Platform Interaction Testing

Android Debug Bridge (ADB)

  • Useful tool to analyze platform interaction

  • Used by developers and testers for runtime debugging

  • Comes as a bundle with platform tools

Emulator Setup

  • Download MEmu

  • Go to the install directory and delete adb.exe

  • Set root mode = Yes

Test Application

ADB Commands

Show attached devices

adb devices

Push apk to the emulator

adb install <filename>

View the last 10 log entries

adb logcat -t 10

View the last 10 seconds log entries

adb logcat -T 10

View the log entries for a specific package only

adb logcat -e/-d <com.example.test>:I *:S

Get command line access

adb shell

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