Adb_Cheat_sheet.md

My ADB Cheatsheet

A list of ADB commands I find helpful in general Android Development

ADB stands for Android Device Bridge - it is a program that runs on the host machine for communicating with both real and virtual android devices.

• adb start-server - start a connection from development machine to android devices
• adb kill-server - kill the connection from development machine to android devices
• adb shell <command> - run a bash command on the device
• adb shell pm <args> - run a command on the package manager
• adb shell pidof <package name> get the process id of the given package. Will return empty if no app is running with that package
• adb shell pm list packages list of packages for installed apps
• adb shell am clear-debug-app to clear the debugger (useful when you get stuck on "Waiting for debugger...")
• adb shell pm clear <package name> stop app with package name
• adb logcat run logcat in terminal
• adb devices -l get list of currently connected devices
• adb shell getprop get summary of device properties
• adb shell getprop ro.build.version.release get the android version of the current device
• adb shell getprop ro.build.version.sdk get the api version of the current device
• adb shell pm grant your.app.packagename android.permission.<permission-name> grant a permission to an app