Android Debug Bridge (adb) Tool

Android Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

∟"adb push" and "adb pull" Commands

This section describes 'adb push' and 'adb pull' commands, which allows you to copy files to and from the remote Android emulator or device.

The "adb" tool also offers you commands to copy files into and from the connected Android emulator or devices.

The "adb push <local> <remote>" copies a file or folder from the local system to the remote emulator or device.

The "adb pull <remote> <local>" copies a file or folder from the remote emulator or device to the local system.

Example 1 - Copying "Silk-Road.jpg" to the /sdcard/Picture folder in the emulator:

C:\local\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb push \
   \herong\Pictures\Silk-Road.jpg /storage/sdcard/Picture
258 KB/s (111019 bytes in 0.420s)

Example 2 - Copying "init.rc" from the / folder in the emulator:

C:\local\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb pull \
   /init.rc \herong
573 KB/s (21728 bytes in 0.037s)

Example 3 - Copying all files from the /data/app folder in the emulator:

C:\local\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb pull
   /data/app \herong\app
pull: building file list...
pull: /data/app/ApiDemos/ApiDemos.apk
   -> \herong\app/ApiDemos/ApiDemos.apk
pull: /data/app/CubeLiveWallpapers/CubeLiveWallpapers.apk
   -> \herong\app/CubeLiveWallpapers/CubeLiveWallpapers.apk
pull: /data/app/GestureBuilder/GestureBuilder.apk
   -> \herong\app/GestureBuilder/GestureBuilder.apk
pull: /data/app/SmokeTest/SmokeTest.apk
   -> \herong\app/SmokeTest/SmokeTest.apk
pull: /data/app/SmokeTestApp/SmokeTestApp.apk
   -> \herong\app/SmokeTestApp/SmokeTestApp.apk
pull: /data/app/SoftKeyboard/SoftKeyboard.apk
   -> \herong\app/SoftKeyboard/SoftKeyboard.apk
pull: /data/app/WidgetPreview/WidgetPreview.apk
   -> \herong\app/WidgetPreview/WidgetPreview.apk
pull: /data/app/com.herongyang-1/base.apk
   -> \herong\app/com.herongyang-1/base.apk
pull: /data/app/net.sf.andpdf.pdfviewer-1/base.apk
   -> \herong\app/net.sf.andpdf.pdfviewer-1/base.apk
pull: /data/app/com.adobe.reader-1/lib/arm/libAdobeReader.so
   -> \herong\app/com.adobe.reader-1/lib/arm/libAdobeReader.so
pull: /data/app/com.adobe.reader-1/base.apk
   -> \herong\app/com.adobe.reader-1/base.apk
11 files pulled. 0 files skipped.
1102 KB/s (11343777 bytes in 10.043s)