Set ANDROID_HOME environment variable in mac

Question

I am new in developing native app using Salesforce SDK. I tried to create android project from command line using forcedroid tool but there is problem in setting environment variable named ANDROID_HOME.

But i don't know how to set this variable.

I am attaching screenshot to describe my problem correctly.

Answer 1

Open the terminal and type :

export ANDROID_HOME=/Applications/ADT/sdk

Add this to the PATH environment variable

export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/bin

If the terminal doesn't locate the added path(s) from the .bash_profile, please run this command

source ~/.bash_profile

Hope it works to you!

Answer 2

To make it permanent on your system and the variable keep working after close the terminal, ou after a restart use:

nano ~/.bash_profile 

Add lines:

export ANDROID_HOME=/YOUR_PATH_TO/android-sdk
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$PATH

Reopen terminal and check if it worked:

source ~/.bash_profile
echo $ANDROID_HOME

Answer 3

The above answer is correct. Works really well. There is also quick way to do this.

1. Open command prompt
   

2. Type - echo export "ANDROID_HOME=/Users/yourName/Library/Android/sdk" >> ~/.bash_profile
   

   Thats's it.
   

3. Close your terminal.
   

4. Open it again.
   

5. Type - echo $ANDROID_HOME to check if the home is set.

Answer 4

source ~/.bash_profile
export ANDROID_HOME=/YOUR_PATH_TO/android-sdk
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH

Answer 5

As a noob I was struggling a lot with setting up the variable.I was creating copies of .bash_profile files, the text in file was not saving etc ..😳

So I documented the the steps that worked for me. It is simple and foolproof( but little lengthy ) way to do it ✌🏼

Step1. Go to Finder >Go(on top) , click on users, then your user account you will see something like this :

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Step2. Now hold down ⌘ + ⇧ + . (dot) , this will now display hidden files and folders. It will look something like this:

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PS: If the ⌘ + ⇧ +. does not work, please look up the keyboard shortcut relevant for your Mac Operating system name

Step3.

Scenario A :If .bash_profile already exists

Step3.A.1 :Double click the .bash_profile. It should open up with TextEdit ( or alternatively right click >open with >TextEdit)

Step3.A.2 : Paste the variable text in the .bash_profile file using ⌘ + V

Step3.A.3 :Save the .bash_profile file using ⌘ + S

Scenario B :If .bash_profile does NOT exist This is kind silly way of doing it , but it worked perfectly for noob like me

Step3.B.1 : Download free BBEdit text editor which is pretty light weight. Whats special about this editor is that it lets you save file that starts with ". "

Step3.B.2 : Create a new file

Step3.B.3 : Save the file in your account folder . A warning will pop up , which looks something like this:

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Click Use"." button. Then the blank .bash_profile file will be saved

Step3.B.4 : Paste the variable text in the .bash_profile file using ⌘ + V

Step3.B.5 :Save the .bash_profile file using ⌘ + S

Step 4: Last and final step is to check if the above steps worked. Open the bash and type echo $ANDROID_HOME

Your ANDROID_HOME variable should be now set.🤜🏻

Answer 6

Firstly, get the Android SDK location in Android Studio : Android Studio -> Preferences -> Appearance & Behaviour -> System Settings -> Android SDK -> Android SDK Location

Then execute the following commands in terminal

export ANDROID_HOME=Paste here your SDK location

export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/bin

It is done.