diff --git a/src/app-designer-prereqs.rst b/src/app-designer-prereqs.rst index 687e7ba3..b5f6a2e1 100644 --- a/src/app-designer-prereqs.rst +++ b/src/app-designer-prereqs.rst @@ -243,6 +243,25 @@ For Windows #. Click on :guilabel:`OK` and exit all of the windows. #. Verify that you have made the change by closing all :program:`PowerShell` or :program:`cmd` windows and open a new one (so it picks up the change), and type +.. Alternative way of adding adb in your Windows PATH +Alternatively, if you have installed Android Studio on your local computer, you can add adb to your path using the following steps: + #. Click on the Search bar next to the Start Menu and type :guilabel:`Edit environmental variables for your account`. + #. Click on Environment Variables option. + #. Select the Path variable in the User Variables section, then select Edit. + + .. image:: /img/app-designer-overview/user-variable-section* + :alt: User variable section in environmental variables + :class: device-screen-vertical + + #. In the Edit environment variables window, select New and add this path to the new field: :file:`%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools`. + + .. image:: /img/app-designer-overview/add-environment-variable* + :alt: Add Path in User path variable + :class: device-screen-vertical + + #. Click on :guilabel:`OK` and exit all of the windows. + #. Close all of the command line windows (if any are open). + .. code-block:: console $ adb version