Android Shell Like a Jedi
summary
Live terminal demo shows exact commands and outcomes: use adb shell am start -a ACTION -d URI to fire deep links, pm revoke <pkg> <perm> and pm grant to toggle permissions, wm size/density to emulate old screens without root, and content put --uri settings_global animator_duration_scale 10 to slow animations. Dumpsys reveals activity stacks and package permission state. Scripts combining adb shell monkey and adb shell input reproduce a flaky bug in under 10 minutes and a deploy script installs 30 APKs in minutes.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction to Android shell
- 4:45Entering Android shell
- 6:51Testing deep links with am command
- 9:03Crashing apps with am command
- 10:46Managing permissions with pm command
- 15:24Changing display settings with wm command
- 19:01Slowing animations with content command
- 21:35Live coding recap
- 23:26Exploring dumpsys command
- 28:05Advanced use cases and automation
- 30:55Summary and takeaways
- 33:27Q&A session
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