adb-enhanced 2.8.0
ADB-Enhanced is a Swiss army knife for Android testing and development
Requires Python: >=3.10
Keywords: Android ADB developer

# ADB Enhanced [![Downloads](https://static.pepy.tech/badge/adb-enhanced)](https://pepy.tech/project/adb-enhanced) [![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/adb-enhanced.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/adb-enhanced)

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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.

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## Release announcement

See [Release announcement](https://ashishb.net/tech/introducing-adb-enhanced-a-swiss-army-knife-for-android-development/)

## Installation

### Recommended

`sudo pip3 install adb-enhanced`

### Alternative on Mac OS via Homebrew [![Homebrew package](https://repology.org/badge/version-for-repo/homebrew/adb-enhanced.svg)](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/adb-enhanced)

`brew install adb-enhanced`

## Note

1. `sudo pip install adb-enhanced` works only for Python 3. Python 2 is no longer supported.
1. If you don't have sudo access or you are installing without sudo then `adbe` might not be configured correctly in the path.
1. 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

  ```bash
  $ 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.

  ```bash
  $ 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

  ```bash
  $ 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

```bash
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] debug-app (set [-w] [-p] <app_name> | clear)
adbe [options] devices
adbe [options] display size
adbe [options] display size (ldpi | mdpi | hdpi | xhdpi | xxhdpi | xxxhdpi)
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] press media (next | previous | play | pause)
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

```bash
-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

```bash
make lint
make test
```

## Release a new build

A new build can be released using [`release/release.py`](https://github.com/ashishb/adb-enhanced/blob/master/release/release.py) script.
Build a test release via `make release_debug`.
Build a production release via `make release_production`

## Updating docs for ReadTheDocs

```bash
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](https://github.com/dhelleberg/android-scripts).

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## Contributors

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