I hope this saves someone some hours of pain. Android Virtual Device android studio, 'Android SDK platform tools', adb.exe, : Unable to locate adb, android studio, The ADB binary found at C. after sync is complete, go back and check the box of android sdk platform-tools (this will install a fresh one with new adb.exe) wait till it is done and sync project and then you are good to go.(this will uninstall the platform tools from your ide) wait till it is done and then your gradle will sync. uncheck android sdk platform-tools and select ok.go back to android studio and from where you left off navigate to sdk tools (this should be right under android sdk location).check the platform tools folder and see if you would see anything like adb.exe (it should be missing probably because it was corrupted and your antivirus or windows defender has quarantined it).Windows=> c://Users/johndoe/AppData/local/android (you can now see the sdk.) navigate to file explorer on your system, and locate the file path, this should be found something like.view android SDK location (this will show you your sdk path).on your android studio at the top right corner beside the search icon you can find the SDK Manager.

Unable to locate adb in android studio