Getting command-line access with Android Debug Bridge (ADB)

- [Instructor] As part of setting up Android Studio…we loaded the Android SDK.…One of the important testing tools that we loaded with that…is called ADB, the Android Debug Bridge.…This enables us to get command line…access to any Android device.…To use ADB, I need to put the device into developer mode.…Now I can do this by selecting the phone settings,…scroll down and select About,…and then tap on the entry Build Number seven times.…The phone will display a message…to say it's in developer mode and add a new entry…to the settings menu called Developer Options.…

The easiest way to run ADB is over USB.…So I can go into Developer Options and select USB debugging.…When I connect it to the computer subsequently,…it will then ask whether I want to activate debugging mode.…I've got my Android phone connected to the computer…using a USB cable, so let's do that.…Let's look at the commands we can use with ADB.…In the basic options we can see a devices command.…

Let's use ADB to check what devices it can see.…Okay, we can see one device here.…