How do I run adb on a mac terminal?

Question

adb shell run-as /data/data/com.mypackagename 

returns

adb command not found

though I see adb in the dir

Answer 1

For Xamarin Studio users, this is a copy/paste from the Xamarin forums

From Xamarin Studio, go to Tools, then select "Open Android SDK Command Prompt". This will open a terminal window and automatically navigate you to the Android SDK location. From there you can use the ADB command.