adb

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

• 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/folder from the target device:

adb pull {{path/to/device_file_or_folder}} {{path/to/local_destination_folder}}

• Copy a file/folder to the target device:

adb push {{path/to/local_file_or_folder}} {{path/to/device_destination_folder}}

• Get a list of connected devices:

adb devices