Where is the 'dx' tool located in the Android SDK?

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I have installed the latest Android SDK just now.

But I can't find the dx tool (which is used to convert .class to .dex file). Neither under platform-tool/ nor under tools/. Where can I find my dx tool then?

(With Android SDK Manager in Eclipse, I have installed Android SDK Tools, Android SDK Platform Tools, Android SDK Build Tools, and All the Android platforms from API 3 to API 19.)

adt-bundle-mac-x86_64-20130917/sdk//build-tools/android-4.3/dx — Blackbelt, Dec 20 '13 at 14:26
Found it, but when I run dx under that path, I got "dx: command not found" — Mellon, Dec 20 '13 at 14:28
Yes, that's right, please make a formal answer, I will accept. Thanks — Mellon, Dec 20 '13 at 14:33
possible duplicate of [What is dx.jar in the Android SDKs?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10456265/what-is-dx-jar-in-the-android-sdks) — Infinite Recursion, Dec 20 '13 at 14:52
The universal way (Linux) is run this command `find . -iname '*dx*'` to located a file recursively in current directory. That asterisks make it include similar name(since it might not startwiths dx) and possible extensions (e.g. dx.jar). — 林果皞, Apr 27 '18 at 11:35

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 30 '21 at 11:29

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The dx tool is located inside build-tools/android-{version}.

From the shell you can type ./dx if you are inside the directory android-{version}, and the whole path to dx otherwise.

edited Jul 30 '21 at 11:29

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 07 '15 at 06:46

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I found it under "android-sdk\build-tools\any-sdk-build-tool-version".

answered May 07 '15 at 06:46

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On [Windows](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows)? Can you provide an *example* of a *full* path? Please respond by [editing (changing) your answer](https://stackoverflow.com/posts/30093757/edit), not here in comments (***without*** "Edit:", "Update:", or similar - the answer should appear as if it was written today). – Peter Mortensen Jul 30 '21 at 11:33

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 30 '21 at 11:30

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You will find it in \platforms\any-platform\tools\dx.bat.

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I don't have tools/ folder under /platforms/any-platform/ – Mellon Dec 20 '13 at 14:31
This seems to be on [Windows](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows) (backslashes and the file extension "bat"). Can you provide an example of a *full* path? Please respond by [editing (changing) your answer](https://stackoverflow.com/posts/20705816/edit), not here in comments (***without*** "Edit:", "Update:", or similar - the answer should appear as if it was written today). – Peter Mortensen Jul 30 '21 at 11:31

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 13 '23 at 01:46

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From future:

dx tool was replaced by d8 with several improvements, it can be found at

build-tools/{{version}}/d8

For more information about dx to d8 transition visit next link

answered Feb 13 '23 at 01:46

Luis Gerardo Manrique Cardona

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Where is the 'dx' tool located in the Android SDK?

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