ADB usage

Quick command line tool for adb

  • adb devices: list all connected devices
  • adb connect IP_ADDR: connect to a device within the same LAN
  • adb disconnect: disconnect all connected devices
  • adb shell: goes into android shell
  • adb install app.apk: install app.apk into connected device, only if the package is not installed yet
  • adb uninstall com.example.box: the package name can be found in android shell’s /data/app, you will need su to grant the admin access
  • adb pull /system/priv-app/Launcher3: to download file from android device to local machine
  • adb push DIR_OF_LOCAL DIR_OF_ANDROID: to upload local file to android device

Install/Uninstall system app

if connected with cable

adb root
adb remount
adb shell
rm  -rf /system/priv-app/SuperSU # delete supersu for example
reboot

else connected wirelessly

adb shell
su    # will ask for permission, accept it
mount -o remount,rw /system  # unmount system
rm -rf /system/priv-app/Launcher3/
reboot

Local machine connect to emulator

I have a web server hosted in an android emulator, and I would like to access it from my local machine;

$ telnet localhost 5554
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
Android Console: Authentication required
Android Console: type 'auth <auth_token>' to authenticate
Android Console: you can find your <auth_token> in
'/Users/Alba/.emulator_console_auth_token'
OK

auth DCbP4qqM4bsswhhh

Add port forwording rule, from :

redir add tcp:8080:8080

then you can access the emulator via the host and the port

4. How to check android CPU is 32 or 64

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo

the result will looks like this:

Processor : AArch64 Processor rev 4 (aarch64)
processor : 0
processor : 1
processor : 2
processor : 3
Features : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: AArch64
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0xd03
CPU revision : 4

Hardware : Amlogic
Serial : adsf

Quick fixes

Q1

Cannot resolve all classes

You can do “File” -> “Invalidate Caches…”, and select “Invalidate and Restart” option to fix this.

Q2

Restart Logcat

Sometimes android Logout will not working properly, showing nothing in the console, the most simple way to resolve this issue is to restart logcat(adb server);

adb kill-server && adb start-server