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== Development history ==

The first release of the [[Android SDK|Android Software Development Kit]] was first released in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Google releases Android SDK|url=https://www.macworld.com/article/188112/androidsdk.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-10|website=[[Macworld]]|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910144537/https://www.macworld.com/article/188112/androidsdk.html}}</ref> Since 2017, Google made it possible to download adb separately from the Android SDK.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-01-05|title=Google makes ADB, fastboot, and other platform tools available without full SDK or Android Studio download|url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2017/01/05/google-makes-adb-fastboot-platform-tools-available-without-full-sdk-android-studio-download/|access-date=2021-09-09|website=Android Police|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410215628/https://www.androidpolice.com/2017/01/05/google-makes-adb-fastboot-platform-tools-available-without-full-sdk-android-studio-download/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2015, Microsoft released an Android emulator that can connect to the adb client.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vasile|first=Cosmin|title=Microsoft Releases Android Emulator and It's Supposed to Be Faster than Google's|url=https://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-releases-android-emulator-and-it-s-supposed-to-be-faster-than-google-s-488016.shtml|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-10|website=[[Softpedia]]|language=english|archive-date=2021-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910152702/https://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-releases-android-emulator-and-it-s-supposed-to-be-faster-than-google-s-488016.shtml}}</ref> In 2016 for [[Android Studio]] 2.0 a 5x performance improvement was made for installing apps and pushing files through adb.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Android Studio 2.0 - Beta|url=https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2016/02/android-studio-20-beta.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910162958/https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2016/02/android-studio-20-beta.html|archive-date=2021-09-10|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Android Developers Blog|language=en}}</ref> For easier usage of [[Android Things]], a wrapper was made in 2017 around manual adb commands.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Android Things Developer Preview 6|url=https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/11/android-things-developer-preview-6.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910162953/https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/11/android-things-developer-preview-6.html|archive-date=2021-09-10|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Android Developers Blog|language=en}}</ref> For Android 11 in 2020, Google added adb incremental installations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Turning it up to 11: Android 11 for developers|url=https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/09/android11-final-release.html|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Android Developers Blog|language=en|archive-date=2021-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917230702/https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/09/android11-final-release.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, Wi-Fi adb was integrated into Android Studio for macOS.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Announcing Android Studio Arctic Fox (2020.3.1) & Android Gradle plugin 7.0|url=https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/12/announcing-android-studio-arctic-fox.html|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Android Developers Blog|language=en|archive-date=2021-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912132619/https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/12/announcing-android-studio-arctic-fox.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021 for [[Android 12]], the <code>adb backup</code> command was limited so that backing up user data from apps is opt-in using a per-app manifesto configuration.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Behavior changes: Apps targeting Android 12 {{!}} Android 12 Beta|url=https://developer.android.com/about/versions/12/behavior-changes-12?hl=bg|access-date=2021-09-28|website=Android Developers|language=en|archive-date=2021-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928195103/https://developer.android.com/about/versions/12/behavior-changes-12?hl=bg|url-status=live}}</ref>