Script to install .apk and .obb (Split binary) onto Android device

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This bash script was written to easily install an .apk and the matching .obb file (also know as a split binary build) on an Android device. It's basically just a wrapper for some adb commands.

Prerequisites

• This script assumes you have adb (Android debug bridge) installed
• This script has only been tested on macOS

How to run

• Download this script
• Change the project_name in the script or specify a project name with -f (See options below)
• Place script where the .apk and .obb are located
• cd to .apk and .obb location,type install_obb.sh
• Huzzah!
• Side-note - If you have multiple .apk and .obb files in the directory with the same name, the script will just take the most recent

Options

• install_obb.sh -r - re-install the app and keep its data on the device. Off by defaut
• install_obb.sh -f - Overwrite default project name in script

To run script globally

• Put script in /usr/local/bin, or directory of your choice
• Then export path to bash profile
• echo ‘export INSTALL_OBB_SCRIPT=/usr/local/bin/install_obb.sh’ >> ~/.bash_profile
• echo ‘export PATH=${PATH}:$INSTALL_OBB_SCRIPT >> ~/.bash_profile
• . ~/.bash_profile
• Now you can script from anywhere
• Double Huzzah!

Author

• Daniel Jenkyn

install_obb.sh

#!/bin/bash

project_name= com.jenkyncorp.bestapp
reinstall=

# Takes the most recent .apk and .obb (If you have multiple files)
OBB=$(ls -t *.obb | head -n1)
APK=$(ls -t *.apk | head -n1)

while [ "$1" != "" ]; do 
    case $1 in
        -f | --file )           shift
                                project_name=$1
                                ;;
        -r | --reinstall )      reinstall=1
                                ;;
        * )                     usage
                                exit 1
    esac
    shift
done

echo "Creating obb directory and pushing obb ..."
adb shell mkdir -p /sdcard/Android/obb/$project_name
adb push -p $OBB /sdcard/Android/obb/$project_name/

if [ “$reinstall” = “1” ]; then
   adb install -r $APK
else
   adb install $APK
fi

Be careful not to leave the speech marks around your project name, or this won't push the obb correctly (or at least it didn't for me)

@markf-hutch Ha, only just seen this updated. No need for double quotes, nothing to be protected from reinterpretation