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Add executables to the system path

Add executables to the system path

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Add executables to the system path

- [Instructor] When you're using Android Studio for app development, there are times when you need to be able to use commands that are available as part of the SDK. I'll show you where these commands live. Go to where you installed the Android SDK. And from there to a directory named platform tools. The single most important command is called adb for Android Debug Bridge. This command is used to detect and set up physical devices, and for a lot of other tasks. Now, if you want to work on the command line, you could switch to this directory and always call the command from here, but that isn't very convenient. Instead, you'll want to add this directory to what's known as the system path. On Windows, you can do this by clicking the icon and that will turn this into the full path. Then I'll copy that path to my clipboard. Now, I'll go to the Start menu and I'll type Control Panel. And I'll open up the Control Panel Interface. In…

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