Eclipse/adb error message in Vista “Failed to parse the output of adb version”

Question

I am trying to learn Android development, so I downloaded Eclipse Galileo and the Android SDK. However, whenever I start Eclipse, I get the error message \"Failed to parse t

Answer 1

Maybe this thread will help you.

Try changing the port under: "Window->Preferences->Android->DDMS->ADB debugger base port" to something else.

Answer 2

Maybe this thread will help you.

Try changing the port under: "Window->Preferences->Android->DDMS->ADB debugger base port" to something else.

Answer 3

I did address the "Failed to parse the output of 'adb version'".

But when happening in conjunction with "Failed to reopen debug port for Selected Client to", you might need to:

• check your "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc" and make sure it contains "127.0.0.1 localhost" (see this thread)
• or check the ACL of that same file (this thread)

Note: the Android-developer blog has actually mentioned Stack Overflow as a good resource for Android questions;)

Answer 4

I was having a problem with Eclipse on startup stating that adb could not be started. It had worked before. So after searching the internet I found that there was a problem with the latest Java jdk. So I downloaded the latest and greatest version 6 and voila it worked! Not sure if this will help you with your problem.