Set up the PATH variable The ADB tools can now be accessed through your command line, but only if you’re in the platform-tools directory found in the SDK folder.

You can get the platform tools for Windows, Linux, or Mac direct from Google's servers. You get a ZIP file containing the platform tools folder with ADB, fastboot, and a few other tools.

One of the first things I do when I set up a new PC is install the Android platform tools so that I can use ADB, Fastboot and other platform tools from anywhere within the operating system. It has ...

And while Android Studio itself has supported Apple's new M1 chips since last year, some underlying bits like the SDK platform tools (well-known as the bit required to manually sideload updates ...