How to run a specific Android app using Terminal

Question

I installed Eclipse and Android SDK already  Everything is running fine   I want to install an  apk file so I follow the instruction already  But the problem is  when I start the emulator  it doesn t run my app automatically   Is there a command in the terminal that allow me to run the specific app that I ask for it

User · Answer

I used all the above answers and it was giving me errors so I tried

adb shell monkey -p com.yourpackage.name -c android.intent.category.LAUNCHER 1

and it worked. One advantage is you dont have to specify your launcher activity if you use this command.

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I keep this build-and-run script handy  whenever I am working from command line      usr bin env bash  PACKAGE com example demo ACTIVITY  MainActivity APK LOCATION app build outputs apk app-debug apk echo  Package   PACKAGE   echo  Building the project with tasks   TASKS    gradlew  TASKS  echo  Uninstalling  PACKAGE  adb uninstall  PACKAGE  echo  Installing  APK LOCATION  adb install  APK LOCATION  echo  Starting  ACTIVITY  adb shell am start -n  PACKAGE  ACTIVITY

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You can Start the android Service by this command      adb shell am startservice  -n packageName  ServiceClass

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Use the cmd activity start-activity  or the alternative am start  command  which is a command-line interface to the ActivityManager  Use am to start activities as shown in this help     adb shell am usage  am  start instrument         am start  -a  lt ACTION gt    -d  lt DATA URI gt    -t  lt MIME TYPE gt                    -c  lt CATEGORY gt   -c  lt CATEGORY gt                         -e  lt EXTRA KEY gt   lt EXTRA VALUE gt   -e  lt EXTRA KEY gt   lt EXTRA VALUE gt                        -n  lt COMPONENT gt    -D    lt URI gt                For example  to start the Contacts application  and supposing you know only the package name but not the Activity  you can use    pkg com google android contacts   comp   adb shell cmd package resolve-activity --brief -c android intent category LAUNCHER  pkg   tail -1    adb shell cmd activity start-activity  comp   or the alternative    adb shell am start -n  comp   See also http   www kandroid org online-pdk guide instrumentation testing html  may be a copy of obsolete url   http   source android com porting instrumentation testing html   for other details   To terminate the application you can use    adb shell am kill com google android contacts   or the more drastic    adb shell am force-stop com google android contacts

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