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