ADB enhanced

General

Category
Free
Tag
ADB
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
Min SDK
7 (Android 2.1 Eclair)
Registered
Mar 1, 2018
Favorites
1
Link
https://github.com/ashishb/adb-enhanced
See also
adb-export
Captain-ADB
ADB-Date-Changer
Dumpey
adb-sync

Additional

Language
Python
Version
N/A
Created
Jan 20, 2017
Updated
Jan 31, 2024
Owner
Ashish Bhatia (ashishb)
Contributors
Ashish Bhatia (ashishb)
mansyaprime (mansya)
dependabot[bot]
Mohit Solanki (mohi7solanki)
Vladislav Onishchenko (stfbee)
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ADB Enhanced

ADB-Enhanced is a Swiss army knife for Android testing and development.

A command-line interface to trigger various scenarios like screen rotation, battery saver mode, data saver mode, doze mode, and permission grant/revocation. It's a wrapper around adb and not a replacement.

Release announcement

See Release announcement

Installation

Recommended

sudo pip3 install adb-enhanced

Alternative on Mac OS via Homebrew

brew install adb-enhanced

Note

  1. sudo pip install adb-enhanced works only for Python 3. Python 2 is no longer supported.
  2. If you don't have sudo access or you are installing without sudo then adbe might not be configured correctly in the path.
  3. To set up bash/z-sh auto-completion, execute sudo pip3 install infi.docopt-completion && docopt-completion $(which adbe) after installing adb-enhanced.

Examples

Device configuration

  • Turn doze mode on

    adbe doze on

  • Turn mobile-data off

    adbe mobile-data off

  • Turn on battery saver

    adbe battery saver on

  • Don't keep activities in the background

    adbe dont-keep-activities on

  • Take a screenshot adbe screenshot ~/Downloads/screenshot1.png

  • Take a video adbe screenrecord video.mp4 # Press ^C when finished

  • Turn Wireless Debug mode on adbe enable wireless debugging

Permissions

  • Grant storage-related runtime permissions

    adbe permissions grant com.example storage

  • Revoke storage-related runtime permissions

    adbe permissions revoke com.example storage

Interacting with app

  • Start an app

    adbe start com.example

  • Kill an app

    adbe force-stop com.example

  • Clear app data - equivalent of uninstall and reinstall

    adbe clear-data com.example

  • ls/cat/rm any file without worrying about adding "run-as" or "su root"

    adbe ls /data/data/com.example/databases # Works as long as com.example is a debuggable package or shell has the root permission or directory has been made publicly accessible

Device info

  • Detailed device info including model name, Android API version etc, device serial

    $ adbe devices
Unlock Device "dcc54112" and give USB debugging access to this PC/Laptop by unlocking and reconnecting the device. More info about this device: "unauthorized usb:339869696X transport_id:17"

Serial ID: dcc54111
Manufacturer: OnePlus
Model: ONEPLUS A5000 (OnePlus 5T)
Release: 8.1.0
SDK version: 27
CPU: arm64-v8a

Serial ID: emulator-5554
Manufacturer: unknown
Model: Android SDK built for x86
Release: 4.4.2
SDK version: 19
CPU: x86

App info

  • Detailed information about app version, target SDK version, permissions (requested, granted, denied), installer package name, etc.

    $ adbe app info com.google.android.youtube
App name: com.google.android.youtube
Version: 12.17.41
Version Code: 121741370
Is debuggable: False
Min SDK version: 21
Target SDK version: 26

Permissions:

Install time granted permissions:
com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS
com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES
com.google.android.youtube.permission.C2D_MESSAGE
android.permission.MANAGE_ACCOUNTS
android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
android.permission.NFC
android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE
android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID_NOTIFICATION
android.permission.INTERNET
android.permission.GET_PACKAGE_SIZE
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
android.permission.VIBRATE
android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
android.permission.WAKE_LOCK

Runtime Permissions not granted and not yet requested:
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
android.permission.MANAGE_DOCUMENTS
android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS
android.permission.CAMERA
android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO
android.permission.READ_CONTACTS
android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
android.permission.SEND_SMS
android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS
com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ
com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE
com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT
com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE
com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Installer package name: None

  • App backup to a tar file unlike the Android-specific .ab format

    $ adbe app backup com.google.android.youtube backup.tar
you might have to confirm the backup manually on your device's screen, enter "00" as password...
Successfully backed up data of app com.google.android.youtube to backup.tar

Usage

adbe [options] airplane (on | off)
adbe [options] alarm (all | top | pending | history)
adbe [options] animations (on | off)
adbe [options] app backup <app_name> [<backup_tar_file_path>]
adbe [options] app info <app_name>
adbe [options] app path <app_name>
adbe [options] app signature <app_name>
adbe [options] apps list (all | system | third-party | debug | backup-enabled)
adbe [options] battery level <percentage>
adbe [options] battery reset
adbe [options] battery saver (on | off)
adbe [options] cat <file_path>
adbe [options] clear-data <app_name>
adbe [options] dark mode (on | off)
adbe [options] devices
adbe [options] (enable | disable) wireless debugging
adbe [options] dont-keep-activities (on | off)
adbe [options] doze (on | off)
adbe [options] dump-ui <xml_file>
adbe [options] force-stop <app_name>
adbe [options] gfx (on | off | lines)
adbe [options] input-text <text>
adbe [options] install <file_path>
adbe [options] jank <app_name>
adbe [options] layout (on | off)
adbe [options] location (on | off)
adbe [options] ls [-a] [-l] [-R|-r] <file_path>
adbe [options] mobile-data (on | off)
adbe [options] mobile-data saver (on | off)
adbe [options] mv [-f] <src_path> <dest_path>
adbe [options] notifications list
adbe [options] open-url <url>
adbe [options] overdraw (on | off | deut)
adbe [options] permission-groups list all
adbe [options] permissions (grant | revoke) <app_name> (calendar | camera | contacts | location | microphone | notifications | phone | sensors | sms | storage)
adbe [options] permissions list (all | dangerous)
adbe [options] press back
adbe [options] pull [-a] <file_path_on_android>
adbe [options] pull [-a] <file_path_on_android> <file_path_on_machine>
adbe [options] push <file_path_on_machine> <file_path_on_android>
adbe [options] restart <app_name>
adbe [options] restrict-background (true | false) <app_name>
adbe [options] rm [-f] [-R|-r] <file_path>
adbe [options] rotate (landscape | portrait | left | right)
adbe [options] rtl (on | off)
adbe [options] screen (on | off | toggle)
adbe [options] screenrecord <filename.mp4>
adbe [options] screenshot <filename.png>
adbe [options] show-taps (on | off)
adbe [options] standby-bucket get <app_name>
adbe [options] standby-bucket set <app_name> (active | working_set | frequent | rare)
adbe [options] start <app_name>
adbe [options] stay-awake-while-charging (on | off)
adbe [options] stop <app_name>
adbe [options] top-activity
adbe [options] uninstall [--first-user] <app_name>
adbe [options] wifi (on | off)

Options

-e, --emulator          directs the command to the only running emulator
-d, --device            directs the command to the only connected "USB" device
-s, --serial SERIAL     directs the command to the device or emulator with the given serial number or qualifier.
                        Overrides ANDROID_SERIAL environment variable.
-l                      For long list format, only valid for "ls" command
-R                      For recursive directory listing, only valid for "ls" and "rm" command
-r                      For delete file, only valid for "ls" and "rm" command
-f                      For forced deletion of a file, only valid for "rm" command
-v, --verbose           Verbose mode

Python3 migration timeline

  • Nov 27, 2017 - Code is Python3 compatible
  • Jan 18, 2018 - pip (python package manager) has the updated version which is Python3 compatible
  • Nov 15, 2018 - Python2 based installation discouraged. Python3 is recommended.
  • Dec 31, 2018 - Python2 will not be officially supported after Dec 31, 2018.
  • May 7, 2020 - Python2 no longer works with the current master branch

Testing

make lint
make test

Release a new build

A new build can be released using release/release.py script. Build a test release via make release_debug. Build a production release via make release_production

Updating docs for ReadTheDocs

make documentation

Note that this happens automatically during make release_production.

You will have to do brew install pandoc if you are missing pandoc.

Note: The inspiration for this project came from android-scripts.

Contributors