Installing ADB: Windows

This guide will show you how to quickly install ADB (android debug bridge) to your windows machine so that you can use the advanced tasker options with Maxymo. (video here)

Download Android SDK Command Line Tools

1. You can download the necessary tools directly from Google's official website:
   • Visit: Android Command Line Tools
2. Download the Windows Version:
   • Scroll down to "Command line tools only"
   • Select Windows and download the .zip file. (image below)
3. Make sure to save the file to an easy to locate area, such as downloads or the desktop
4. Extract the data from the folder (right click and hit extract) and rename the extracted folder to cmd-tools for easy access.

Install packages

The next step is to install the essential packages using the sdk manager, open a new command prompt window. Win + R or type cmd in your windows search bar.

1. Navigate to where you stored your cmd-tools bin folder, examples:

   1. cd desktop\cmd-tools\bin

   2. cd downloads\cmd-tools\bin
      

2. Now my path should look something like C:\Users\gary_\Desktop\cmd-tools\bin>
3. Run the following command to install essential tools (change the path name to whatever yours would be):

   1. sdkmanager --sdk_root=C:\Users\gary_\Desktop\cmd-tools\ --install "platform-tools" "platforms;android-34" "build-tools;34.0.0"

4. Verify the install was correct, type the following commands:

cd.. <hit enter>
cd platform-tools <hit enter>
adb version <hit enter>

If platforms tools and adb were installed correctly you should see something similar to this:

The next step if you haven't done so would be to enable USB debugging on your android device.

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Need Help?

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Good luck!