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: https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/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}}
• Get a list of connected devices:
  adb devices