ADB Controls

ADB Controls

Interact with connected devices from the Connected Devices panel.

Device List

The panel shows all devices detected by ADB:

• Emulators — shown with a VM icon
• Physical devices — shown with a phone icon
• Offline/unauthorized — shown with warning icons

The list refreshes automatically every 3 seconds.

Install APK

1. Right-click a device → Install APK
2. Select an .apk file from the file picker
3. The APK is installed with -r flag (replace existing)

Or via command: Caspian: Install APK

Take Screenshot

1. Right-click a device → Take Screenshot
2. Choose where to save the PNG file
3. Uses adb shell screencap + adb pull

Record Screen

1. Right-click a device → Record Screen
2. Recording starts immediately
3. Click Stop Recording when done
4. Choose where to save the MP4 file

Note: Android limits recordings to 3 minutes by default.

Open ADB Shell

1. Right-click a device → Open ADB Shell
2. Opens an integrated terminal with adb -s <serial> shell
3. Full shell access to the device

Device Selection

When multiple devices are connected, commands that don't originate from a right-click will prompt you to pick a device. If only one device is connected, it's used automatically.