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adb — Android Debug Bridge: communicate with an Android emulator instance or connected Android devices. So

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Problem

How to use the adb command: Android Debug Bridge: communicate with an Android emulator instance or connected Android devices. Some subcommands such as shell have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://developer.android.com/tools/adb>.

Solution

adb — Android Debug Bridge: communicate with an Android emulator instance or connected Android devices. Some subcommands such as shell have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://developer.android.com/tools/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}}

List all connected devices:

adb devices

Specify which device to send commands to if there are multiple devices:

adb -s {{device_ID}} {{shell}}

Code Snippets

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}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/adb

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