Install "adb" as Part of SDK Platform Tools

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∟Install "adb" as Part of SDK Platform Tools

This section provides a tutorial example on how to install the 'adb' tool as part of the Android SDK Platform Tools package.

What Is Android SDK Platform Tools? Android SDK Platform Tools is a sub-package of the Android SDK (also called Android Studio) package. It contains "adb", "fastboot" and other tools to interface with connected Android devices.

If you are an Android app developer, you probably have already installed the Android SDK package on your desktop computer. Android SDK Platform Tools related programs are located in the "platform-tools" sub-directory. No additional installation is needed.

If you are not an Android app developer and want to run "adb" tool, you can download and install the Android SDK Platform Tools package independently as shown in this tutorial.

1. Go to Android SDK Platform Tools Website at https://developer.android.com/tools/releases/platform-tools.

2. Click "Download SDK Platform-Tools for Mac" or other links depending on the platform of your desktop computer.

3. Save the downloaded file, platform-tools_r34.0.3-darwin.zip, in the ~/Downloads directory.

4. Unzip the downloaded file, you see all files are extracted into a sub-directory called "platform-tools".

5. Move "platform-tools" to the ~/Applications directory. The installation is done.

6. Test the installation by running the following command:

herong$ ~/Applications/platform-tools/adb version

Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.41
Version 34.0.3-10161052
Installed as /Users/herong/Applications/platform-tools/adb
Running on Darwin 16.7.0 (x86_64)