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adb

Android Debug Bridge: communicate with an Android emulator instance or connected Android devices. Some subcommands such as `shell` have their own usage documentation.

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curl https://curlhub.sh/man/adb

same page, in your terminal

Examples

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

Specify which device to send commands to if there are multiple devices

adb -s device_id shell