ADB Shell
Few handy commands you can use to interact with emulator/device, through terminal.
| Description | Command |
|---|---|
| List all connected devices | adb devices |
| Install an application on device -s to install on the SD Card -g to grant all permissions listed in the manifest [More Info] | adb install -r ~/application.apk |
| Uninstall an application | adb uninstall your.app.package |
| Download a file from device | adb pull /sdcard/file.ext |
| Upload a file to a device | adb push file.ext /sdcard |
| Print all installed packages on device | adb shell pm list packages -f |
| Clear Application data | adb shell pm clear your.app.package |
| Toggle Data for device | adb shell svc data disable |
| Toggle Wifi for device | adb shell svc wifi enable |
| Location of Device - High accuracy: gps,wifi,network or gps,network (if you want the wifi) - Battery saving: wifi,network or network only - Device only: gps | adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed gps |
| Reset all granted permissions | adb shell pm reset-permissions -p your.app.package |
| Reset a specific permission | adb shell pm revoke your.app.package android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE |
| Broadcast Actions | adb shell am broadcast -a 'my_action' |
| Simulating Android killing your app in the background | adb shell am kill |
| Take a Screenshot | adb shell screencap -p \| perl -pe 's/\x0D\x0A/\x0A/g' > screenshot.png |
| Launch an installed app using its package name | adb shell monkey -p com.yourapp.packagename 1 |
| Stress test your app using its package name by sending a pseudo-random stream of user events into the system | adb shell monkey -p com.yourapp.packagename -v 500 |
| Send input text to a connected device instead of typing manually. | adb shell input text "[email protected]" |
| Check device logs | adb logcat |
| To save Android device logs locally on your computer using ADB | adb logcat > device_logs.txt |