Unable to start uiautomatorviewer

Question

I have :

Android SDK Tools, Revision 22
Android SDK Platform, API 18

I go to <android-sdk>/tools/ , I see there is one file named "uiautomatorviewer",

I execute command uiautomatorviewer from terminal under the above path, however I got the following message:

uiautomatorviewer: command not found

why?

Leszek Jasek · Answer 1 · 2020-10-02T10:07:12.750

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Please note that uiautomatorviewer executable has been moved in SDK Tools Revision 25.3.0 update (Feb 2017) to new location under <android-sdk>\tools\bin

edited Oct 02 '20 at 10:07

answered May 04 '17 at 14:37

Leszek Jasek

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score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 06 '13 at 12:54

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Because your tools/ directory is not in your PATH. Either use ./uiautomatorviewer or add tools/ (and probably platform-tools/ to your PATH. Note that this has nothing to do with programming and everything to do with your *nix-style OS (Linux, OS X, etc.).

answered Sep 06 '13 at 12:54

CommonsWare

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Thanks, I am using MacBook Pro – Mellon Sep 06 '13 at 13:20
This answer is outdated (although it was current when posted). Still, this same location is still used in google's official instructions here: https://developer.android.com/training/testing/ui-testing/uiautomator-testing . @CommonsWare do you know what is the procedure to alter this documentation? – Boris Strandjev Feb 28 '19 at 11:50
@BorisStrandjev: "do you know what is the procedure to alter this documentation?" -- [file an issue](https://issuetracker.google.com/issues), then pray that Google pays attention to it. – CommonsWare Feb 28 '19 at 12:05
Now the question is how do I open an issue about their issue creation form not working (component dropdown does not load anything in Chrome for Linux) :) At least my prayers are spared – Boris Strandjev Feb 28 '19 at 12:19

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 02 '18 at 16:42

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Navigate to tools folder, then launch terminal, launch monitor(Android Device Monitor) using ./monitor command.

ADM will get launched, left side of the window you may find .

answered Apr 02 '18 at 16:42

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score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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Just follow these steps,

Open command prompt,Go to your bin folder inside tools folder of sdk location.

Example: C:\android-sdk\android-sdk\tools\bin.

Then in cmd type uiautomatorviewer and hit enter. It would immedialy open UI Automator Viewer.

C:\android-sdk\android-sdk\tools\bin>uiautomatorviewer

Refer screenshot

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Apr 10 '19 at 14:52

R15

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Thnx bro. You saved me a few hours of time – Sergei Buvaka Mar 15 '20 at 13:37
I Get the following error, and I don't understand what I am doing wrong (Bash on Ubuntu): -Djava.ext.dirs=/tools/lib/x86_64:/tools/lib is not supported. Use -classpath instead. Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit. – MahNas92 Jan 08 '21 at 09:33

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 12 '21 at 09:57

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First, follow this tutorial to add ANDROID_HOME and Path variables.

Setup Android Environment Variables

Then, add this variable as variables in the tutorial.

Variable name: JAVA_HOME
Variable value: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_171

Now you can run uiautomatorviewer in C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\tools\bin.

answered Jan 12 '21 at 09:57

Albert Khang

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thanks for this it was realy useful since all answer which i checked was outdated – HiDd3N Jan 13 '21 at 09:01

TWiStErRob · Answer 6 · 2023-03-09T09:57:59.523

For anyone trying to find it still on a fresh Android SDK download: this has been removed from the standard tools in API level 27. To install it, uncheck "Hide Obsolete Packages" and select "Android SDK Tools (Obsolete)" v 26.1.1..

and after this point, see other answers here.

See the Deprecation notice for more info, there's no explicit mention of uiautomatorviewer removal, but after 9 major releases (if you don't see 9+ yet, see here) of Command Line tools there's no sign of it in the cmdline-tools/latest folder.

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Nov 26 '21 at 11:28

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It's path issue only so don't worry just put this path "%ANDROID_HOME%\tools\bin" in your system path. Now you can run uiautomatorviewer

answered Nov 26 '21 at 11:28

Prashant Ranjan

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