Android running process utilities.

clearAndroidProcessData.md

To use:

git clone https://gist.github.com/d75b0fc8c74b81d9c1a5.git
cd d75b0fc8c74b81d9c1a5

./androidClear <search_text>

# type a number at the prompt to clear an app's data
# warning: this is the same as running "clear data" from the app manager
#          and could have bad effects if ran on the wrong app

Note: replace the search_text with a search term that will find the app you want to clear

For this to work you need two things:

1. the current directory . should be on your path

• When this is missing you will see the following error message:
• ./androidClear:19: command not found: androidProcesses

2. the adb command should be on your path

• When this is missing, you will see the following error message:
• androidProcesses:10: command not found: adb
• if you use Android Studio on a mac and don't have adb on your path, simply add these directories
  • /Applications/Android\ Studio.app/sdk/platform-tools
  • /Applications/Android\ Studio.app/sdk/tools

androidClear

#!/bin/zsh

# usages:
# androidClear <search_term> - finds all running processes on the device matching the given search term
#                              then allows the user to clear app data simply by typing in the number
#                              listed next to the package name

#
# NOTE: this file requires the 'androidPrcoesses' file to be available on the path
#



if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo "Please specify the package name to search for"
    exit 1
fi

package_names=$(androidProcesses $1 | nl)

while [ -z "$matching_line" ]; do
	printf "\n$package_names\n"
	read "selection?Which app's data would you like to clear? "

	if [ -n "$selection" ]; then
		# the sed command first strips of the leading number and white space, then strips off the trailing carriage return that is there for some reason
		matching_line=$(echo $package_names | grep "$selection.*$1" | sed -e 's/[^0-9]*[0-9][^a-z]*//' -e 's/[^a-z.]//g') 
	fi

	if [ -z "$matching_line" ]; then
		printf "\n*** OOPS! Please enter a number from the list...\n"
	fi
done


printf "\n\tAre you sure you want to clear <$matching_line>?\n\n\t**** Press ENTER to continue. Press CTRL+C to cancel ****"

read
echo "clearing: <$matching_line>"

adb shell pm clear $matching_line

androidProcesses

#!/bin/zsh

# usages: 
# androidProcesses - list all running processes on the attached device
# androidProcesses <search_term> - list all processes on the device matching the given search term

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
	adb shell ps | tr -s ' ' | cut -d" " -f9 | sort -u
else
	adb shell ps | tr -s ' ' | cut -d" " -f9 | grep "$1" | sort -u
fi