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ADB in Win 7 64

Hello all,
I'm having trouble getting adb to work in win 7 64 bit...maybe someone can shed some light?
I downloaded and unzipped the Android SDK for windows from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html to C:\Android and set the path to C:\Android\Tools
I downloaded Daemon tools lite and installed it
I downloaded Java Development Kit for 64 bit (and the runtime environment for good measures) and installed them
Now, I need to download the drivers for my G1 and utilizing the instructions on the developer website I opened my cmd prompt and typed android and this is the output:
Starting Android SDK and AVD Manager
Access denied
SWT folder 'lib\x86_64' does not exist.
Please set ANDROID_SWT to point to the folder containing swt.jar for your platform.
When I go to C:\Android\tools\lib\x86_64\ there IS a swt.jar file in there....
What gives??

GREAT...the second I post this message I have a revelation...
Going through windows explorer to the android.bat file and right clicking it to run as administrator works...

New location for ADB

Last night I was doing a fresh install of Sabayon and one of the first things I setup was eclipse and the Android SDK. I thought I should let everyone know that the new SDK moves ADB from the 'tools' folder to a new folder called 'platform-tools'.
So you may need to change your environmental variables (in windows) or .bashrc file (in linux) to reflect this change. Otherwise ADB won't work. Most developers will already know this but new people and non devs will find the instructions for setting up ADB wrong as far as the path is concerned.
Ex:
c:\android_sdk\platform-tools
or
/home/[user_name]/android_sdk/platform-tools

Thanks, though this changed from v8 (2.3) of the SDK, when adb was also moved out of the SDK starter package and into an add-on.

Oh, so it was changed already in a previous update?
I'm more of a terminal guy myself (and use .sh scripts in recovery) and it shows now

[GUIDE/Linux] Install Android SDK the "Linux way"

Hi everyone.
I will show you how to install Android SDK. After this installation, you will have CLEAN, FULLY WORKING Android SDK environment useful for PROGRAMMING, using ADB utility and for OTHER THINGS. Note that this installation will work for ALL users on one computer, so its SYSTEM-WIDE installation (best solution).
This GUIDE WILL WORK WITH ALL LINUX DISTROS (tested on Arch/Debian, 32bit PC).
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WHAT WILL YOU NEED?
- Android SDK installation files (download file for LINUX, android-sdk_rXX-linux_x86.tgz - remember to replace "XX" with actual version number you have downloaded)
- Linux machine
- internet connection
- text editor (gedit, Kate, nano or any other)
- tar (is preinstalled on all Linux distros)
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LET'S GO
Download Android SDK for Linux and store that android-sdk_rXX-linux_x86.tgz file in your home directory.
Launch terminal and navigate to your home folder with this command:
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cd ~
Extract downloaded android-sdk_rXX-linux_x86.tgz file with this command:
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tar xvzf android-sdk_rXX-linux_x86.tgz
After extraction, you have "android-sdk-linux_x86" folder in your home directory. Now we will copy this folder into /opt folder (i chose this folder, because its used even for JDK and its system wide directory). Copy extracted folder with this command:
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sudo mv android-sdk-linux_x86 /opt/android-sdk
After this, Android SDK is copied into /opt directory.
Now we have to register our Android SDK paths with our Linux system. Path to our Android SDK is now /opt/android-sdk/. We can find folders add-ons, platforms and tools (for example) in this path. To complete Android SDK installation, open your ~/.bashrc file with your favourite text editor. If you use gedit, then use this command:
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gedit ~/.bashrc
Text editor with text file opens now....
After its opened, scroll DOWN to the end of file and put on the LAST LINE of that file:
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export PATH=${PATH}:/opt/android-sdk/tools:/opt/android-sdk/platform-tools
Then save file and exit text editor. This step added our Android SDK paths to Linux SYSTEM-WIDE path, so that we can use for example adb by simply typing "adb shell".
Basic installation is now complete. To make SDK usable, type this to terminal:
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sudo android
If you use GNOME then write gksudo instead of sudo and when you use KDE, write kdesu instead of sudo.
ANDROID SETTINGS window will appear. Go to "Available Packages" and install
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Android SDK platform-tools
Android Compatibility package
SDK Platfotm Android XX (select versions you wanna, select at least one - for example 2.3.3)
After things are downloaded and updated, close that Android Settings window.
Log out and log in to complete installation.
CHEERS!!!
If you like this GUIDE, then HIT THX button.
Have a nice day.

Why are you spamming the forum with this unnecessary cruft?
Duh... download file from web.
Extract.
done.
I mean what are you trying to do? Confuse people and drive them by force to apple?

