“unable to locate adb” using Android Studio [duplicate]

Answer 1

1. on your android studio at the top right corner beside the search icon you can find the SDK Manager.
2. view android SDK location (this will show you your sdk path)
3. navigate to file explorer on your system, and locate the file path, this should be found something like Windows=> c://Users/johndoe/AppData/local/android (you can now see the sdk.) Mac=>/Users/johndoe/Library/Android/sdk
4. check the platform tools folder and see if you would see anything like adb.exe (it should be missing probably because it was corrupted and your antivirus or windows defender has quarantined it)
5. delete the platform tools folder
6. go back to android studio and from where you left off navigate to sdk tools (this should be right under android sdk location)
7. uncheck android sdk platform-tools and select ok. (this will uninstall the platform tools from your ide) wait till it is done and then your gradle will sync.
8. after sync is complete, go back and check the box of android sdk platform-tools (this will install a fresh one with new adb.exe) wait till it is done and sync project and then you are good to go.

I hope this saves someone some hours of pain.

Answer 2

I had the same problem, and I solved it by doing:

• (You should be connected to the internet)
• click the logo of the SDK Manager
• click Launch StandAlone SDK Manager (wait a moment)
• if the dialog of the SDK manager shows, you click cexbox [Tools] and Install all packages
• if the download is finished, you restart android studio and boot again..

After that, it should work.

Answer 3

Due to some problem my adb.exe, was lost. My space of work suffered an electrical energy interruption, after that, I could not run or compile android programs.

Adb.exe is a file which should be located in your [android directory]/sdk/platform-tools. In my case, the file dissapeared, however the platform-tools was ther. My solution was as follows:

• I changed the name directory of [android directory]/sdk/platform-tools towards platform-tools_OLD, in order to hide it for android studio without erase it.
• In [android directory]/sdk there is a file SDK Manager.exe, ... I launched it.
• A window of "Android SDK Manager" is shown, then, in the Tools folder I chose "Android SDK Platform Tools" and then, Install packages.
• Enter to Android Studio

This was well for me

Answer 4

(I am using Android Studio 3.0.1)

1. I downloaded "SDK Platform-Tools" from https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
2. Copied 'adb.exe' to C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\platform-tools.
3. Then I got no errors when running the app.
4. I also added C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe to the exception list of my anti-virus tool

Answer 5

if using avast go for virus chest,will find adb,restore it by clicking right button..thats all,perfectly works

Answer 6

Else this will helps you

The ADB is now located in the Android SDK platform-tools.

Check your [sdk directory]/platform-tools directory and if it does not exist, then open the SDK manager in the Android Studio (a button somewhere in the top menu, android logo with a down arrow), switch to SDK tools tab and and select/install the Android SDK Platform-tools.

Alternatively, you can try the standalone SDK Manager: Open the SDK manager and you should see a "Launch Standalone SDK manager" link somewhere at the bottom of the settings window. Click and open the standalone SDK manager, then install/update the

"Tools > Android SDK platform tools". If the above does not solve the problem, try reinstalling the tools: open the "Standalone SDK manager" and uninstall the Android SDK platform-tools, delete the [your sdk directory]/platform-tools directory completely and install it again using the SDK manager.

Hope this helps!