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adb shell — Run shell commands on a connected Android device or emulator. More information: <https://developer.a

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Problem

How to use the adb shell command: Run shell commands on a connected Android device or emulator. More information: <https://developer.android.com/tools/adb>.

Solution

adb shell — Run shell commands on a connected Android device or emulator. More information: <https://developer.android.com/tools/adb>.

Start a remote interactive shell on the emulator or device:
adb shell


Get all the properties from emulator or device:
adb shell getprop


Revert all runtime permissions to their default:
adb shell pm reset-permissions


Revoke a dangerous permission for an application:
adb shell pm revoke {{package}} {{permission}}


Trigger a key event:
adb shell input keyevent {{keycode}}


Clear the data of an application on an emulator or device:
adb shell pm clear {{package}}


Start an activity on emulator or device:
adb shell am start -n {{package}}/{{activity}}


Start the home activity on an emulator or device:
adb shell am start -W -c android.intent.category.HOME -a android.intent.action.MAIN

Code Snippets

Start a remote interactive shell on the emulator or device

adb shell

Get all the properties from emulator or device

adb shell getprop

Revert all runtime permissions to their default

adb shell pm reset-permissions

Revoke a dangerous permission for an application

adb shell pm revoke {{package}} {{permission}}

Trigger a key event

adb shell input keyevent {{keycode}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/adb shell

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