Error:Unable to locate adb within SDK in Android S

Question

Does anyone know what this means? I'm kind of noobish to Android. When I click the "run" button on my simulator I get this message.

Throwable: Unable to locate adb within SDK

I am running the latest version, 0.8.14.

EDIT: I'm using Android Studio

Answer 1

if you have adb problem go to tools->sdk manager -> install missed sdk tools

my problem was solved using these way

Answer 2

Open Task Manager and find service adb.exe after saw those service just end it, and run again

Answer 3

If you are using Android Studio and have AVG virus protection, the adb.exe file might be in the Virus Vault. This was my problem. To fix: Open AVG. Select Options (top right), then Virus Vault. If you see the adb.exe file in there, select it and then click Restore.

Answer 4

If you are running windows 10 ( may be windows 7 as well ) and Android studio, Chances are that it could be because of windows virtual memory problem. See this unable to get adb version

Answer 5

In Android Studio, Click on 'Tools' on the top tab bar of android studio

Tools >> Android >> SDK Manager >> Launch Standalone Sdk manager

there you can clearly see which platform tool is missing , then just install that and your adb will start working properly.

Fully install at-least one Api package (Android Api 23 or 24) .

Answer 6

While all these answer might have been correct in my scenario it didn't work. It all started when i uninstalled 2.* android studio version after getting 3.0rc1. But that screw up things and started getting this error. After that i did followed majority of these steps and none of them worked. While analyzing SDK directory i noticed that i have two platform tools folder. The .backup had adb.exe where as the other one didn't. I just copied the .backup files in the other platform-tool folder and it fixed my issue.