Appium-desktop: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Could not find adb Please set the ANDROID_HOME environment variable with the Android SDK root directory path.

[chaitanyadeshmukh]

Hello Team,

I am able to run appium (v1.6.3)through Command Line. I have already setup my ANDROID_HOME path.
We r able to run app on my simulator via appium CLI. Due to Visual Inspector we moved to AppiumDesktop version.

I have installed appium-desktop-1.0.0-beta.6.dmg app on mac. I have Appium v1.6.4-beta server running at my end.
I have started server, then select on "Select New Session" & added below desired capablities to run my app
{
"deviceName": "Android Emulator",
"app": my_apk_path,
"appiumVersion": "1.6.3",
"platformName": "Android"
}

while click on "Start Session" it gives me above error.

Please help me urgent on fixing of this issue.

[dpgraham]

The readme (https://github.com/appium/appium-desktop) explains under 'The New Session Window' how to use a separate server so you can use the inspector with the Appium v1.6.3 that you have running on your command line.

[jlipps]

What shell do you normally use for the command line? Appium Desktop will load your shell environment through common shell login scripts like ~/.bashrc and ~/.bash_profile. If you are using a non-standard shell you should probably set your PATH and ANDROID_HOME variables in one of those standard shell locations to successfully use Appium Desktop.

[chaitanyadeshmukh]

Thanks It works after updating ~/.profile file.

[jlipps]

Added a note about this to the readme in https://github.com/appium/appium-desktop/pull/122

[test-jj]

Hello, I had set the PATH and ANDROID_HOME variable already, but can't solve this problem . Can you help me ,please. Ps: I can start session with platformName:iOS.

[trivenibhalerao]

in MAC, updating profile file with below command working for me
$ nano ~/.profile

[it-shivani]

Hi,

I am still facing the issue. I have already set ANDROID_HOME and My appium-doctor shows all green not sure why it cannot pick adb from Android home.

Please help.

[dpgraham]

I'm going to revisit this probably some time this week. I'd like to be able to set ANDROID_HOME inside of Appium Desktop instead of having to do it on terminal.

[siddhartha-2107]

An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Could not find 'adb' in ["/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_201.jdk/Contents/Home/platform-tools/adb","/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_201.jdk/Contents/Home/emulator/adb","/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_201.jdk/Contents/Home/tools/adb","/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_201.jdk/Contents/Home/tools/bin/adb"]. Do you have Android Build Tools installed at '/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_201.jdk/Contents/Home'? in mac

[AvrahamAtia]

@siddhartha-2107 It happens the same for me, but only in the declarative pipeline?

[farabi]

I have fixed this by setting manuallly ANDROID_HOME and JAVA_HOME in Appium->Configurations.