Not everyone is as SMART as(s) you are.
So keep quiet if you have nothing positive to say to this thread.

sudo android
sudo: android: command not found

I also found this script (for ubuntu) very helpful https ://github.com/AdnanHodzic/android-sdk-installer
And it is possible to just install the eclipse plugin as a user, it will pull in the sdk. (Don't forget to install the i386 libs though)

1) Download the Android SDK for Linux and follow Google's setup directions.
2) Drop the ADB binary into /usr/bin.
3) Edit /etc/udev/rules-d/51-android.rules to read your phone.

thanks dude..I`ll try install on my debian..

kalidgate said:
sudo android
sudo: android: command not found
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HOXnoo8 said:
+1
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cd into tools and run android
./android
This will open a GUI that allows you to download various APIs and tools such as adb and fastboot
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Portable Android Development

Hello everyone
Have you ever been bored in a borrowed pc and wanting to try out a new library/idea on your android but dont have admin privileges to install all the needed android tools? I was in this exact same situation, so i decided to engineer a solution (After all, i AM an engineering student ) to this boring problem. This solution works almost entirely like a standard Android SDK install (Only downside: Eclipse won't run your application) and has only been tested on Ubuntu Linux so you are on your own on other platforms, but the principle is the same, it might work after all.
Whenever prompted for a platform choose x86 , x64 needs ia32-libs which you cant install due to not having admin privileges
1. Create a directory for all the files and folders (I'll name mine "Development")
2. Download the JDK tar.bz file from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1637583.html (You'd better search for an updated link when you read this tho) and extract it into Development
3. Download eclipse from http://eclipse.org/downloads/ (I used the Eclipse IDE for Java Developers) and extract it into the Development folder
4. Download the Android SDK from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html (If you are on windows, choose the zip!. Again, i've only tested on Linux so you are on your own) and extract it into the Development folder
5. Open the tools/android (It's a shell script) file with gedit/any other editor and edit the line containing java_cmd=".." to read java_cmd="/home/xxx/Development/jdk1.7.0_06/bin/java" (This is my case, make sure this line actually points to the place where you extracted the jdk zip, else this will fail)
6. Open a terminal, cd to the location where you extracted the android sdk, then type "./tools/android" and press enter (Without the quotation marks) to start the sdk manager, install the platform-tools package, the Jellybean (4.1) SDK, and any other SDK you may want, then close the SDK manager.
7. cd to the Development folder and run this "./eclipse/eclipse -vm jdk1.7.0_06/bin" (Assuming you kept the stock folder names from the zips) to run eclipse, then install the ADT as described here http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/installing-adt.html.
8. When eclipse restarts, it will ask you for the android sdk, just point it to the location where you extracted it.
That's it, your eclipse installation is ready for you to write code.
Now, to debug you'll need to do so manually as eclipse won't somehow recognize this workaround to the usb priviliges (Linux won't allow adb to communicate with the phone unless it's ran as root [Which you can't, that's why you are here] or a configuration file [Again, written as root] is present) system so you need to do this to make adb work:
1. Disconnect your phone from 3G (Optional)
2. Connect your phone to your pc via usb
3. Enable usb tethering on your phone
4. Enable ADB over Network on Application settings
5. On the terminal emulator, run "ip addr show" and look for the usb section
6. On your computer, open a terminal and cd to the tools directory fo the android sdk, then type "./adb connect xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" (Replace the x's with the IP of your phone, as it appears on the output of the previous command. Remember to use the one on the USB section)
7. Verify adb picked up your device by runing "./adb devices", if it lists an IP as a device, you are ready
Each time you want to test your app, export a signed apk from your project (I may write a small guide for that later, google will help you if you dont know how to do it) and run "./adb install xxx.apk" (Obviously, replace xxx with the path to your exported apk). The icon(s) for your main activity(ies) will promptly appear on your launcher. Again, Eclipse won't run nor debug your app using this method. (Maybe it's an SDK bug?)
I know it's not exactly streamlined but it's something for when you are on the go.
Hope you find this guide useful someday. Until next time.

Download and install android NDK and SDK on mac

So this is something a lot of people forget. There are developer's out there who use macs. Maybe they bought an old one for really cheap, maybe they have a hackintosh (a way better alternative), maybe they just like apple (crazy people ). Anyway here is a guid on how to install android NDK and SDK on mac using HomeBrew.
1) Install Homebrew
So what is Homebrew ?
Homebrew is a package manager like apt (so basically it "installs the stuff you need that Apple didn’t"). it's really useful when it comes to installing command line utilities on mac since all you need to type is brew install <insert name here>. To install homebrew open up terminal by going into Finder>Applications>Utilities>Terminal (you should know this by now) and trying in
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ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
wait for it to complete. It might ask to install OS X command line tools if you are running 10.9 or later it should download and install them for you. if you are not, download Xcode from the app store and open it. It should install everything you need.
So after the installation is done type
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brew doctor
to make sure you've installed homebrew correctly. (If you get an error brew not found try restarting your terminal)
2) installing NDK and SDK
Now that you have brew install just open up terminal and type
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brew install android-ndk
brew install android
and done
if you ever need to find the location where you installed NDK and SDK at
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/usr/local/Cellar/