Questions tagged [adb]
ADB (Android Debug Bridge) is a tool that comes with the Android SDK that allows you to control and interface with your Android device.
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How can I connect to Android with ADB over TCP? [closed]
I am attempting to debug an application on a Motorola Droid, but I am having some difficulty connecting to the device via USB. My development server is a Windows 7 64-bit VM running in Hyper-V, and so ...
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How to start an application using Android ADB tools
How do I send an intent using Android's ADB tools?
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Run/install/debug Android applications over Wi-Fi?
I thought there was a way to test your applications in development over Wi-Fi. Is this possible?
I'd love to be able to untether my phone and develop wirelessly.
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INSTALL_FAILED_NO_MATCHING_ABIS when install apk
I tried to install my app into Android L Preview Intel Atom Virtual Device, it failed with error:
INSTALL_FAILED_NO_MATCHING_ABIS
What does it mean?
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adb server version doesn't match this client
Whenever I try to run adb devices:
$ adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
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Retrieve database or any other file from the Internal Storage using run-as
On a non-rooted android device, I can navigate to the data folder containing the database using the run-as command with my package name. Most files types I am content with just viewing, but with the ...
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ADB Android Device Unauthorized
Since I reinstalled Eclipse (simply deleted and downloaded it again) I can't debug my applications on Samsung Galaxy i9001 (with CyanogenMod - Android 4.4.2). It worked fine before reinstallation.
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How to access data/data folder in Android device?
I am developing an app and I know my database *.db will appear in data/data/com.****.***
I can access this file from AVD in Eclipse with help of sqlite manager
But I can't access this file in my ...
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ADB Shell Input Events
What is the basic difference between adb shell input keyevent and adb shell sendevent? Which one should I use for inputting a character? Are the keycodes the same that we pass to both the commands?
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set up device for development (???????????? no permissions)
I am using a Samsung galaxy nexus phone (Android 4.0 platform) .
I am developing Android app on Ubuntu linux OS. I would like to run my application directly on the Samsung handset device, so I ...
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Read binary stdout data like screencap data from adb shell?
Is it possible to read binary stdout from an adb shell command? For example, all examples of how to use screencap include two steps:
adb shell screencap -p /sdcard/foo.png
adb pull /sdcard/foo.png
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How do I get an apk file from an Android device?
How do I get the apk file from an android device? Or how do I transfer the apk file from device to system?
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'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
I am trying to run google map v2 on emulator, I am following this tutorial.
When I was trying to install required apk file on emulator, I am getting below error.
I tried to solve this using this ...
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Error "The connection to adb is down, and a severe error has occurred."
I've spent days trying to launch any Android program. Even "Hello World" gives me the same error:
"The connection to adb is down, and a severe error has occurred".
I'm running Eclipse v3.5 (...
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adb not finding my device / phone (MacOS X)
Doing Android development on a Mac and this very new phone I have doesn't show up in the devices list in adb. Lots of other phones and devices work fine for me so I know my setup is good.
I have ...
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