Emulator tools.

In Android Studio > Tools > sdkmanager > install Android SDK Command line tools
This worked for me!

I've submitted a bug report to Google: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/124064881
Apparently it's broken on Windows.

be sure that Android Studio "Commandline Tools" installed on your system.
Then, add the following information into your system path;
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\tools
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\tools\bin
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\cmdline-tools\latest
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\cmdline-tools\latest\bin
It worked for me..
M. Yaşar Özden

How to set NDK Build path in OSX for Android studio

I had set the ANDROID_NDK_HOME as /Users/Shajilshocker/Documents/Android/NDK/android-ndk-r10b using a mac osx application called Environment Variables.
I had confirmed that it set the path correctly in Terminal
echo $ANDROID_NDK_HOME
But when I run a shell file in a Android Studio project which invokes ndk-build I get the following error
ndk-build: command not found
How to make sure that ndk-build is in your build path ?
How to set ndk-build in my build path ?
Thanks for any help

Well, this is actually not enough to make the system aware of the path. You must add this path to the PATH system variable. In your case, all you have to do is to add the following line to your terminal configuration file (which should be under your home directory, named .bashrc if you kept the default terminal, full path: ~/.bashrc):
export PATH=$PATH:/Users/Shajilshocker/Documents/Android/NDK/android-ndk-r10b
What this line does is actually adding the path to your Android NDK directory to the PATH variable. You export a variable named PATH with its current content plus the directory of your NDK.
Step by step:
Go in the home directory
Edit .bashrc
Add the line I showed above
Save, exit, then restart bash (you just have to type bash, then enter)

For mac use this: Open your .bash_profile file with a text editor. .bash_profile is by default found in home directory. Eg /Users/john
the assumption is: you have downloaded the android sdk and ndk to /User/john/Android or you can find the path from Android Studio by going to
Project Structure > SDK Location, pay attention to Android SDK location & Android NDK location
export ANDROID_SDK=/Users/john/Android/sdk
export ANDROID_NDK=/Users/john/Android/sdk/ndk-bundle
export PATH="$PATH:$ANDROID_SDK/tools:$ANDROID_SDK/platform-tools:$ANDROID_NDK"
Then save the above lines to your .bash_profile file. Close it and try typing this on your terminal
ndk-build
if the response is like below, you are good to go
Android NDK: Could not find application project directory !
Android NDK: Please define the NDK_PROJECT_PATH variable to point to it.
/Users/john/Android/sdk/ndk-bundle/build/core/build-local.mk:143: *** Android NDK: Aborting . Stop.
The assumption here is you have downloaded your android sdk to /Users/john/Android

In case this helps anyone, I installed the Android NDK using Android Studio on MacOS by following the instructions on the android.com NDK webpage: I selected Tools --> Android --> SDK Manager and then selected NDK. Android Studio then installed the downloaded files under:
/Users/user.name/Library/Android/sdk/
That directory is the same one that is listed on the SDK Manager window inside Android Studio. Underneath that directory is another directory ndk-bundle, which has all the NDK tools.
Thus, I added this to my path:
/Users/user.name/Library/Android/sdk/ndk-bundle/

cd to path you have to set.
Enter in Terminal: echo "export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_NDK_HOME" | sudo tee -a /etc/profile

how can i launch the android tool?

I need to do somethings that must be done from the command prompt of the android tool.
but every one says it's in the platform tools folder in the sdk path but which file is it?
that might help:
the contents of platform tools folder:
aapt.exe
adb.exe
aidl.exe
dexdump.exe
dx.bat
fastboot.exe
llvm-rs-cc.exe
source.properties
AdbWinApi.dll
AdbWinUsbApi.dll

Did you mean android Adb command lin tool if so see this link
if you want to manage emulator from command line see these three link it will help you a lot
Android Emulator
Using the Android Emulator
Android Emulator on Linux

There is an android command, but it's not an executable - run the android.bat in the tools directory, and you should be able to make the changes you need. If you add the tools directory to your system path, you'll be able to run android from any directory when using the command line.

When launching ddms from the cli OS X (10.7.3) I get an error: "Failed to get the adb version...."

When launching DDMS from the command line in Lion (10.7.3) I get the following error:
E/adb: Failed to get the adb version: Cannot run program "/Users/stevieo/android-sdk-macosx/tools/adb": error=2, No such file or directory
This makes sense to me because adb is actually in: /Users/stevieo/android-sdks/platform-tools
How can I modify this path so that ddms will launch on my system?
I have looked into the ddms file itself, but cannot decipher its intent.
One note, I do NOT have this issue on Snow Leopard (10.6.8)....
TIA for any thoughts or assistance.
Regards,
Steve O'Sullivan

If you look into your tools directory where you launched ddms, you will see the adb_has_moved.txt which says:
The adb tool has moved to platform-tools/
If you don't see this directory in your SDK,
launch the SDK and AVD Manager (execute the android tool)
and install "Android SDK Platform-tools"
Please also update your PATH environment variable to
include the platform-tools/ directory, so you can
execute adb from any location.
To solve this, I would change your ~/.bash_profile to have a line like:
# --- add Android platform-tools directory
PATH=~/android-sdks/platform-tools:$PATH
export PATH
Make sure to open up a new Terminal window so it will reload ~/.bash_profile
Note that a possible reason why it is working on your 10.6.8 installation is that you may have an older version of the Android SDK, where adb was in still in the tools directory.

If you are trying from eclipse,
Please make sure to create a adb link in /usr/bin/ directory which should solve the problem:
Ex: ln -s /Users//android-sdks/platform-tools/adb /usr/bin/adb
Note: logging as sudo/root may be required

How do i run the Android command line tools?

I'm still pretty new to Android and programming in general, and I can't seem to get the command line tools packaged with the Android SDK to work. I'm running Mac OSX and each time I try to run layoutopt, for example, the terminal returns, *-bash: cmd: command not found
*
Also, is it okay to have my SDK located in the Developer directory and my android project in some unrelated directory when using these tools?

If you want you can put the path in your ~/.bash_profile so you can call it from anywhere:
export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/<username>/path/to/sdk/tools
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools

You may want to include also the platform-tools into your ~./bash_profile
### Android dev tools
export ANDROID_HOME="/Users/myusername/DEV/tools/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64/sdk"
export PATH="$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH"
You will need to start a new terminal session or run
source ~/.bash_profile
to loads the values immediately without having to open a new terminal session.

The current (2016-08-17) answer to this question is:
~/Library/Android/sdk
So my bash_profile contains:
export ANDROID_HOME=~/Library/Android/sdk
export PATH=${PATH}:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$ANDROID_HOME/tools

I figured it out. I needed to go to the /tools directory in the SDK folder and type in:
./layoutopt <directorypath>

Problem is your command line tool is not seeing required programs from /path/to/sdk/tools.
One solution as user NKijak mentioned is to add those tools to your Home path and the other is to run command line from location where your sdk tools are stored. Here is a tutorial how to do just that http://hathaway.cc/2008/06/how-to-edit-your-path-environment-variables-on-mac-os-x/
Other way is, when opening command line just change your current dir to /path/to/sdk/tools and then run the tools. In windows you can just shift+right click in file explorer and pick open command windows here I am not sure is there equivalent on MacOS but there are some extensions you can install to add this option. Also total commander in windows has command line where you can start command line from current location there are similar programs on mac like Midnight Commander that have same option.

Here is a good description:
To connect to the console of any running emulator instance at any time, use this command:
telnet localhost <console-port>