How to change .android folder path in Mac OS X?

Question

I have another .android folder. How can i change the path of the .android folder in MAC OS X ? Is there any configuration changes required to change path like in Windows 7/8 ?

Thanks in Advance.

EDIT

I have .android folder which is inside c:\users\USERNAME.android in Windows 7 laptop. In Windows 7 there is Environment Variable option to set the another .android folder path. But if i want to do same in MAC OS X then how can i do that?

@Lawrence check [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5526470/trying-to-add-adb-to-path-variable-osx) may help you. — swiftBoy, Nov 27 '13 at 08:55
Hey @RDC,here is [link](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3109473/moving-default-avd-configuration-folder-android) what i want in MAC OS. — Dhruv, Nov 27 '13 at 09:05

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 23 '17 at 11:47

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I had the same problem, and this is how I solved it:

First, copy the .android content to a new folder you want to move it to so that your new location will be like /newFolder/.android/.

Second, create a symbolic link from your home folder with this command

ln -s /newFolder/.android/ .android

Then, the system will go to the /newFolder/.android/ whenever its look for .android

answered Feb 23 '17 at 11:47

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it is not able to launch avd with this approach. – hjchin Nov 12 '20 at 16:12
It's works for me and i can run avd's without problem. – Sabrina Dec 01 '20 at 17:05
It not work for android studio download by July 24 2022 – Kevin Jul 25 '22 at 13:39

How to change .android folder path in Mac OS X?

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