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Android shell get foreground app package name
This worked for me: com.facebook.katana Updated answer for Android Q as mCurrentFocus was no longer working for me:
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Exported May 9, 2026
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How to get Advertising Id using adb?
Is there an equivalent command for retrieving Advertising Id? There is no equivalent command but it is possible if you use grep . The following command works on rooted devices
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Using ADB to capture the screen
You can read the binary from stdout instead of saving the png to the sdcard and then pulling it: This should save a little time, but not much. source: Read binary stdout data from adb shell?
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APK installation limits outside of Google Store
This was a problem with ADB. ADB use to verify that the file was an APK and read the entire file into memory before installation. This could cause mallac to return NULL , closing your ADB session (see file_sync_client.c...
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ADB shell command to execute repeatedly every x interval
You can use an unconditional loop: You can also look into tools like inotifywait or fsmon depending on what you are trying to accomplish. You can also install busybox for Android which contains the watch command.
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android adb shell script - how to pull all sharedpreferences
I created the following shell script name it pullsharedprefs.sh (or whatever you want) and from terminal run the command: shared_prefs will be pulled to the current working directory and named...
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execute adb shell input swipe command from apk
You can only execute /system/bin/input as the root or shell user; this will not work in an app. The command should not start with "adb shell" when running from the app. To run the command as root: You should also check...
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Android, ADB CommandLine tool get ORientation
Running this from the command-line worked for me: If it returns 0 or 2 the device is in portrait. If it returns 1 or 3 the device is in landscape. Note: I am on a rooted device and have busybox with grep , awk , and...
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Is it possible using adb via root to grant the permission of PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS?
Using adb shell pm grant [PACKAGE_NAME] android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS worked for me on several devices. Make sure you added the following to the AndroidManifest : I was also able to use root to grant the...
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How to get Signature hash code of a phone app via adb on pc？
Alex has a great answer. WARNING : Ugly code ahead I was able to get the signature in adb shell as root with the following code: indented:
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Programatically disable System Bar (Have Root access)
You will need root access to do this from an app because ADB can access /system/bin/service but your app cannot (see GID of app and ADB). You should also check out third party libraries for handling su commands:...
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Is there any regex to find package name
Just because the app name is "2048" does not mean it is used in the package name. However, I looked up the most popular Google Play game and it does have 2048 in the package name. You could use grep to get the package....
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Bash for Android automation - Can't compare variable resulting from read\awk
You can use a case statement to get the density. This worked for me: Updated code using -le (less than or equal to): Output on my device:
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adb find phone partitions
You can use toybox find : Toybox is included with Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and all later Android versions.
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google play referrer and localy installed app referrer
You will not be able to use the pm command with your application UID; you need to be root (0) or shell (2000). This may be why you are getting a permission denied error. I successfully set the installer package name...
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How to start adb server over tcp programmatically
You need root access to do this. It would be a huge security issue otherwise. You can use a library like libsuperuser to run root commands. Example using libsuperuser: