This will list out all the devices that adb can see connected to your machine. The way this is done is through the command “adb devices”.

Confirming Connectionīefore getting started on any assessment, you need to make sure that your machine can see the device, and that they are ready to communicate. If you have used adb before, you can likely skip this section, but for anyone new to this tool this section will cover the most common and basic functionality that adb is used for. Once this is completed, you should be ready to use adb to connect to Android-based devices! ADB Functionality At this point, you will need to add the path to where you extracted the files to your path in the way that is relevant for your Operating System. After you have downloaded the version for your Operating System, then extract the zip file to somewhere that won’t be deleted within your file system. First, you will need to pull the most updated version from here. If Homebrew isn’t something you would like to use, then you will have to follow a few more steps, but can still complete the installation. With Homebrew, you can just paste “brew install android-platform-tools” into your terminal, and once the installation is complete you are ready to go. The easiest way is to use Homebrew if you are on a Mac or Linux machine. There are a few ways that you can install adb on your machine. In this post, we will be detailing some installation details for anyone getting set up, the main functionality of adb, and some additional functionality that may be overlooked that may help on your next mobile assessment. If you have done any testing of Android mobile applications, Android phones, or even Android-based IoT devices then you will almost certainly have used adb before.

Today we will be diving into a tool that is essential for Android mobile application testing, Android Debug Bridge, or as it is more often known ‘adb’.

Install adb homebrew