adbutils

Python adb library for adb service (Only support Python3.6+)

Table of Contents

• adbutils
• Install
• Usage
  • Connect ADB Server
  • List all the devices and get device object
  • Connect remote device
  • adb forward and adb reverse
  • Create socket connection to the device
  • Run shell command
  • Transfer files
  • Extended Functions
  • Run in command line 命令行使用
    • Environment variables
    • Color Logcat
  • Experiment
  • Examples
• Develop
  • Watch adb socket data
• Thanks
• Ref
• LICENSE

Install

pip3 install adbutils

Usage

Example

Connect ADB Server

import adbutils

adb = adbutils.AdbClient(host="127.0.0.1", port=5037)
for info in adb.list():
    print(info.serial, info.state)
    # <serial> <device|offline>

# only list state=device
print(adb.device_list())

# Set socket timeout to 10 (default None)
adb = adbutils.AdbClient(host="127.0.0.1", port=5037, socket_timeout=10)
print(adb.device_list())

The above code can be short to from adbutils import adb

List all the devices and get device object

from adbutils import adb

for d in adb.device_list():
    print(d.serial) # print device serial

d = adb.device(serial="33ff22xx")

# or
d = adb.device(transport_id=24) # transport_id can be found in: adb devices -l

# You do not need to offer serial if only one device connected
# RuntimeError will be raised if multi device connected
d = adb.device()

The following code will not write from adbutils import adb for short

Connect or disconnect remote device

Same as command adb connect

output = adb.connect("127.0.0.1:5555")
print(output)
# output: already connected to 127.0.0.1:5555

# connect with timeout
try:
    adb.connect("127.0.0.1:5555", timeout=3.0)
except AdbTimeout as e:
    print(e)

adb.disconnect("127.0.0.1:5555")
adb.disconnect("127.0.0.1:5555", raise_error=True) # if device is not present, AdbError will raise

# wait-for-device
adb.wait_for("127.0.0.1:5555", state="device") # wait for device online, state default value is "device"
adb.wait_for("127.0.0.1:5555", state="disconnect") # wait device disconnect

adb forward and adb reverse

Same as adb forward --list and adb reverse --list

# list all forwards
for item in adb.forward_list():
    print(item.serial, item.local, item.remote)
    # 8d1f93be tcp:10603 tcp:7912
    # 12345678 tcp:10664 tcp:7912

# list only one device forwards
for item in adb.forward_list("8d1f93be"):
    print(item.serial, item.local, item.remote)
    # 8d1f93be tcp:10603 tcp:7912
    # 12345678 tcp:10664 tcp:7912


for item in adb.reverse_list():
    print(item.serial, item.local, item.remote)

# 监控设备连接 track-devices
for event in adb.track_devices():
    print(event.present, event.serial, event.status)

## When plugin two device, output
# True WWUDU16C22003963 device
# True bf755cab device
# False bf755cab absent

# When adb-server killed, AdbError will be raised

Create socket connection to the device

For example

# minitouch: https://github.com/openstf/minitouch
c = d.create_connection("unix", "minitouch")
print(c.recv(500))
c.close()

c = d.create_connection("tcp", 7912) # the second argument must be int
c.send(b"GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n")
print(c.recv(500))
c.close()

# read device file
with d.create_connection(adbutils.Network.DEV, "/data/local/tmp/hello.txt") as c:
    print(c.recv(500))

There are many other usage, see SERVICES.TXT for more details

Thanks for Pull Request from @hfutxqd

Run shell command

I assume there is only one device connected.

import io
from adbutils import adb

d = adb.device()

print(d.serial) # 获取序列号

# Argument support list, str
serial = d.shell(["getprop", "ro.serial"]) # 获取Prop信息

# Same as
serial = d.shell("getprop ro.serial")

# Set timeout for shell command
d.shell("sleep 1", timeout=0.5) # Should raise adbutils.AdbTimeout

# The advanced shell (returncode archieved by add command suffix: ;echo EXIT:$?)
ret = d.shell2("echo 1")
print(ret)
# expect: ShellReturn(args='echo 1', returncode=0, output='1\n')

# show property, also based on d.shell
print(d.prop.name) # output example: surabaya
d.prop.model
d.prop.device
d.prop.get("ro.product.model")
d.prop.get("ro.product.model", cache=True) # a little faster, use cache data first

d.get_serialno() # same as adb get-serialno
d.get_devpath() # same as adb get-devpath
d.get_state() # same as adb get-state

Transfer files

d.sync.push(b"Hello Android", "/data/local/tmp/hi.txt") # 推送二进制文本
d.sync.push(io.BytesIO(b"Hello Android"), "/data/local/tmp/hi.txt") # 推送可读对象Readable object
d.sync.push("/tmp/hi.txt", "/data/local/tmp/hi.txt") # 推送本地文件
d.sync.push(pathlib.Path("/tmp/hi.txt"), "/data/local/tmp/hi.txt") # 推送本地文件

# 读取文件
for chunk in d.sync.iter_content("/data/local/tmp/hi.txt"):
    print("Chunk", chunk)

d.sync.push(b"Hello world", "/data/local/tmp/hi.txt")
output = d.sync.read_text("/data/local/tmp/hi.txt", encoding="utf-8")
# Expect output: "Hello world"
output = d.sync.read_bytes("/data/local/tmp/hi.txt")
# Expect output: b"Hello world"

# 拷贝到本地
d.sync.pull("/data/local/tmp/hi.txt", "hi.txt")

# 获取包的信息
info = d.package_info("com.example.demo")
if info:
    print(info) 
	# output example:
    # {
	# "version_name": "1.2.3", "version_code": "12", "signature": "0xff132", 
    # "first_install_time": datetime-object, "last_update_time": datetime-object,
    # }

Extended Functions

AdbUtils provided some custom functions for some complex operations.

You can use it like this:

# save screenshot
pilimg = d.screenshot()
pilimg.save("screenshot.jpg")

# get current app info
app_info = d.app_current()
print(app_info.package)
print(app_info.activity)
print(app_info.pid) # might be 0

# install apk
d.install("apidemo.apk") # use local path
d.install("http://example.com/apidemo.apk") # install from url
# raise AdbInstallError if something went wrong

# simulate click
d.click(100, 100)

# swipe from(10, 10) to(200, 200) 500ms
d.swipe(10, 10, 200, 200, 0.5)

d.list_packages()
# example output: ["com.example.hello"]

d.window_size() 
# example output: (1080, 1920)

d.rotation()
# example output: 1
# other possible valus: 0, 1, 2, 3

d.package_info("com.github.uiautomator")
# example output: {"version_name": "1.1.7", "version_code": "1007"}

d.keyevent("HOME")

d.send_keys("hello world$%^&*") # simulate: adb shell input text "hello%sworld\%\^\&\*"

d.open_browser("https://www.baidu.com") # 打开百度
# There still too many functions, please see source codes

# check if screen is on
d.is_screen_on() # 返回屏幕是否亮屏 True or False

# adb root
d.root()

# adb tcpip <port>
d.tcpip(5555)

Screenrecord (mp4)

d.start_recording("video.mp4")
time.sleep(5)
d.stop_recording()

Logcat

# filter logcat to file
logcat = d.logcat("logcat.txt", clear=True, re_filter=".*FA.*") # clear default False
# do something else
logcat.stop(timeout=3) # tell thread to stop write, wait for 3s, if not stopped, raise TimeoutError
logcat.stop_nowait() # tell thread to stop write and close file

Screenrecord will try to use scrcpy first if scrcpy found in $PATH, then fallback to adb shell screenrecord

Note: The old method d.screenrecord() is removed after 0.16.2

For further usage, please read _device.py for details.

Run in command line 命令行使用

# List devices
$ python -m adbutils -l
8d1f93be              MI 5s
192.168.190.101:5555  Google Nexus 5X - 7.0.0 - API 24 - 1080x1920

# Show adb server version
$ python -m adbutils -V
39

# Install apk from local filesystem 安装本地apk(带有进度)
$ python -m adbutils -i some.apk
# Install apk from URL 通过URL安装apk(带有进度)
$ python -m adbutils -i http://example.com/some.apk
# Install and launch (-L or --launch)
$ python -m adbutils -i http://example.com/some.apk -L

# Parse apk info (support URL and local)
$ python -m adbutils --parse http://example.com/some.apk
$ python -m adbutils --parse some.apk
package: com.example.some
main-activity: com.example.some.MainActivity
version-name: 1.0.0
version-code: 100

# Uninstall 卸载应用
$ python -m adbutils -u com.github.example

# Push
$ python -m adbutils --push local.txt:/sdcard/remote.txt

# Pull
$ python -m adbutils --pull /sdcard/remote.txt # save to ./remote.txt

# List installed packages 列出所有应用
$ python -m adbutils --list-packages
com.android.adbkeyboard
com.buscode.whatsinput
com.finalwire.aida64
com.github.uiautomator

# Show URL of file QRCode 
$ python -m adbutils --qrcode some.apk
.--------.
|        |
| qrcode |
|        |
\--------/

# screenshot with screencap
$ python -m adbutils --screenshot screen.jpg 

# download minicap, minicap.so to device
$ python -m adbutils --minicap

# take screenshot with minicap
$ python -m adbutils --minicap --screenshot screen.jpg # screenshot with minicap

# Show more info for developers
$ python -m adbutils --dump-info
==== ADB Info ====
Path: /usr/local/bin/adb
Server version: 41

>> List of devices attached
- 9de75303 picasso Redmi K30 5G

# Track device status, function like: watch adb devices
$ python -m adbutils --track
15:09:59.534 08a3d291 -> device
15:10:02.683 08a3d291 -> absent
15:10:05.196 08a3d291 -> offline
15:10:06.545 08a3d291 -> absent
15:10:06.545 08a3d291 -> device

Environment variables

ANDROID_SERIAL  serial number to connect to
ANDROID_ADB_SERVER_HOST adb server host to connect to
ANDROID_ADB_SERVER_PORT adb server port to connect to

Color Logcat

For convenience of using logcat, I put put pidcat inside.

python3 -m adbutils.pidcat [package]

Experiment

Install Auto confirm supported(Beta), you need to famillar with uiautomator2 first

# Install with auto confirm (Experiment, based on github.com/openatx/uiautomator2)
$ python -m adbutils --install-confirm -i some.apk

For more usage, please see the code for details.

Examples

Record video using screenrecord

stream = d.shell("screenrecord /sdcard/s.mp4", stream=True)
time.sleep(3) # record for 3 seconds
with stream:
	stream.send(b"\003") # send Ctrl+C
	stream.read_until_close()

start = time.time()
print("Video total time is about", time.time() - start)
d.sync.pull("/sdcard/s.mp4", "s.mp4") # pulling video

Reading Logcat

d.shell("logcat --clear")
stream = d.shell("logcat", stream=True)
with stream:
    f = stream.conn.makefile()
    for _ in range(100): # read 100 lines
        line = f.readline()
        print("Logcat:", line.rstrip())
    f.close()

Develop

git clone https://github.com/openatx/adbutils adbutils
pip3 install -e adbutils # install as development mode

Now you can edit code in adbutils and test with

import adbutils
# .... test code here ...

Run tests requires one device connected to your computer

# change to repo directory
cd adbutils

pip3 install pytest
pytest tests/

Environment

Some environment can affect the adbutils behavior

• ADBUTILS_ADB_PATH: specify adb path, default search from PATH
• ANDROID_SERIAL: default adb serial
• ANDROID_ADB_SERVER_HOST: default 127.0.0.1
• ANDROID_ADB_SERVER_PORT: default 5037

Watch adb socket data

Watch the adb socket data using socat

$ socat -t100 -x -v TCP-LISTEN:5577,reuseaddr,fork TCP4:localhost:5037

open another terminal, type the following command then you will see the socket data

$ export ANDROID_ADB_SERVER_PORT=5577
$ adb devices

Generate TOC

gh-md-toc --insert README.md

https://github.com/ekalinin/github-markdown-toc

Thanks

• swind pure-python-adb
• openstf/adbkit
• ADB Source Code
• ADB Protocols OVERVIEW.TXT SERVICES.TXT SYNC.TXT
• Awesome ADB
• JakeWharton/pidcat

Alternative

• https://github.com/Swind/pure-python-adb

Ref

• https://github.com/imageio/imageio-ffmpeg/blob/80e37882d0/imageio_ffmpeg/_utils.py

LICENSE

MIT