#interactive_adb.md

This gist provides a more flexible version of adb that exposes the functionality to select a device and then use that device's serial number in one or more adb commands. It expands on the initial implementation of the deeplinks.sh gist.

Companion blog post for usage is 🔗 here.

Companion posts for earlier versions of the script: Extending an Interactive ADB

aliases.sh

#!/bin/zsh

source "$(dirname "$0")/get_devices.sh"

# Grabs a serial number from all _available_ devices
# If there is only one device, grabs that serial number automatically
# If there are multiple devices, shows a chooser with the list of serial numbers
function getSerialNumber() {
  serial_number=$(get_devices)
}

# Sends an interactive ADB command
# Usage: Use the usual ADB command, replacing `adb` with `adbi`
function adbi() {
    getSerialNumber && adb -s "$serial_number" "$@"
}

# Display modes
alias darkMode='adbi shell cmd uimode night yes > /dev/null'
alias lightMode='adbi shell cmd uimode night no > /dev/null'

# Deep links
function deeplink() {
  adbi shell am start -W -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d \""$1"\"
}

# Screen orientation
function rotatePortrait() {
  getSerialNumber
  adb -s "$serial_number" shell settings put system accelerometer_rotation 0
  adb -s "$serial_number" shell settings put system user_rotation 0
}

function rotateLandscape() {
  getSerialNumber
  adb -s "$serial_number" shell settings put system accelerometer_rotation 0
  adb -s "$serial_number" shell settings put system user_rotation 3
}

get_devices.sh

#!/bin/zsh

function get_devices() {
  # Get the type to find (defaults to "a")
  # a=all, d=devices, e=emulators
  type_to_find=${1:-"a"}


  all_devices=$(command adb devices -l)

  # Drop the title
  all_devices=${all_devices#"List of devices attached"}

  # Drop any unauthorised devices (i.e. USB debugging disabled or authorisations revoked)
  valid_devices=$(echo "$all_devices" | grep -v "unauthorized" | grep -oE ".*?model:\S*")

  # Filter based on input
  if [[ $type_to_find == "e" ]]; then
    valid_devices=$(echo "$valid_devices" | grep -oE "^emulator.*$")
  elif [[ $type_to_find == "d" ]]; then
    valid_devices=$(echo "$valid_devices" | grep -v "^emulator.*$")
  fi

  # Find how many valid devices we have
  num_matches=$(echo "$valid_devices" | wc -l)

  # If there are multiple, ask for which device to grab
  if [[ $num_matches -gt 1 ]]; then
    get_from_multiple
  # Otherwise just grab the serial number
  else
    serial_number=$(echo "$valid_devices" | awk '{printf $1}')
  fi

  echo "$serial_number"
}

function get_from_multiple() {
  # Display device serial numbers
  find_matches=$(echo "$valid_devices" | awk 'match($0, /model:/) {print NR " - " $1 " (" substr($0, RSTART+6) ")"}')
  printf >&2 "Multiple devices found:\n%s\n" "$find_matches"

  # Present chooser
  echo >&2 -n "Select device: "
  read -r selected_device

  # Get the chosen serial number
  serial_number=$(echo "$find_matches" | grep -E "${selected_device} - (.*)" | awk '{print $3}')
}