Android Debug Bridge: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 12:05, 29 June 2022

Revision as of 18:52, 16 July 2022

Line 1:

{{distinguish|Advanced Debugger}}

{{good article}}

{{Short description|Tool for debugging Android-based devices}}

{{Infobox software

| title = Android Debug Bridge

| name =

| logo = Android robot head.svg

| logo caption =

| logo alt =

| logo size =

| collapsible = <!-- Any text here will collapse the screenshot. -->

| screenshot = Android Debug Bridge in GNOME terminal.png

| screenshot size =

| screenshot alt =

| caption = Starting the adb server in [[GNOME Terminal]], which then [[Network enumeration|enumerates]] the devices. After that, a [[Unix shell|shell]] is opened on the device being debugged to run the [[uname]] command.

| other_names =

| author = [[Google]]

| developer =

| released = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->

| ver layout = <!-- simple (default) or stacked -->

| discontinued = <!-- Set to yes, if software is discontinued, otherwise omit. -->

| latest release version = 31.0.3

| latest release date = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->

| latest preview version =

| latest preview date = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->

| repo = [https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/modules/adb/ android.googlesource.com]

| qid =

| programming language = [[C++]]

| middleware =

| engine = <!-- or |engines= -->

| operating system = Windows, Linux, macOS

| platform =

| included with = [[Android SDK]]

| replaces =

| replaced_by =

| service_name =

| size =

| standard =

| language =

| language count = <!-- Number only -->

| language footnote =

| genre = [[Software development tool]]

| license = [[Apache License 2.0]]

| website = {{URL|https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/adb}}

| AsOf =

| games list =

}}

The{{Short '''Androiddescription|Tool Debugfor Bridge'''debugging Android-based devices}}The (commonly abbreviated as '''adb''') is a [[programming tool]] used for the [[debugging]] of [[Android (operating system)|Android]]-based devices. The [[Daemon (computing)|daemon]] on the Android device connects with the server on the host PC over [[USB]] or [[Transmission Control Protocol|TCP]], which connects to the client that is used by the end-user over TCP. Made available as [[open-source software]] under the [[Apache License]] by [[Google]] since 2007, features include a shell and the possibility to make backups. The adb software is compatible with [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Linux]] and [[macOS]]. It has been misused by [[Botnet|botnets]] and other [[Malware|malicious software]], for which mitigations were developed such as [[RSA (cryptosystem)|RSA]] authentication and device [[whitelisting]].

== Features ==