ADB

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What is ADB

ADB (Android Debug Bridge) is a tool that comes with the Android SDK that allows you to control and interface with your Android device. It is located in the tools folder essay help when you unpack the SDK.

Source: ADB

Commands

Adb has many built in commands. Some are interactive (meaning they keep running until you stop them) and some just perform a simple task. Below is a list of the commands in the 1.0 SDK version of adb.

Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.20


 -d                            - directs command to the only connected USB device

                                 returns an error if more than one USB device is present.

 -e                            - directs command to the only running emulator.

                                 returns an error if more than one emulator is running.

 -s <serial number>            - directs command to the USB device or emulator with

                                 the given serial number

 -p <product name or path>     - simple product name like 'sooner', or

                                 a relative/absolute path to a product

                                 out directory like 'out/target/product/sooner'.

                                 If -p is not specified, the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT

                                 environment variable is used, which must

                                 be an absolute path.

 devices                       - list all connected devices


device commands:

  adb push <local> <remote>    - copy file/dir to device

  adb pull <remote> <local>    - copy file/dir from device

  adb sync [ <directory> ]     - copy host->device only if changed

                                 (see 'adb help all')

  adb shell                    - run remote shell interactively

  adb shell <command>          - run remote shell command

  adb emu <command>            - run emulator console command

  adb logcat [ <filter-spec> ] - View device log

  adb forward <local> <remote> - forward socket connections

                                 forward specs are one of:

                                   tcp:<port>

                                   localabstract:<unix domain socket name>

                                   localreserved:<unix domain socket name>

                                   localfilesystem:<unix domain socket name>

                                   dev:<character device name>

                                   jdwp:<process pid> (remote only)

  adb jdwp                     - list PIDs of processes hosting a JDWP transport

  adb install [-l] [-r] <file> - push this package file to the device and install it

                                 ('-l' means forward-lock the app)

                                 ('-r' means reinstall the app, keeping its data)

  adb uninstall [-k] <package> - remove this app package from the device

                                 ('-k' means keep the data and cache directories)

  adb bugreport                - return all information from the device

                                 that should be included in a bug report.


  adb help                     - show this help message

  adb version                  - show version num


DATAOPTS:

 (no option)                   - don't touch the data partition

  -w                           - wipe the data partition

  -d                           - flash the data partition


scripting:

  adb wait-for-device          - block until device is online

  adb start-server             - ensure that there is a server running

  adb kill-server              - kill the server if it is running

  adb get-state                - prints: offline | bootloader | device

  adb get-product              - prints: <product-id>

  adb get-serialno             - prints: <serial-number>

  adb status-window            - continuously print device status for a specified device

  adb remount                  - remounts the /system partition on the device read-write


networking:

  adb ppp <tty> [parameters]   - Run PPP over USB.

 Note: you should not automatically start a PDP connection.

 <tty> refers to the tty for PPP stream. Eg. dev:/dev/omap_csmi_tty1

 [parameters] - Eg. defaultroute debug dump local notty usepeerdns


adb sync notes: adb sync [ <directory> ]

  <localdir> can be interpreted in several ways:


  - If <directory> is not specified, both /system and /data partitions will be updated.


  - If it is "system" or "data", only the corresponding partition

    is updated.

Common Use

Some of the more common commands in adb are push, pull, shell, install, remount, and logcat.

Push sends a file from your desktop computer to your Android device:

adb push test.txt /sdcard/test.txt

Pull pulls a file from your Android device to your desktop computer:

adb pull /sdcard/test.txt test.txt

Shell lets you run an interactive shell (command prompt) on the Android device:

adb shell

Install lets you install an android APK file to your Android device:

adb install myapp.apk

Remount remounts the /system partition as writable (or readonly if it is already writeable):

adb remount

Logcat lets you view the devices debug logs in real time (must press control+c to exit):

adb logcat