adb-enhanced 2.2.1

Swiss-army knife for Android testing and development

ADB Enhanced

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, permission grant/revocation.

Release announcement

See Release announcement

Installation

sudo pip3 install adb-enhanced

Note

1. sudo pip install adb-enhanced for python2 based install works as well but I would recommend moving to python3 since I might deprecate python2 support at some point.
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 setup 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

Permisions

• 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
  

Usage

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

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

Python2 compatibility

As of Nov 15, 2018, I would strongly discourage installation of this package using Python 2. Python 3 is recommended and Python 2 will not be supported after Dec 31, 2018.

As of Nov 27, 2017, the code is python3 compatible, and as of Jan 18, 2018, pip (python package manager) has the updated version.

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