Zipalign - Command not found - MAC terminal

Question

When I try to run Zipalign on an apk I get the error "Command not found"

I am not that familiar with using terminal commands on the MAC but I have navigated to the SDK/Tools folder and run the following command:

zipalign -v 4 Project1.apk Project1-aligned.apk

I get Command not found

I have tried placing the apks in the Tools folder and same result.

Can someone help me to understand where the apks should be located and where I should run zipalign from?

Thanks, I am very frustrated about this as it seems so simple.

Solution 1

Perhaps the current directory is not in your path?

Try adding "./" before your command so

./zipalign -v 4 Project1.apk Project1-aligned.apk

Solution 2

You can find correct path with this command:

find ~/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools -name "zipalign"

Solution 3

You will find the zipalign tool at /path/to/sdk/build-tools/<build-tools-version>/zipalign NOT in the tools folder anymore.

Solution 4

~/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/xxxx/zipalign

Drag this to terminal or save this in your path. xxxx -> Version

Solution 5

Zipalign is a command that located at $ANDROID_HOME/build-tools/{android-version}/.

Hope it helped.

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Comments

[Bill]

I will try, thanks. I will also include the full path to the apk.

[Prasad De Zoysa]

+1 for the correct answer, @Bill please mark this as correct answer if this solved your problem!! it always encourage people who answer questions.

[Nikola]

ANDROID, not ADROD. But, thanks for your answer, it helped me.

[Ruepen]

Worked as advertised for me.

[Tolga Can Günel]

This is much more helpful.

[Serdar D.]

drwxr-xr-x 23.0.1 <--- this line didn't give me the real version number, but after I fix it, it worked. Thank you.

[William Patton]

Hi, welcome to Stack Overflow! Consider expanding this answer to explain why you believe the users are unable to make this command work and how executing it like this fixes the issue. Also it may be worth adding some text detailing how a user could add this to their PATH so that they can execute it like OP tried in the question. Those 2 edits would make this answer to a very old question much more useful for people looking for a good answer. Thank you!

[Gozus19]

You should receive a honor medal for this comment. You saved my life. Thanks, thanks and thanks again!!!

[asiammyself]

I think this works just wanted to let you know you get this the first time it is run and have to wait a bit: "Please be aware that the database can take some time to generate; once the database has been created, this message will no longer appear."

[Scott Stensland]

this is the real answer since by adding dir to PATH other tools in that dir like aapt can also be found

[Nic Scozzaro]

Yes, thank you that works. On my Mac the command yields: /Users/nicolasscozzaro/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/28.0.‌​2/zipalign

[JanP]

The path you add to /etc/paths should be without /zipalign

[Ezequiel Tavares]

Medal of Honor for you!

[Nick Turner]

Can a moderator marks this as the answer?