I'm trying to get activity name for current focused app on the device by running this command:
adb shell "dumpsys window windows | grep -E 'mCurrentFocusApp|mFocusedApp'"
It works on older phone with Android 6.0 but on Pixel XL running Android 10 its returns nothing.
If I run only dumpsys window windows it returns bunch of unfiltered info which is not very efficient for me.
adb shell dumpsys activity a . | grep -E 'mResumedActivity' | cut -d ' ' -f 8
John answer is great but u can use:
adb shell dumpsys window windows | grep mActivityRecord
in that case u get list of all current run app in memory
if u kill all app and run the one u want u get 2 records
# launcher
mActivityRecord=ActivityRecord{99197dc u0 com.sec.android.app.launcher/.activities.LauncherActivity t3161}
# active app
mActivityRecord=ActivityRecord{6dec4d5 u0 com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/com.google.android.apps.gsa.monet.MonetActivity t3711}
adb shell dumpsys activity activities | grep "mFocused"
It worked on android 10 & 11.
While on a certain window of the android Settings I run the command in terminal
adb shell dumpsys window windows | grep 'mCurrentFocus'
and I was able to get the result
mCurrentFocus=Window{f167e7a u0
com.android.settings/com.android.settings.Settings$NetworkDashboardActivity}
Now, how am I able to launch the mCurrentFocus using an ADB command on my emulator?
dumpsys window windows grep -e 'mCurrentFocus'
I have a problem of an app that open a site every time open the browser.
I found the id of the app with this intent by adb and now I'm wondering if there is a way to find the package name by the app id without root permissions.
For UnRooted devices following works for me:
Set up adb in a PC, connect the device to the PC, launch a shell on the PC and enter:
adb shell "dumpsys package | grep -A1 'userId=UID'"
Replace UID with the ID you're looking for, such as 10102.
Example:
bash-4.2# adb shell "dumpsys package | grep -A1 'userId=10102'"
userId=10102
pkg=Package{46171ce com.android.chrome}
bash-4.2#
The line containing Package{would show the package name of the app in between whitespace and}. You can do adb shell dumpsys package PKG_NAME (PKG_NAME → package name of an app) to know more details about that package/app.
Using the following 3 commands, Can we have single adb shell command to know the current apk file location and version of the apk.
we can use following command to find the all packages and locations of the apks
adb shell pm list packages -f
we can use following command to know the current package name.
adb shell dumpsys window | grep -i mCurrentFocus
we can use following command to know apk version
adb shell dumpsys package my.package | grep versionName
This will be use full for every one to quickly check the current apk details immediately.
Example: If i open com.src.test application from device. i want to know where this apk installed (/system/app/) and version of apk (1.0101) using single adb shell command.
Something like this maybe?
package=$(dumpsys window windows | grep mCurrentFocus | cut -d'/' -f1 | rev | cut -d' ' -f1 | rev) && dumpsys package $package | grep -E "versionName|codePath"
codePath=/data/app/com.src.test
versionName=1.0101
How do I send an intent using Android's ADB tools?
adb shell
am start -n com.package.name/com.package.name.ActivityName
Or you can use this directly:
adb shell am start -n com.package.name/com.package.name.ActivityName
You can also specify actions to be filter by your intent-filters:
am start -a com.example.ACTION_NAME -n com.package.name/com.package.name.ActivityName
It's possible to run an application specifying the package name only using the monkey tool by follow this pattern:
adb shell monkey -p your.app.package.name -c android.intent.category.LAUNCHER 1
The command is used to run the app using the monkey tool which generates random input for the application. The last part of the command is an integer which specifies the number of generated random input for the app. In this case the number is 1, which in fact is used to launch the app (icon click).
Or, you could use this:
adb shell am start -n com.package.name/.ActivityName
Linux and Mac users can also create a script to run an APK file with something like the following:
Create a file named "adb-run.sh" with these three lines:
pkg=$(aapt dump badging $1|awk -F" " '/package/ {print $2}'|awk -F"'" '/name=/ {print $2}')
act=$(aapt dump badging $1|awk -F" " '/launchable-activity/ {print $2}'|awk -F"'" '/name=/ {print $2}')
adb shell am start -n $pkg/$act
Then "chmod +x adb-run.sh" to make it executable.
