I would also like to mention that this article has been written with two kinds of individuals in mind: For a problem like that, Android Studio and Gradle are about as useful as a waterproof tea bag. Rather it was my boot looping Nexus 6 which I desperately wanted to resurrect. In this article, we will explore how you can use the ADB to gain some fine-grained control when you're installing, testing, diagnosing, and managing one or more devices and emulators.įor my first few years as a software developer, primarily working with the Android SDK, I had no idea of what the Android Debug Bridge (ADB/adb) was, what it did, or when to use it.Īmusingly, it was not some professional goal which motivated me to learn about it initially.