Script to install, run, and open logcat for a Unity Android App

runAndroid.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Script to install, run, and open logcat for a Unity Android App.
# I needed this as one of my libraries has a critical post-build script so I can't use "Build and Run" anymore - this is the "and Run" part.
# Be sure to update these variables to match your app's publishing/build settings:
APK_PATH='builds/android/basecode.apk'
BUNDLE_ID='com.eliotlash.basecode'

alias unilogcat='adb logcat|egrep "Unity"' 

adb install -r "${APK_PATH}" && adb logcat -c && adb shell am start -n "${BUNDLE_ID}/com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerNativeActivity" && echo 'DONE, LOG:' && unilogcat 

This is much easier to launch and works with any version of Unity.

adb shell monkey -p com.company.appname -c android.intent.category.LAUNCHER 1

Thanks for sharing!

This is much easier to launch and works with any version of Unity.

adb shell monkey -p com.company.appname -c android.intent.category.LAUNCHER 1

Works like magic. Thanks 😄

The other approach that would only work for me on a device behaving oddly (Pico2 VR device) & had a custom AndroidManifies.xml that overrides default activity etc. This is the @fadookie example shows but simplified. IDK why the monkey command stopped working on this device but an FYI for others.

.\adb.exe shell am start -n com.company.appname/com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerNativeActivityPico