Error in VSCode: 'Unable to find adb'. Adb is in the path of my Mac OS Catalina

Question

After upgrading to Mac Catalina I can't debug my ionic app anymore ... When I try to debug on device or emulator it gives me this error.

Attaching to android Unable to find adb. Please ensure it is in your PATH and re-open Visual Studio Code

If I do on terminal inside or outside vscode

$adb devices

I get:

List of devices attached
42003f1d9610c50b    device

So adb is in the path.

I even tried to launch VSCode from terminal

code <myFolder>

after doing this: shell command install code

But I still get the same error.

How can I tell VSCode the path to adb?

Answer 1

I set in .zshrc

export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/$USER/Library/Android/sdk
export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=$ANDROID_HOME
PATH="$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/emulator:$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools"

And to see in VS Code The PATH environment variable process context.

open Help -> Toggle Developer Tools -> open Console ->

run console.log(process.env.PATH) command

And after updating Catalina is working !