adb
Android Debug Bridge: communicate with an Android emulator instance or connected Android devices.
Some subcommands such as adb shell
have their own usage documentation.
More information: https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/adb.
- Check whether the adb server process is running and start it:
adb start-server
- Terminate the adb server process:
adb kill-server
- Start a remote shell in the target emulator/device instance:
adb shell
- Push an Android application to an emulator/device:
adb install -r {{path/to/file.apk}}
- Copy a file/directory from the target device:
adb pull {{path/to/device_file_or_directory}} {{path/to/local_destination_directory}}
- Copy a file/directory to the target device:
adb push {{path/to/local_file_or_directory}} {{path/to/device_destination_directory}}
- Get a list of connected devices:
adb devices
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