When I develop android apps, sometimes I need to use device and sometimes emulator, the problem is when both are connected then if I want to uninstall my app from emulator only I had to disconnect the device. There must be a way so that I can specify from which device to uninstall or install the app. I have tried adb -s option like this
adb -s "emulator-5554" uninstsll com.myPackage.myApp
But it always opens the adb help options. May be the command is not correct. Please help.
adb -e uninstall com.myPackage.myApp
will serve your purpose. FYI, option -e is for emulator.
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I genymotion emulator and my phone connected , I want to run and debug my application over wifi , I found the instruction to do so but I get this error when I enter this code :
adb tcpip 5555
I get this error :
error: more than one device/emulator
How can I make my device as default or something like that to solve this problem ?
You can send commands to a specific device, according to docs:
$ adb devices
List of devices attached
emulator-5554 device
emulator-5555 device
$ adb -s emulator-5555 do_your_command
Also, if only one is emulator or a real device you can just attach -e or -d and send the command to it:
If you have multiple devices available, but only one is an emulator, use the -e option to send commands to the emulator. Likewise, if there are multiple devices but only one hardware device attached, use the -d option to send commands to the hardware device.
Do following thing which will help you,
You getting the message just because you are connected more than one device.
Run commands
adb devices
after the fire above command, you get the list of the device, From the list select your device id which not emulator
and fire following command
adb -s f725aa8b7ce4(deviceId) tcpip 5555
and after this fire
adb connect yourIp 5555
I was struggling with same issue since months, later while testing in postman I got know that "Appium inspector" is the main reason for this issue. As it creates new session Id and interrupt the running framework server.
Hence, adb kill-server adb start-server resolves the issue as it actually kill the session ID created by Appium inspector and starts new server.
we have android + linux m/c, we log in into linux shell and boot the machine in android GUI.
now we have the some script that is running on the same machine through linux shell. In that case when the script hangs we need to restart android machine. but it result into restarting the linux machine too. as they are on same machine. so i need the way to restart the android so it comes out of hang state and control remains on the script that is running through the linux shell.
so is there any adb or linux command that work for me?
Have you tried simply 'reboot' with adb?
adb reboot
Also you can run complete shell scripts (e.g. to reboot your emulator) via adb:
adb shell <command>
The official docs can be found here.
You can reboot the device by sending the following broadcast:
$ adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED
adb reboot should not reboot your linux box.
But in any case, you can redirect the command to a specific adb device using adb -s <device_id> command , where
Device ID can be obtained from the command adb devices
command in this case is reboot
I think the only way to do this is to run another machine in parallel and use that machine to issue commands to your android box similar to how you would with a phone. If you have issues with the IP changing you can reserve an ip on your router and have the machine grab that one instead of asking the routers DHCP for one. This way you can ping the machine and figure out if it's done rebooting to continue the script.
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I know how to install the apk file in to the emulator by command prompt and all that.
But i want to know is it possible to install same apk file in to multiple emulator by giving any specific name ?
Actually i have to test one apk file in to many device. and for that i have started many device. I know how to install it. if the all device are open then it will not get install. So is there any alternate to install that apk file by giving any specific device Emulator id or any name ???
Please help me if there is any idea for it. . .
Thanks.
Yes, you can install an apk on a particular device.
In command, type:
adb devices
// list of devices and its unique ID...
Then type:
adb -s "<deviceIDfromlist>" install "<path-to-apk>"
Step 1: Get the device Ids of all connected device
adb devices
Step 2: Install to a particular device you want to install
adb -s deviceId install path+apk
Example:
Step 1:
C:\Android\android-sdks\platform-tools>adb devices
List of devices attached emulator-5554 device 014FD87107021017
device
Step 2:
C:\Android\android-sdks\platform-tools>adb -s 014FD87107021017 install C:\Users\
user\Documents\appname.apk
Use the following scripts to install apk on multiple devices/emulators.
for SERIAL in $(adb devices | grep -v List | cut -f 1);
do adb -s $SERIAL install -r /path/to/product.apk;
done
Remove -r if you are not reinstalling the apk. Also you can replace "install -r /path/to/product.apk" to other adb commands like working on one single device.
It works for me on real devices but I believe it should also works for emulators.
It is possible to issue install command simultaneously on all connected devices.
The key is to launch adb in a separate process (&).
I came up with the following script to simultaneously fire-off installation on all of the connected devices of mine and finally launch installed application on each of them:
#!/bin/sh
function install_job {
adb -s ${x[0]} install -r PATH_TO_YOUR_APK
adb -s ${x[0]} shell am start -n "com.example.MainActivity" -a android.intent.action.MAIN -c android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
}
#iterate over devices IP-addresses or serial numbers and start a job
while read LINE
do
eval x=($LINE)
install_job ${x[0]} > /dev/null 2>&1 &
done <<< "`adb devices | cut -sf 1`"
echo "WATING FOR INSTALLATION PROCESSES TO COMPLETE"
wait
echo "DONE INSTALLING"
Note 1: the STDOUT and STDERR are suppressed. You won't see any "adb install" operation result. This may be improved, I guess, if you really have to
Note 2: you could also improve script by providing args instead of hardcoded path and activity names.
That way you:
Don't have to manually perform install on each device
Don't have to wait for one install to finish in order to execute another one (adb tasks are launched in parallel)
yes you can install your apk file in multiple emulator for that you have to give the name in command prompt here is the link for guidance
http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/emulator.html
You can install on multiple devices at a time using USB debugging.
In Eclipse
Run--> Run Configurations --> choose your project (on left) -->Target --> Launch on All compatible devices.
The selected project will be installed on all the connected devices
I have tried the navigate to the android tool folder and entering the "adb shell" command but it doesn't seem to work. My terminal seems only to recognize the adb part of the command and gives me an error message. What am I doing wrong???
List all connected devices by typing adb devices
Check, if there are any devices listed. If not you may want to check that your device is connected and/or your emulator is running.
If it works and you have for example your emulator running and your usb-device connected use:
adb shell if you only have device connected.
adb -d shell to connect to an USB-Device.
adb -e shell to connect to an emulated device.
If you have more than one emulator or usb devices you might want to use:
adb -s <DEVICE> shell
Note:
Make sure that the path to the android-sdk is properly set-up in your environment. To quickcheck, fire up a shell and type adb version. If that command succeeds, you're set up. If not, add /path/to/android-sdk/tools and /path/to/android/platform-tools to your $PATH env variable. On windows the android sdk is typically located in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Android\sdk.
We are able to run instrumentation tests of Android from the command line on Windows by launching:
adb shell
am instrument -w <package.test>/android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner
This gives us good results.
Using the same architecture, we are unable to run the same in Kubuntu.
We have the same setup in Kubuntu.
Can someone let us know, if there are packages with same name.. Then what package will the adb shell point?
How will the emulator connect with adb shell from cmd line?
DO we need to do any changes to do so in Kubuntu ?
You need to explain what errors you are seeing.
If you have the same setup under Kubuntu, i.e. the Android SDK is installed, with tools like adb accessible in your path, then everything should work fine.
In response to your individual points (and these answers are the same on Windows, Mac or Linux):
It is not possible to have more than one Android package installed on a device or emulator with the same package name.
You can connect to the emulator — the same as for any device — by calling adb shell, e.g.:
adb -d shell if you have a single USB-attached device
adb -e shell if you have a single emulator running
adb -s emulator-5554 shell to specify a particular emulator (or device serial number)
You don't need to change anything between operating systems. The difference would be with setting up a device, as you need to modify udev rules on Linux, and install the USB driver on Windows