adb

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

Some subcommands such as `adb shell` have their own usage documentation.

More information.

• 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}

• Get a list of connected devices:

adb devices

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