Install an apk file from command prompt

Question

I want to install a file using the Windows command line  First I want to build after compiling all the  jar files to create an  apk file for an Android application without using Eclipse   Does anyone know how this can be done without the use of Eclipse  amp  only by making use of command line

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You can do this by using adb command line tools OR gradle commands: See this Guide.

Setup command line adb

export PATH=/Users/mayurik/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb:/Users/mayurik/Library/Android/sdk/tool

Gradle commands to build and install.

 #Start Build Process
    echo "\n\n\nStarting"
    ./gradlew clean

    ./gradlew build

    ./gradlew assembleDebug

    #Install APK on device / emulator
    echo "installDebug...\n"

    ./gradlew installDebug

You can also uninstall any previous versions using

  `./gradlew uninstallDebug`

You can launch your main activity on device/emulator like below

#Launch Main Activity
adb shell am start -n "com.sample.androidbuildautomationsample/com.sample.androidbuildautomationsample.MainActivity" -a android.intent.action.MAIN -c android.intent.category.LAUNCHER

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Commands for install APK files like it does in Android Studio you can see below   1  To push your app   adb push  pathOfApk com my awesome apk  data local tmp com my awesome   where com my awesome is your package   2  To install   adb shell pm install -t -r   data local tmp com my awesome

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You can install an apk to a specific device emulator by entering the device emulator identifier before the keyword  install  and then the path to the apk  Note that the -s switch  if any  after the  install  keyword signifies installing to the sd card  Example   adb -s emulator-5554 install myapp apk

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You can use the code below to install application from command line  adb install example apk   this apk is installed in the internal memory of current opened emulator   adb install -s example apk   this apk is installed in the sd-card of current opened emulator   You can also install an apk to specific device in connected device list to the adb   adb -s emulator-5554 install myapp apk   Refer also to adb help for other options

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The simple way to do that is by command  adb install example apk   and if you want to target connect device you can add parameter   -d    adb install -d example apk   if you have more than one device emulator connected you will get this error     adb  error  connect failed  more than one device emulator   - waiting for device - error  more than one device emulator   to avoid that you can list all devices by below command  adb devices   you will get results like below   C  Windows System32 gt adb devices   List of devices attached   a3b09hh3e    device   emulator-5334    device   chose one of these devices and add parameter to adb command as   -s a3b09hh3e   as below  adb -s a3b09a6e install  example apk   also as a hint if the path of the apk long and have a spaces  just add it between double quotes  like   adb -s a3b09a6e install   c  my apk location here 123 example apk

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Press Win R   cmd Navigate to platform-tools  in the android-sdk windows folder Type adb now follow the steps writte by Mohit Kanada  ensure that you mention the entire path of the  apk file for eg  d  android-apps test apk

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You re likely here because you want to build it too  Build gradlew   On Windows gradlew bat  Then Install adb install -r exampleApp apk   The -r makes it replace the existing copy  add an -s if installing on an emulator  Bonus I set up an alias in my    bash profile alias bi  quot gradlew  amp  amp  adb install -r exampleApp apk quot    Short for Build and Install

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It is so easy   for example my apk file location is  d  myapp apk   run cmd navigate to  platform-tools  folder in the sdk folder  start your emulator device let s say its name is 5556 MyDevice  type this code in the cmd   adb -s emulator-5556 install d  myapp apk   Wait for a while and it s DONE

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Use the Android Debug Bridge command line tool adb eg  adb install filename apk   A good reference for adb is Here  install  options   lt PATH gt     Installs a package  specified by  lt PATH gt   to the system  Options   -l  Install the package with forward lock  -r  Reinstall an exisiting app  keeping its data  -t  Allow test APKs to be installed  -i  lt INSTALLER PACKAGE NAME gt   Specify the installer package name  -s  Install package on the shared mass storage  such as sdcard   -f  Install package on the internal system memory  -d  Allow version code downgrade  uninstall  options   lt PACKAGE gt    Removes a package from the system  Options   -k  Keep the data and cache directories around after package removal

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I use this script on my windows machine   insall all apks in current folder to all available devices    Write-Host  Listing APKs       List Apks   New-Object System Collections ArrayList  Get-ChildItem -Path    -Filter   apk -File -Name  ForEach-Object        apk filename    System IO Path   GetFileName          List Apks   apk filename      apk filename    Write-Host  Found apks   List Apks Length Write-Host      raw list   adb devices  array lines    raw list Split   n    Write-Host  Listing devices     List Device Ids   New-Object System Collections ArrayList  1    array lines Length-2    foreach      device id    array lines     Split  char 0x9  0     List Device Ids   device id    device id    Write-Host  Found devices   List Device Ids Length  0    List Device Ids Length-1    foreach        device id    List Device Ids          0    List Apks Length-1    foreach            apk file name    List Apks              Write-Host  Installing    apk file name  - gt    device id          adb -s  device id install -r  apk file name           Write-Host  Endo    Save this as install-apks ps1  Then from the powershell    powershell -executionpolicy bypass -File   install-apks ps1

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For people who wants to load apk from Linux system with React native application running on it  I have given the path in which the android application resides as well  So that those who need to find the apk file can go to view it  adb -s 434eeads install android app build outputs apk debug app-debug apk  For reinstalling the android app on phone adb -s 434eeads install -r android app build outputs apk debug app-debug apk  -s - gt  source serialNumber r - gt  Re-install path   file name   android app build outputs apk debug app-debug apk It is for react native applications

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Open Terminal in Android Studio You might see C  Users nikhil AppData Local Android Sdk platform-tools gt   copy and paste your apk which you want to install on above path inside platform-tools  In my case app-qa-debug apk I kept inside platform-tools folder  install command adb install app-qa-debug apk  so in the terminal you could see something C  Users nikhil AppData Local Android Sdk platform-tools gt adb install app-qa-debug apk  post-installation you could get the message as Performing Streamed Install Success

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You can build on the command line with ant  See this guide   Then  you can install it by using adb on the command line   adb install -r MyApp apk   The -r flag is to replace the existing application

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To install a debug  test  apk  use -t   Run Build-Make Project  Look for the last generated apk in the app folder   Example   adb  install -t C  code BackupRestore app build outputs apk debug app-debug apk

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