PANIC: Cannot find AVD system path. Please define ANDROID_SDK_ROOT
android, android-sdk-tools, node.js
Solution
I have same issue when I run my ionic 2 app on windows (ionic run android), and I solve it by following these steps, hope it will help you.
1- Start your Android Studio.
2- Create a New Project to be able to create or delete virtual devices.
3- Delete any virtual devices if found.
4- and create virtual device via AVD manager as shown below .
Problem
I'm trying to run my first Ionic app but i'm getting this error where it does not find my phone and does not find the emulator to run either. ``` C:\Users\MART\Dropbox\Ionic\myapp>ionic run android Running command: "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" C:\Users\MART\Dropbox\Ionic\myapp\hooks\after_prepare\010_add_platform_class.js C:\Users\MART\Dropbox\Ionic\myapp add to body class: platform-android ANDROID_HOME=C:\Users\MART\Dropbox\Ionic\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\1.8.0_20\jdk1.8.0_20 Subproject Path: CordovaLib Incremental java compilation is an incubating feature. :preBuild UP-TO-DATE :preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE :checkDebugManifest :CordovaLib:preBuild UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:checkDebugManifest :CordovaLib:prepareDebugDependencies :CordovaLib:compileDebugAidl UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:compileDebugNdk UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:compileLint UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:copyDebugLint UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:mergeDebugShaders UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:compileDebugShaders UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:mergeDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:mergeDebugProguardFiles UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:packageDebugRenderscript UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:compileDebugRenderscript UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:generateDebugResources UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:packageDebugResources UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:processDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:generateDebugBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:processDebugResources UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:generateDebugSources UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:incrementalDebugJavaCompilationSafeguard UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:compileDebugJavaWithJavac UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:processDebugJavaRes UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:transformResourcesWithMergeJavaResForDebug UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:transformClassesAndResourcesWithSyncLibJarsForDebug UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:mergeDebugJniLibFolders UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:transformNative_libsWithMergeJniLibsForDebug UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:transformNative_libsWithSyncJniLibsForDebug UP-TO-DATE :CordovaLib:bundleDebug UP-TO-DATE :prepareAndroidCordovaLibUnspecifiedDebugLibrary UP-TO-DATE :prepareDebugDependencies :compileDebugAidl UP-TO-DATE :compileDebugRenderscript UP-TO-DATE :generateDebugBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE :generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE :generateDebugResources UP-TO-DATE :mergeDebugResources UP-TO-DATE :processDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE :processDebugResources UP-TO-DATE :generateDebugSources UP-TO-DATE :incrementalDebugJavaCompilationSafeguard UP-TO-DATE :compileDebugJavaWithJavac UP-TO-DATE :compileDebugNdk UP-TO-DATE :compileDebugSources UP-TO-DATE :mergeDebugShaders UP-TO-DATE :compileDebugShaders UP-TO-DATE :generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE :mergeDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE :transformClassesWithDexForDebug UP-TO-DATE :mergeDebugJniLibFolders UP-TO-DATE :transformNative_libsWithMergeJniLibsForDebug UP-TO-DATE :processDebugJavaRes UP-TO-DATE :transformResourcesWithMergeJavaResForDebug UP-TO-DATE :validateSigningDebug :packageDebug UP-TO-DATE :assembleDebug UP-TO-DATE :cdvBuildDebug UP-TO-DATE BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 4.105 secs Built the following apk(s): C:/Users/MART/Dropbox/Ionic/myapp/platforms/android/build/outputs/apk/android-debug.apk ANDROID_HOME=C:\Users\MART\Dropbox\Ionic\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\1.8.0_20\jdk1.8.0_20 No target specified and no devices found, deploying to emulator No emulator specified, defaulting to Nexus Waiting for emulator to start... PANIC: Cannot find AVD system path. Please define ANDROID_SDK_ROOT ``` ........................................................................... I have this installed in my android manager