How can I open ~/.android/adb_usb.ini for the Kindle Fire?

Question

This is a pretty basic question, but I can't figure out how to get to the ~/.android/adb_usb.ini file in order to edit it so I can develop on my Fire. What does the ~ mean? Where is .android? Just a little confused...

Answer 1

~ is a shortcut for the home directory that usually has your name on it, the longer variant is usually /Users/yourusername. .android is therefore found under /Users/yourusername/.android. Note that files and folder which begin with a dot are considered hidden. This means you have to show them on some way (just googled that out of curiosity, seems like you have to do some command line magic).

Alternatively you can use Go -> Go to folder in the finder from the menu and just type ~/.android into the field that pops up. Click ok and you're in the folder.