adb Command Examples

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