Could not find adb.exe - after upgrade to Android SDK 2.3

Question

I have upgraded my Android SDK to version 2.3 and Android Development Tools 8.0.0. Now in Eclipse, I get an error message:

Could not find C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools\adb.exe!

And I don't have that file. How can I fix this? Is it a bug in the Android SDK 2.3 or Android Development Tools 8.0.0?

Solution 1

My adb.exe was missing. So I uninstalled the Android 2.3 SDK and installed it again. Now I have an adb.exe and it works better. My first installation most have failed without prompting it for me.

Solution 2

I simply did "Help" -> "Check for uppdates" in Eclipse. Then I checked every update possible (I had 2) accepted, waited for the updates to complete, restarted Eclipse and then everything was fixed!

I had some new build errors after the update, though, saying something like:

error: Multiple substitutions specified in non-positional format; did you mean to add the formatted="false" attribute

I won't explain the solution to that problem since this post isn't about it! However; the solution to that problem can be found in the Google Groups group Android Developers post, SDK 2.3: Get "Multiple substitutions specified in non-positional format" error.

Solution 3

I had the same issue. I resolved it by going to Help -> Check for Updates and update the listed components in Eclipse.

Solution 4

You need to update the PATH to reflect ADB located in "Platform-Tools" now.

On Mac OS X, open up your terminal and add the following line to your .bash_profile:

export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/yourname/Library/android-sdk/tools:/Users/yourname/Library/android-sdk/platform-tools:

Your .bash_profile is located at

~/.bash_profile

Solution 5

@Jonas In your eclipse Click Help>Check for Updates. This will update the ADT Plugin. The new ADT plugin knows where to find apt and adb. Jus do this and your prob will be fixed,

EDIT: See the image. Install the first two items as well. a

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