Throwing error ANDROID_HOME is not set

PoornimaSuraj · March 23, 2018, 12:04pm

HI,

I am setting up appium for executing tests on Android devices on a mac machine. I am also using serenity for reporting. When I start running the test I am getting the following error

Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: packageAndLaunchActivityFromManifest failed. Original error: Could not find aapt Please set the ANDROID_HOME environment variable with the Android SDK root directory path. (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)

I tried printing the ANDROID_HOME variable from intellij and it is reflecting correctly. Please help

sachin925 · March 26, 2018, 9:43am

Hi @PoornimaSuraj,
Trye this:

Open the terminal and type :

export ANDROID_HOME=/Applications/ADT/sdk

Add this to the PATH environment variable

export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/bin

After this, verify the settings by running:

appium-doctor

Hope this works

Rajesh_RK · March 26, 2018, 10:29am

Hey @PoornimaSuraj

It will work Whatever @sachin925 says .If you still face the issue copy below thing in bash_profile

1.Open The Terminal
2.Type below command
nano ~/.bash_profile

then one window will open add the path as per ur system directory

export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/xxx/Library/Android/sdk
export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
export PATH=${JAVA_HOME}/bin:$PATH
export PATH=${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/tools
export PATH=${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/platforms-tools
export PATH=${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/build-tools/27.0.1
export PATH=${PATH}:${JAVA_HOME}

Once copied save the file by pressing command+x .

Hope this will resolve issue permanently

PoornimaSuraj · March 26, 2018, 10:55am

Thank you, @sachin925 @Rajesh_RK … its working now. I had set the value in bash_profile, but the values did not get reflected. A couple of restarts later, problem got fixed

Rajesh_RK · March 27, 2018, 4:51am

@PoornimaSuraj : Good to know…

Reem_Nasser · July 4, 2018, 9:47am

@Rajesh_RK @sachin925 can you please help me, I have the same problem on windows 10

Rajesh_RK · July 16, 2018, 8:48am

@Reem_Nasser : In windows 10 u have to set the environment variables of ANDROID_HOME and JAVA_HOME…

In Search, search for and then select: System (Control Panel)
Click the Advanced system settings link.
Click Environment Variables. In the section System Variables, find the PATH environment variable and select it. Click Edit. If the PATH environment variable does not exist, click New.
In the Edit System Variable (or New System Variable) window, specify the value of the PATH environment variable. Click OK. Close all remaining windows by clicking OK.
Reopen Command prompt window, and run your java code.

Pac_Chan · April 22, 2019, 4:20am

Hi
I have the same errors although I follow the steps.

Can anyone please give me an instructions to fix?

PoornimaSuraj · April 25, 2019, 11:48am

Hello @Pac_Chan , from your logs, it can correctly get the path you have set in your bash_profile, but it says it is not a valid path. Are you able to navigate to the location /Users/Pac/Library/Android/sdk from terminal?

manvedu · May 3, 2019, 4:50pm

I have the same issue! I set variables in mi ~/.bash_profile but nothing. I have Mojave as OS.
Please help

Krishna_Kiran_K · July 8, 2019, 10:20am

Hi ,

I am getting the same error even after setting everything, Please can you check once ?

Here is my nano ~/.profile

export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/krishnakiran/Library/Android/sdk
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME:$PATH
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin:$PATH
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/build-tools/29.0.0:$PATH

launchctl setenv ANDROID_HOME /Users/krishnakiran/Library/Android/sdk

Heres the which appt on terminal

/Users/krishnakiran/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/29.0.0/aapt

