Extracting APK from device (and emulator) using ADB

retrieve-apk.md

Extracting APK from device (and emulator) using ADB

NOTE: This only extract apk, without native .so libraries.

If you don't know the package name of the app you're looking for, you can list all installed apps with the following command:

adb shell pm list packages

To filter the list and find a specific app, you can use:

adb shell pm list packages -f | grep myApp

Once you've identified the package name, you can find the path to the APK with:

adb shell pm path com.example.myApp

The output will look something like this:

package:/data/app/com.example.myApp.apk

To pull the APK file from the device, use:

adb pull /data/app/com.example.myApp.apk