dadb

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A Kotlin/Java library to connect directly to an Android device without an adb binary or an ADB server

dependencies {
  implementation("dev.mobile:dadb:<version>")
}

Example Usage

Connect to emulator-5554 and install apkFile:

Dadb.create("localhost", 5555).use { dadb ->
    dadb.install(apkFile)
}

Note: Connect to the odd adb daemon port (5555), not the even emulator console port (5554)

Discover a Device

Searches localhost ports 5555 through 5683 for a valid adb device:

val dadb = Dadb.discover("localhost")
if (dadb == null) throw RuntimeException("No adb device found")

Install / Uninstall APK

dadb.install(exampleApkFile)
dadb.uninstall("com.example.app")

Push / Pull Files

dadb.push(srcFile, "/data/local/tmp/dst.txt")
dadb.pull(dstFile, "/data/local/tmp/src.txt")

Execute Shell Command

val response = dadb.shell("echo hello")
assert(response.exitCode == 0)
assert(response.output == "hello\n")

Authentication

Dadb will use your adb key at ~/.android/adbkey by default.

If you need to specify a custom path to your adb key, use the optional keyPair argument:

val adbKeyPair = AdbKeyPair.create(privateKeyFile, publicKeyFile)
Dadb.create("localhost", 5555, adbKeyPair)

License

Copyright (c) 2021 mobile.dev inc.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.