PANIC: Cannot find AVD system path. Please define ANDROID_SDK_ROOT

Question

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 

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I have this installed in my android manager

Answer 1

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 .