Now you can simply:
adb-run.sh myapp.apk
The benefit here is that you don't need to know the package name or launchable activity name. Similarly, you can create "adb-uninstall.sh myapp.apk"
Note: This requires that you have Android Asset Packaging Tool (aapt) in your path. You can find it under the new build tools folder in the SDK.
Step 1: First get all the package names of the apps installed in your device, by using:
adb shell pm list packages
Step 2: You will get all the package names. Copy the one you want to start using ADB.
Step 3: Add your desired package name in the below command.
adb shell monkey -p 'your package name' -v 500
For example,
adb shell monkey -p com.estrongs.android.pop -v 500
to start the Es explorer.
The shortest command yet is the following:
adb shell monkey -p your.app.package.name 1
This will launch the default activity for the package that is in the launcher.
Thanks to Androiderson for the tip.
Also, I want to mention one more thing.
When you start an application from adb shell am, it automatically adds FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK flag which makes behavior change. See the code.
For example, if you launch a Play Store activity from adb shell am, pressing the 'Back' button (hardware back button) wouldn't take you back to your app. Instead, it would take you to the previous Play Store activity if there was some (if there was not a Play store task, then it would take you back to your app). FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK documentation says:
if a task is already running for the activity you are now starting, then a new activity will not be started; instead, the current task will simply be brought to the front of the screen with the state it was last in
This caused me to spend a few hours to find out what went wrong.
So, keep in mind that adb shell am add FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK flag.
We can as well start an application by knowing the application type and feeding it with data:
adb shell am start -d "file:///sdcard/sample.3gp" -t "video/3gp" -a android.intent.action.VIEW
This command displays available *video players to play a sample.3gp file.
You can find your app package name by the below command:
adb shell pm list packages
The above command returns a package list of all apps. Example:
org.linphone.debug
.
.
com.android.email
Now I want to start app linphone by using the below command and this worked for me:
adb shell am start org.linphone.debug
Open file ~/.bash_profile, and add these Bash functions to the end of the file
function androidinstall(){
adb install -r ./bin/$1.apk
}
function androidrun(){
ant clean debug
adb shell am start -n $1/$1.$2
}
Then open the Android project folder:
androidinstall app-debug && androidrun com.example.app MainActivity
monkey --pct-syskeys 0 for development boards
This argument is needed for development boards without keys/display:
adb shell monkey --pct-syskeys 0 -p com.cirosantilli.android_cheat.textviewbold 1
Without it, the app won't open, and you will get an error message like:
SYS_KEYS has no physical keys but with factor 2.0%
It was tested on HiKey960, Android O AOSP.
Learned from: this GitHub issue
Also asked at: How to use the monkey command with an Android system that doesn't have physical keys?
Use:
adb shell am start -n '<appPackageName>/.<appActitivityName>
Example:
adb shell am start -n 'com.android.settings/.wifi.WifiStatusTest'
You can use the APK-INFO application to know the list of app activities with respect to each app package.
adb shell am start -n com.app.package.name/com.java.package.name.ActivityName
Example
adb shell am start -n com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/com.google.android.search.core.google.GoogleSearch
If the Java package is the same, then it can be shortened:
adb shell am start -n com.example.package/.subpackage.ActivityName
Use:
adb shell am start -n '<appPackageName>/<appActitivityName>'
To get <appPackageName> run :
adb shell pm list packages
To get <appActitivityName> lunch app and run
adb shell dumpsys window | grep -E 'mCurrentFocus'
Try this, for opening an Android photo app and with the specific image file to open as a parameter.
adb shell am start -n com.google.android.apps.photos/.home.HomeActivity -d file:///mnt/user/0/primary/Pictures/Screenshots/Screenshot.png
It will work on latest version of Android. No pop up will come to select an application to open as you are giving the specific app to which you want to open your image with.
When you try to open a Flutter app, you can use this command:
adb shell am start -n com.package.name/io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity
Replace com.package.name with your package name. You find your package in your app/build.gradle at applicationId.