Could not find adb Please set the ANDROID_HOME environment variable with the Android SDK root directory path

srikanta · March 14, 2018, 4:32pm

I am working in Mac machine . Configured android sdk and also set paths in ~/.bash_profile file. While running the Appium server I am getting the below error .

Could not find adb Please set the ANDROID_HOME environment variable with the Android SDK root directory path.

Appium Version - 1.7.1

Capabilities :
“platformName”: “Android”,
“platformVersion”: “7.1.1”,
“deviceName”: “xyzzy”,
“app”: “abc.apk”

~/.bash_profile file :

export JAVA_HOME= ---------
export ANDROID_HOME=-------------
export PATH=${JAVA_HOME}/bin
export PATH=${ANDROID_HOME}/build-tools:$PATH
export PATH=${ANDROID_HOME}/tools:$PATH
export PATH=${ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools:$PATH
set PATH=${PATH}:${JAVA_HOME}/bin

Please help me on this . Can we automate android app using Mac or not ?

ssskkprd · March 14, 2018, 6:51pm

Can you run the appium server on console and run your scripts. That should resolve your issue

srikanta · March 14, 2018, 8:38pm

Thanks . Can I know u talking about to download Appium through npm and and run Appium in terminal rather than using the Appium desktop ?

ssskkprd · March 14, 2018, 9:41pm

I’ve verified on the latest GUI of Appium. If $ANDROID_HOME is set properly and added to path, Appium GUI should be able to find it

Yes. Try installing through npm if GUI doesn’t help you much.

srikanta · March 15, 2018, 5:03am

Thanks . I have configured below path in ~/.bash_profile file :

export JAVA_HOME= ---------
export ANDROID_HOME=-------------
export PATH=${JAVA_HOME}/bin
export PATH=${ANDROID_HOME}/build-tools:$PATH
export PATH=${ANDROID_HOME}/tools:$PATH
export PATH=${ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools:$PATH
set PATH=${PATH}:${JAVA_HOME}/bin

Please guide me if I am doing anything wrong or any changes required in configuration.

ssskkprd · March 15, 2018, 6:05am

Ideally what u have should suffice. Also can u please share the output for $echo $PATH.

srikanta · March 15, 2018, 6:18am

/Users/srikantakumar/Desktop/sdk/platform-tools:/Users/srikantakumar/Desktop/sdk/tools:/Users/srikantakumar/Desktop/sdk/build-tools:/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_152.jdk/Contents/Home/bin

srikanta · March 15, 2018, 6:57am

Thanks for the suggestion it workes for me while running the appium server on console . But please help me out to solve the problem for desktop version .

ssskkprd · March 15, 2018, 4:28pm

Kindly share the snippet of $cat .bash_profile ? I think ANDROID_HOME isn’t set properly.

srikanta · March 16, 2018, 6:35am

Thanks , the issue got resolved after adding to additional path and working fine now.

testmail_hfx · March 17, 2018, 3:52pm

@srikanta Hi … can you please tell me the solution? which additional path? where to add it?

srikanta · March 20, 2018, 5:03pm

Please add below two lines in to you ~/.bash_profile file.

export PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"

usahoo · August 12, 2019, 7:12am

@srikanta I have set the path details in bas_profile as you have mentioned but I am getting the below error while executing from Appium Desktop:
“Encountered internal error running command: Error: Could not find ‘aapt’ in PATH. Please set the ANDROID_HOME environment variable with the Android SDK root directory path.”

bash_profile details:
Upendras-iMac:~ upendra$ cat .bash_profile

export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)

export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/upendra/Library/Android/sdk

export PATH=${ANDROID_HOME}/build-tools:$PATH

export PATH=${ANDROID_HOME}/tools:$PATH

export PATH=${ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools:$PATH

export PATH=${ANDROID_HOME}/build-tools/29.0.2:$PATH

export PATH=${JAVA_HOME}/bin

export PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"

export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"

set PATH=${PATH}:${JAVA_HOME}/bin

sarath_prasad · August 12, 2019, 5:48pm

even after adding these two steps, not working for me but it is working from command line if I do man test from my workspace after starting the Appium server from the terminal

mykola-mokhnach · August 13, 2019, 7:32pm

github.com

appium/java-client/blob/master/docs/environment.md

# Appium Environment Troubleshooting

Quite often there are questions about why Appium throws an error about missing environment variable, for example `ANDROID_HOME`, or about missing binaries, like `idevice_id`, `carthage` or `java`. This article explains what might be a cause of such problem and how to resolve it.

## Prerequisites

In order to understand this topic you should know concept of environment variables, how it works in your operating system and how you can change the system environment if needed. In particular, it is important to know the meaning of `PATH` environment variable. Read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_(variable) for more details.

## How To Verify What Is Missing

Appium itself is a NodeJS application and uses the same environment as its host `node` process. If you experience an error related to local environment setup then verify the actual process environment first. In Mac OS, for example, it is possible to do this via `ps eww <PID>` command, where `PID` is the process identifier of the running Appium's host Node process. In Windows the [ProcessExplorer](https://docs.microsoft.com/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer) utility can be used for such purpose. Then make sure the corresponding variable is there and it is set to a proper value, or, in case there is an error finding some binary, make sure the parent folder of this binary is present in `PATH` list, the binary itself on the local file system and can be executed manually.

## How To Fix Missing Environment Variables

Usually, if one starts Appium from the command line, then it inherits all the environment variables from the parent process (`bash`/`cmd`, etc.). This means that if you start Appium manually or with a script then make sure its parent process has all the necessary environemnt variables set to proper values. Also, it is possible to set variables on [per-process](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10856129/setting-an-environment-variable-before-a-command-in-bash-not-working-for-second) basis. This might be handy if Appium is set up to start automatically with the operating system, because on early stages of system initialization it might be that the "usual" environment is not present yet.

In case the Appium process is started programatically, for example with java client's `AppiumDriverLocalService` helper class, then it might be necessary to setup the environment [in the client code](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/753), because prior to version 6.0 the client does not inherit it from the the parent process by default.

suaadBatis · March 12, 2020, 11:09am

Yup it worked you save my time , but how i can fix this issue !?
How i can run/stop the appium from desktop App