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Useful ADB commands for Android developers

Useful  ADB commands for every android developer  :)

1. Clear the user data for your app using package name

     adb shell pm clear <package>

2. Take screen shot :-

    adb shell screencap /pathTofile/scr.png

3. Record the screen display

   adb shell screenrecord /pathTofile/recordFilenName.mp4

4. WiFi On/off 

   Turn on the wifi:-
     adb shell svc wifi enable

   Turn off the wifi:-
     adb shell svc wifi disable

5. Generate boot completed broadcast to test application behavior after reboot 

    adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED -c             android.intent.category.HOME -n my.app.name/myapp.BootListener

6. Install/ Re-install application 

    adb install path/app.apk

    adb install -r path/app.apk

    adb uninstall path/app.apk

7. Print your application info such as version num, name etc ... 

    adb shell dumpsys package <my.package.name>

8. Logcat with thread Id 

    adb logcat -v threadtime

9. clear all logs :-

    adb logcat -c

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