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Android Debug Bridge (adb) is a command line tool that communicate with:

• an emulator instance
• or connected Android-powered device.

When building (pushing) the app, ABD install and starts the application.

# App installation
adb install - r /app/build/apk/...
# App start
adb shell am start -n com.example.myapp

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Location

SDK_HOME/platform-tools/adb.exe

Shell

Entering a remote shell:

adb [-d|-e|-s {<serialNumber>}] shell

where:

• -d means the usb device
• -e an emulator
• -s to enter a specific device.

Example:

adb devices

List of devices attached
010dfa948f964f70        device

adb -s 010dfa948f964f70  shell

bullhead:/ $