Here’s the error message when i run on eclipse

e[35m[Appium]e[39m Welcome to Appium v1.13.0
e[35m[Appium]e[39m Non-default server args:
e[35m[Appium]e[39m address: 127.0.0.1
e[35m[Appium]e[39m fullReset: true
e[35m[Appium]e[39m Deprecated server args:
e[35m[Appium]e[39m e[31m–full-resete[39m => --default-capabilities ‘{“fullReset”:true}’
e[35m[Appium]e[39m Default capabilities, which will be added to each request unless overridden by desired capabilities:
e[35m[Appium]e[39m fullReset: true
e[35m[Appium]e[39m Appium REST http interface listener started on 127.0.0.1:4723
Appium server started.
08 Jul 2019 11:05:07 INFO logger - Appium server started successfully
08 Jul 2019 11:05:07 INFO logger - --------------------------------------
e[35m[HTTP]e[39m e[37m–>e[39m e[37mPOSTe[39m e[37m/wd/hub/sessione[39m
e[35m[HTTP]e[39m e[90m{“desiredCapabilities”:{“app”:"/Users/krishnakiran/Desktop/MobileAutomationFramework-master/app-poquat-release.apk",“appPackage”:“com.poqstudio.app.platform.poquat”,“noReset”:false,“automationName”:“UiAutomator2”,“platformName”:“Android”,“deviceName”:“Android Device”},“capabilities”:{“alwaysMatch”:{“appium:app”:"/Users/krishnakiran/Desktop/MobileAutomationFramework-master/app-poquat-release.apk",“appium:appPackage”:“com.poqstudio.app.platform.poquat”,“appium:automationName”:“UiAutomator2”,“appium:deviceName”:“Android Device”,“appium:noReset”:false,“platformName”:“android”},“firstMatch”:[{}]}}e[39m
[debug] e[35m[W3C]e[39m Calling AppiumDriver.createSession() with args: [{“app”:"/Users/krishnakiran/Desktop/MobileAutomationFramework-master/app-poquat-release.apk",“appPackage”:“com.poqstudio.app.platform.poquat”,“noReset”:false,“automationName”:“UiAutomator2”,“platformName”:“Android”,“deviceName”:“Android Device”},null,{“alwaysMatch”:{“appium:app”:"/Users/krishnakiran/Desktop/MobileAutomationFramework-master/app-poquat-release.apk",“appium:appPackage”:“com.poqstudio.app.platform.poquat”,“appium:automationName”:“UiAutomator2”,“appium:deviceName”:“Android Device”,“appium:noReset”:false,“platformName”:“android”},“firstMatch”:[{}]}]
[debug] e[35m[BaseDriver]e[39m Event ‘newSessionRequested’ logged at 1562580308565 (11:05:08 GMT+0100 (British Summer Time))
e[35m[BaseDriver]e[39m The capabilities [“fullReset”] are not standard capabilities and should have an extension prefix
e[35m[Appium]e[39m Appium v1.13.0 creating new AndroidUiautomator2Driver (v1.33.1) session
e[35m[Appium]e[39m Capabilities:
e[35m[Appium]e[39m platformName: android
e[35m[Appium]e[39m app: /Users/krishnakiran/Desktop/MobileAutomationFramework-master/app-poquat-release.apk
e[35m[Appium]e[39m appPackage: com.poqstudio.app.platform.poquat
e[35m[Appium]e[39m automationName: UiAutomator2
e[35m[Appium]e[39m deviceName: Android Device
e[35m[Appium]e[39m noReset: false
e[35m[Appium]e[39m fullReset: true
[debug] e[35m[BaseDriver]e[39m W3C capabilities {“alwaysMatch”:{“platformNa… and MJSONWP desired capabilities {“fullReset”:true,“app”:”/U… were provided
[debug] e[35m[BaseDriver]e[39m Creating session with W3C capabilities: {“alwaysMatch”:{"platformNa…
e[35m[BaseDriver]e[39m Session created with session id: 68900c24-5369-48a9-b686-42f36f6e2e70
e[35m[BaseDriver]e[39m Using local app ‘/Users/krishnakiran/Desktop/MobileAutomationFramework-master/app-poquat-release.apk’
[debug] e[35m[UiAutomator2]e[39m Checking whether app is actually present
e[35m[ADB]e[39m The ANDROID_HOME environment variable is not set to the Android SDK root directory path. ANDROID_HOME is required for compatibility with SDK 23+. Checking along PATH for adb.
[debug] e[35m[UiAutomator2]e[39m Deleting UiAutomator2 session
[debug] e[35m[BaseDriver]e[39m Event ‘newSessionStarted’ logged at 1562580308745 (11:05:08 GMT+0100 (British Summer Time))
[debug] e[35m[W3C]e[39m Encountered internal error running command: Error: Could not find ‘adb’ in PATH. Please set the ANDROID_HOME environment variable with the Android SDK root directory path.
[debug] e[35m[W3C]e[39m at ADB. (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-adb/lib/tools/system-calls.js:135:11)
[debug] e[35m[W3C]e[39m at Generator.throw ()
[debug] e[35m[W3C]e[39m at asyncGeneratorStep (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:3:24)
[debug] e[35m[W3C]e[39m at _throw (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:29:9)
e[35m[HTTP]e[39m e[37m<-- POST /wd/hub/session e[39me[31m500e[39m e[90m274 ms - 803e[39m
e[35m[HTTP]e[39m e[90me[39m
It is impossible to create a new session because ‘createSession’ which takes HttpClient, InputStream and long was not found or it is not accessible
Build info: version: ‘3.12.0’, revision: ‘7c6e0b3’, time: ‘2018-05-08T14:04:26.12Z’
System info: host: ‘POQ0026.local’, ip: ‘fe80:0:0:0:10de:7d73:bad7:e4fe%en0’, os.name: ‘Mac OS X’, os.arch: ‘x86_64’, os.version: ‘10.14.4’, java.version: ‘1.8.0_201’
Driver info: driver.version: AndroidDriver

PoornimaSuraj · July 9, 2019, 10:30am

Hello @Krishna_Kiran_K , have you set the android_home in eclipse run configuration?

