Android Debug Bridge¶

Android Debug Bridge (ADB) is a versatile command-line tool that lets you communicate with a device (an emulator or a connected Android device).

ADB is included in the Android SDK Platform-Tools package. You can download this package with the SDK Manager, which installs it at android_sdk/platform-tools/. Or if you want the standalone Android SDK Platform-Tools package, you can download it here.

If you are new to ADB, we recommend this tutorial on how to use it.

Useful ADB commands¶

We have made a list of the most common ADB commands that will help with your Famoco project.

FAMOCO ID

adb shell getprop ro.serialno

DEVICE MODEL

adb shell getprop ro.product.model

IMAGE VERSION

adb shell getprop ro.famoco.version

ANDROID VERSION

adb shell getprop ro.build.version.release

DEVICE SCREEN SIZE

adb shell dumpsys window | grep DisplayWidth

SEE WI-FI IP ADDRESS

adb shell ifconfig wlan0

FAMOCO APPS

adb shell ps | grep famoco

CLEAR APP DATA

adb shell pm clear PACKAGE_NAME

LIST PERMISSIONS KNOWN TO THE SYSTEM

adb shell pm list permissions -f

LIST INSTALLED PACKAGES

adb shell pm list packages -f

FILTER LOGS FOR ERRORS

adb logcat *:E

CREATE LOG FILE WITH JUST THE ERROR

adb logcat *:E > errorLog.txt

SEE THE APN LIST

adb shell cat /etc/apns-conf.xml

TAKE A SCREENSHOT

adb exec-out screencap -p > screenshot.png

GET VERSION CODE

adb shell pm dump com.your.package | grep versionCode

INSTALL APP

adb install -r APK_FILE

UNINSTALL APP

adb uninstall PACKAGE_NAME

UNINSTALL APP

Find the “package name” of the application you want to uninstall by running aapt: aapt dump badging apk_file (AAPT is provided in android_sdk/build-tools/)
Uninstall the application: adb uninstall package_name

Example

To uninstall the APP “Loyalty”.

Find the “package name” of “Loyalty” by running aapt dump badging loyalty-debug.apk

aapt_package_name

Uninstall “Loyalty”: adb uninstall com.famoco.loyalty

Uninstall