$ adb --help
-s SERIAL use device with given serial (overrides $ANDROID_SERIAL)
$ adb devices
List of devices attached
emulator-5554 device
7f1c864e device
$ adb shell -s 7f1c864e
error: more than one device and emulator
Use the -s
option BEFORE the command to specify the device, for example:
adb -s 7f1c864e shell
See also http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html#directingcommands
adb -d shell
(or adb -e shell
).
This command will help you in most of the cases, if you are too lazy to type the full ID.
From http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html#commandsummary:
-d
- Direct an adb command to the only attached USB device. Returns an error when more than one USB device is attached.
-e
- Direct an adb command to the only running emulator. Returns an error when more than one emulator is running.
I found this question after seeing the 'more than one device' error, with 2 offline phones showing:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\android-tools>adb devices
List of devices attached
SH436WM01785 offline
SH436WM01785 offline
SH436WM01785 sideload
If you only have one device connected, run the following commands to get rid of the offline connections:
adb kill-server
adb devices
To install an apk on one of your emulators:
First get the list of devices:
-> adb devices
List of devices attached
25sdfsfb3801745eg device
emulator-0954 device
Then install the apk on your emulator with the -s
flag:
-> adb -s "25sdfsfb3801745eg" install "C:\Users\joel.joel\Downloads\release.apk"
Performing Streamed Install
Success
Ps.: the order here matters, so -s <id>
has to come before install
command, otherwise it won't work.
Hope this helps someone!
This gist will do most of the work for you showing a menu when there are multiple devices connected:
$ adb $(android-select-device) shell
1) 02783201431feeee device 3) emulator-5554
2) 3832380FA5F30000 device 4) emulator-5556
Select the device to use, <Q> to quit:
To avoid typing you can just create an alias that included the device selection as explained here.
User @janot
has already mentioned this above, but this took me some time to filter the best solution.
There are two Broad use cases:
1) 2 hardware are connected, first is emulator and other is a Device.
Solution : adb -e shell....whatever-command
for emulator and adb -d shell....whatever-command
for device.
2) n number of devices are connected (all emulators or Phones/Tablets) via USB/ADB-WiFi:
Solution:
Step1) run adb devices
THis will give you list of devices currently connected (via USB or ADBoverWiFI)
Step2) now run adb -s <device-id/IP-address> shell....whatever-command
no matter how many devices you have.
Example
to clear app data on a device connected on wifi ADB I would execute:adb -s 172.16.34.89:5555 shell pm clear com.package-id
to clear app data connected on my usb connected device I would execute:adb -s 5210d21be2a5643d shell pm clear com.package-id
For Windows, here's a quick 1 liner example of how to install a file..on multiple devices
FOR /F "skip=1" %x IN ('adb devices') DO start adb -s %x install -r myandroidapp.apk
If you plan on including this in a batch file, replace %x with %%x, as below
FOR /F "skip=1" %%x IN ('adb devices') DO start adb -s %%x install -r myandroidapp.apk
Running adb commands on all connected devices
Create a bash (adb+)
adb devices | while read line
do
if [ ! "$line" = "" ] && [ `echo $line | awk '{print $2}'` = "device" ]
then
device=`echo $line | awk '{print $1}'`
echo "$device $@ ..."
adb -s $device $@
fi
done use it with
adb+ //+ command
Create a Bash (tools.sh) to select a serial from devices (or emulator):
clear;
echo "====================================================================================================";
echo " ADB DEVICES";
echo "====================================================================================================";
echo "";
adb_devices=( $(adb devices | grep -v devices | grep device | cut -f 1)#$(adb devices | grep -v devices | grep device | cut -f 2) );
if [ $((${#adb_devices[@]})) -eq "1" ] && [ "${adb_devices[0]}" == "#" ]
then
echo "No device found";
echo "";
echo "====================================================================================================";
device=""
// Call Main Menu function fxMenu;
else
read -p "$(
f=0
for dev in "${adb_devices[@]}"; do
nm="$(echo ${dev} | cut -f1 -d#)";
tp="$(echo ${dev} | cut -f2 -d#)";
echo " $((++f)). ${nm} [${tp}]";
done
echo "";
echo " 0. Quit"
echo "";
echo "====================================================================================================";
echo "";
echo ' Please select a device: '
)" selection
error="You think it's over just because I am dead. It's not over. The games have just begun.";
// Call Validation Numbers fxValidationNumberMenu ${#adb_devices[@]} ${selection} "${error}"
case "${selection}" in
0)
// Call Main Menu function fxMenu;
*)
device="$(echo ${adb_devices[$((selection-1))]} | cut -f1 -d#)";
// Call Main Menu function fxMenu;
esac
fi
Then in another option can use adb -s
(global option -s use device with given serial number that overrides $ANDROID_SERIAL):
adb -s ${device} <command>
I tested this code on MacOS terminal, but I think it can be used on windows across Git Bash Terminal.
Also remember configure environmental variables and Android SDK paths on .bash_profile
file:
export ANDROID_HOME="/usr/local/opt/android-sdk/"
export PATH="$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH"
export PATH="$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$PATH"