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.

See Release announcement

sudo pip3 install adb-enhanced

brew install adb-enhanced

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.

• 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

• Grant storage-related runtime permissions

  adbe permissions grant com.example storage

• Revoke storage-related runtime permissions

  adbe permissions revoke com.example storage

• 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

• 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

• 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

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)

-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

• 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

make lint make test

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

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.