/bin/sh: adb: command not found

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When I try to run my react native app on my device, I get the following message /bin/sh: adb: command not found. The app still runs on my phone but I can't reload it or remote debug it.

There are many questions like this but their solutions don't help me.

My adb file is in ~/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools.

I tried to do sudo nano ~/.zshrc, then under User Configuration I added export PATH="~/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools" but it didn't help.

When I do echo $PATH I get the following (but I don't know what it means :( ): /Users/myname/.rbenv/shims:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Users/myname/.rbenv/shims:/Users/myname/.rbenv/shims:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Users/myname/.rvm/bin

I guess I should export the correct path but I don't know where to start from. Any idea?

I'm assuming you run OSX. You have to remember the $PATH at the end of the export PATH command. What happens if you run: export PATH="~/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools":$PATH — Niels Ladekarl, Dec 13 '18 at 05:11

navylover · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-26T01:19:54.780

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please try:

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

edited Sep 26 '19 at 01:19

answered Dec 13 '18 at 05:08

navylover

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Do I just write this in the terminal? Or inside some files? – Tom Bom Dec 13 '18 at 06:03
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I wrote it in my terminal and it works now. – Tom Bom Dec 13 '18 at 06:14
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you must add it in the .bash_profile if you are using mac – Shubham1164 Feb 16 '19 at 05:28
Ty, worked well! – Mike Boutin Jun 27 '19 at 22:56
export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/{youusername}/Library/Android/sdk export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$PATH – Apurva Aggarwal Sep 16 '19 at 10:53
updating the path helps me too. One note is that you may want to close and re-open your terminal to see the changes. – Oluwatobi Samuel Omisakin Dec 22 '19 at 03:05
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@OluwatobiSamuelOmisakin that's not needed, you can just run `source .bash_profile` – Fabri Pautasso May 01 '20 at 15:44
ANDROID_SDK works for me. – tiennv Aug 29 '20 at 09:05
It worked on my end. Thanks! – Riku Oct 05 '20 at 09:13
is it documented on react native official docs or this is more like hacky way to get it done ? can i get reference link for this ? – protrafree Apr 07 '21 at 15:47
you have to edit 2 file vim .zshrc vim .bash_profile command --> vim = open editor , i = insert , :wq = for save and close edit – Kaushik Godhani Sep 25 '22 at 03:02
Can't thank you enough for this. ~/Library didn't work at all for me – Siva-Dev-Wizard Feb 13 '23 at 13:34

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