Not being able to debug due to adb path being incorrect

[Sterlingryan]

Actual Behavior

1. Start Debugging on Android.
2. Get this error [Error] Error: Error while executing command 'F\:\Programs\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb devices': Command failed: F\:\Programs\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb devices
   The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
3. App is built and running on emulator
4. Debugging is not available

Expected Behavior

1. Start Debugging
2. App is built and running on emulator
3. Debugging is available.

Software versions

• React-Native VS Code extension version:
• VSCode version: 1.26.1
• OS platform and version: Windows 10
• NodeJS version: 9.8.0
• React Native version: 0.55.4

Outputs (Include if relevant)

• Output of the Debug Console (View -> Toggle Debug Console):

OS: win32 x64
Adapter node: v8.9.3 x64
vscode-chrome-debug-core: 3.17.3
Could not debug. Error while executing command 'F\:\Programs\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb devices': Command failed: F\:\Programs\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb devices
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

• Output of the React-Native output channel (View -> Toggle Output -> Select React-Native in ListBox):

Metro Bundler ready.

[Info] Packager started.

[Info] Prewarming bundle cache. This may take a while ...

[Info] About to get: http://localhost:8081/index.bundle?platform=android

Loading dependency graph, done.
[Warning] The Bundle Cache was prewarmed.

[Info] Building and running application.

 BUNDLE  [android, dev] ./index.js ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 100.0% (762/762), done.

[Error] Error: Error while executing command 'F\:\Programs\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb devices': Command failed: F\:\Programs\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb devices
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.


 BUNDLE  [android, dev] ./index.js ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 100.0% (762/762), done.

Thoughts

I can see that there is an extra '\' character between 'F' and ':', but for the life of me I cannot find where to go to fix it. I tried changing the environment variable for adb but it did not work.

[macaetano]

Exact same error here

[Sterlingryan]

#777 (comment) @macaetano check this out, it worked for me

[macaetano]

Thx @Sterlingryan, that worked for me too.

[ruslan-bikkinin]

@macaetano thanks for reaching us. Please, try updating to v0.6.16, versions v0.6.14-v0.6.15 are broken.

[Sterlingryan]

V0.6.16 fixed that, thank you @ruslan-bikkinin that was very fast

[Sterlingryan]

The latest update (0.6.17) produced a similar error as mentioned in this issue :

[Error] Error: Error while executing command 'F:\Programs\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb devices': Command failed: F:\Programs\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb devices
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

[ruslan-bikkinin]

@Sterlingryan could you please copy-paste output of View -> Output -> React-Native: Run Android channel and content of your-project-path/android/local.properties.

[Sterlingryan]

React-Native: Run Android
`[Warning] Target simulator is not supported for Android platform. If you want to use particular device or simulator for launching Android app, please specify device id (as in 'adb devices' output) instead.

[Info] Using Android SDK location defined in android/local.properties file: F:\Programs\Android\sdk.

[Info] Starting React Native Packager.

Scanning folders for symlinks in f:\GitHub\React Native Projects\RentProfileAgents\node_modules (67ms)
Building and installing the app on the device (cd android && gradlew.bat installDebug)...
WARNING: The option 'android.enableAapt2' is deprecated and should not be used anymore.
Use 'android.enableAapt2=true' to remove this warning.
It will be removed at the end of 2018..
WARNING: Configuration 'compile' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'implementation' and 'api'.
It will be removed at the end of 2018. For more information see: http://d.android.com/r/tools/update-dependency-configurations.html
WARNING: The option 'android.enableAapt2' is deprecated and should not be used anymore.
Use 'android.enableAapt2=true' to remove this warning.
It will be removed at the end of 2018..
WARNING: The option 'android.enableAapt2' is deprecated and should not be used anymore.
Use 'android.enableAapt2=true' to remove this warning.
It will be removed at the end of 2018..
WARNING: Configuration 'compile' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'implementation' and 'api'.
It will be removed at the end of 2018. For more information see: http://d.android.com/r/tools/update-dependency-configurations.html
WARNING: The option 'android.enableAapt2' is deprecated and should not be used anymore.
Use 'android.enableAapt2=true' to remove this warning.
It will be removed at the end of 2018..
WARNING: Configuration 'compile' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'implementation' and 'api'.
It will be removed at the end of 2018. For more information see: http://d.android.com/r/tools/update-dependency-configurations.html
WARNING: The option 'android.enableAapt2' is deprecated and should not be used anymore.
Use 'android.enableAapt2=true' to remove this warning.
It will be removed at the end of 2018..
WARNING: Configuration 'compile' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'implementation' and 'api'.
It will be removed at the end of 2018. For more information see: http://d.android.com/r/tools/update-dependency-configurations.html
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Installing APK 'app-debug.apk' on 'Pixel_2(AVD) - 8.0.0' for app:debug
Installed on 1 device.

BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 4s
104 actionable tasks: 1 executed, 103 up-to-date
Running adb -s emulator-5554 reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081
Starting the app on emulator-5554 (adb -s emulator-5554 shell am start -n com.rentprofileagents/com.rentprofileagents.MainActivity)...
Starting: Intent { cmp=com.rentprofileagents/.MainActivity }
`
local.properties

sdk.dir=F\:\\Programs\\Android\\sdk

[Sterlingryan]

It runs fine if I downgrade the extension to 0.6.13

[macaetano]

@Sterlingryan, version 0.6.16 also seems to work fine.

[Sterlingryan]

Yep you're right

[ruslan-bikkinin]

Hey guys, I confirm that this is a bug that impact users on Windows targeting android apps, and I am working on a fix now. As workaround, you can comment sdk.dir=your-value string in android/local.properties file and set ANDROID_HOME environment variable for now.