-bash: android: command not found on Mac OSX

Step 0

The first step is install Android SDK: https://developer.android.com/studio

I don't like the default configurations. I installed SDK in this folder:

/Users/<Username>/Android\ SDK

ℹ️ The default path is

$HOME/Library/Android/sdk

Step 1

The next command open your bash or zshrc configuration file:

Bash profile:

vim ~/.bash_profile

If you use zsh:

vim ~/.zshrc

Step 2

You're ready to update your configurations:

# File: .bash_profile | .zshrc

# Custom path to Android SDK folder. 
# If you use the default configuration please change ANDROID_HOME to $HOME/Library/Android/sdk
export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/<Username>/Android\ SDK
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$PATH
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH

Step 3

Option 1: Restart your terminal and you should be able to use android command

Option 2: source your bash or zsh profile.

Example: source ~/.bash_profile / source ~/.zshrc

The android tool is located in the tools directory in your SDK. You need to add this to your PATH environment variable so that bash can recognize it.

You can do this by adding it to your PATH in your .bash_profile file. This file should be located in your home directory. Create if it doesn't exist using vi .bash_profile and add the following line to it:

export PATH=<path_to_android_sdk>/platform-tools:<path_to_android_sdk>/tools:$PATH

where <path_to_android_sdk> is to be replaced with the path to your SDK. For example: "/Users/me/android-sdk-mac_86/platform-tools"

I spent so much time trying to figure out, this steps helped me ( from http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.2.0/guide_getting-started_android_index.md.html ) You need to execute your .bash_profile to update your PATH.

Set up your PATH environment variable on Mac OS

Open the Terminal program (this is in your Applications/Utilites folder by default). Run the following command

touch ~/.bash_profile; open ~/.bash_profile

This will open the file in the your default text editor. You need to add the path to your Android SDK platform-tools and tools directory. In my example I will use "/Development/android-sdk-macosx" as the directory the SDK is installed in. Add the following line:

export PATH=${PATH}:/Development/android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools:/Development/android-sdk-macosx/tools

Save the file and quit the text editor. Execute your .bash_profile to update your PATH:

source ~/.bash_profile

Now every time you open the Terminal program you PATH will included the Android SDK.

Problem Solved For Android Studio Users:

I am using Mac OS X Elcapitan version 10.11.X.

Under my home directory I found .bash_profile.save file. I opened that file using sublime (you can use any other editor). Then I added this line

export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/UserName/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools:/Users/UserName/Library/Android/sdk/tools

Replace "UserName" with your UserName.

open terminal then run

 source ~/.bash_profile 

here you go.