Krishna_Kiran_K · July 10, 2019, 8:59am

Hey @PoornimaSuraj , Yes I did and it did work after that . But is there no way to set this in the code itself rather than setting it up on the Run Config in eclipse ?

PoornimaSuraj · July 10, 2019, 9:13am

Great to know that it worked. Unfortunately, I am not a frequent eclipse user and not sure why the environment variables are not being picked up. Probably a question for the eclipse team?

Rokit12 · January 3, 2020, 12:30pm

SOMEBODY HELP TO FIX THIS PLEASE
info AppiumDoctor Appium Doctor v.1.13.0
info AppiumDoctor ### Diagnostic for necessary dependencies starting ###
info AppiumDoctor The Node.js binary was found at: /home/robinson/.nvm/versions/node/v10.9.0/bin/node
info AppiumDoctor Node version is 10.9.0
WARN AppiumDoctor ANDROID_HOME is set to ‘/Applications/ADT/sdk’ but this is NOT a valid path!
WARN AppiumDoctor JAVA_HOME is NOT set!
WARN AppiumDoctor adb could NOT be found at ‘/Applications/ADT/sdk/platform-tools/adb’!
WARN AppiumDoctor android could NOT be found at ‘/Applications/ADT/sdk/tools/android’!
WARN AppiumDoctor emulator could NOT be found at ‘/Applications/ADT/sdk/tools/emulator’!
WARN AppiumDoctor Bin directory for $JAVA_HOME is not set
info AppiumDoctor ### Diagnostic for necessary dependencies completed, 6 fixes needed. ###
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info AppiumDoctor ### Diagnostic for optional dependencies completed, 3 fixes possible. ###
info AppiumDoctor
info AppiumDoctor ### Manual Fixes Needed ###
info AppiumDoctor The configuration cannot be automatically fixed, please do the following first:
WARN AppiumDoctor ➜ Manually configure ANDROID_HOME.
WARN AppiumDoctor ➜ Manually configure JAVA_HOME.
WARN AppiumDoctor ➜ Manually install adb and add it to PATH.
WARN AppiumDoctor ➜ Manually install android and add it to PATH.
WARN AppiumDoctor ➜ Manually install emulator and add it to PATH.
WARN AppiumDoctor ➜ Add ‘$JAVA_HOME/bin’ to your PATH environment
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WARN AppiumDoctor ➜ mjpeg-consumer module is required to use MJPEG-over-HTTP features. Please install it with ‘npm i -g mjpeg-consumer’.
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cesarv · January 5, 2020, 6:01pm

You need to set the ANDROID_HOME to the right path of the Android SDK and set the JAVA_HOME environment variable, and then add them to you path.

What shell are you using?

Meer_Hussain_Abrar · June 26, 2020, 6:49am

Leaving the solution here, incase anyone faced similar problem in Mac Catalina, when running Appium C# script to initialise Android driver. Tried fixing .bash_profile and .zprofile files as mentioned in many answers, nothing seem to work.

Then, decided to explicitly set ANDROID_HOME and JAVA_HOME environment variables programmatically as follows, before initialising Android driver, it finally worked:

    Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("ANDROID_HOME", "/Users/{username}/Library/Android/sdk");
    Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("JAVA_HOME", "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-14.0.1.jdk/Contents/Home");

sairanga · August 20, 2020, 1:55pm

Hi, Can you help with this

I have given same environment variables in bash profile. But still Appium throws me error as follow:

“An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Neither ANDROID_HOME nor ANDROID_SDK_ROOT environment variable was exported”

Please find my bash profile

export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/kalvabalarangasai/Library/Android/sdk
export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
export PATH=${JAVA_HOME}/bin:$PATH
export PATH=${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/tools
export PATH=${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/platforms-tools
export PATH=${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/build-tools/30.0.2

Shaami_Nights · September 2, 2020, 8:07pm

I solved this problem by starting the appium server click config button & place both android SDK path on ANDOID_HOME & place java installed path at JDK then you are good to go

Teodoro_gar · February 24, 2021, 12:17am

This was ding ding!!!