ADB

=What is ADB=
ADB (Android Debug Bridge) is a tool that comes with the [http://developer.android.com/index.html Android SDK] that allows you to control and interface with your Android device. It is located in the tools folder when you unpack the SDK.

Source: ADB [http://www.bestessays.com Custom Essay].

==Commands==
Adb has many built in commands. Some are interactive (meaning they keep running until you stop them) and some just perform a simple task. Below is a list of the commands in the 1.0 SDK version of adb.

Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.20

 -d                            - directs command to the only connected USB device
                                 returns an error if more than one USB device is present.
 -e                            - directs command to the only running emulator.
                                 returns an error if more than one emulator is running.
 -s             - directs command to the USB device or emulator with
                                 the given serial number
 -p
     - simple product name like 'sooner', or
                                 a relative/absolute path to a product
                                 out directory like 'out/target/product/sooner'.
                                 If -p is not specified, the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT
                                 environment variable is used, which must
                                 be an absolute path.
 devices                       - list all connected devices

device commands:
  adb push      - copy file/dir to device
  adb pull      - copy file/dir from device
  adb sync [  ]     - copy host->device only if changed
                                 (see 'adb help all')
  adb shell                    - run remote shell interactively
  adb shell           - run remote shell command
  adb emu             - run emulator console command
  adb logcat [  ] - View device log
  adb forward   - forward socket connections
                                 forward specs are one of:
                                   tcp:

                                   localabstract:
                                   localreserved:
                                   localfilesystem:
                                   dev:
                                   jdwp:
 (remote only)
  adb jdwp                     - list PIDs of processes hosting a JDWP transport
  adb install [-l] [-r]  - push this package file to the device and install it
                                 ('-l' means forward-lock the app)
                                 ('-r' means reinstall the app, keeping its data)
  adb uninstall [-k]
 - remove this app package from the device
                                 ('-k' means keep the data and cache directories)
  adb bugreport                - return all information from the device
                                 that should be included in a bug report.

  adb help                     - show this help message
  adb version                  - show version num

DATAOPTS:
 (no option)                   - don't touch the data partition
  -w                           - wipe the data partition
  -d                           - flash the data partition

scripting:
  adb wait-for-device          - block until device is online
  adb start-server             - ensure that there is a server running
  adb kill-server              - kill the server if it is running
  adb get-state                - prints: offline | bootloader | device
  adb get-product              - prints:

  adb get-serialno             - prints: 
  adb status-window            - continuously print device status for a specified device
  adb remount                  - remounts the /system partition on the device read-write

networking:
  adb ppp  [parameters]   - Run PPP over USB.
 Note: you should not automatically start a PDP connection.
  refers to the tty for PPP stream. Eg. dev:/dev/omap_csmi_tty1
 [parameters] - Eg. defaultroute debug dump local notty usepeerdns

adb sync notes: adb sync [  ]
   can be interpreted in several ways:

  - If  is not specified, both /system and /data partitions will be updated.

  - If it is "system" or "data", only the corresponding partition
    is updated.

==Common Use==
Some of the more common commands in adb are push, pull, shell, install, remount, and logcat.

Push sends a file from your desktop computer to your Android device:
adb push test.txt /sdcard/test.txt

Pull pulls a file from your Android device to your desktop computer:
adb pull /sdcard/test.txt test.txt

Shell lets you run an interactive shell (command prompt) on the Android device:
adb shell

Install lets you install an android APK file to your Android device:
adb install myapp.apk

Remount remounts the /system partition as writable (or readonly if it is already writeable):
adb remount

Logcat lets you view the devices debug logs in real time (must press control+c to exit):
adb logcat