What is this?

🛠 Capture screen, manage apps, simulate input, print system log and more using simple commands!

⚡️ Boost your effectivity while developing and/or testing mobile applications, discover new tools!

All features

📲 Control Android and iOS devices or Emulators/Simulators using terminal commands

🛠 Take screeshots, change device settings, gather app & device information

⚙️ Manage mobile applications - install, restart, wipe data and much more

📋 Handle multiple devices effortlessly - select from list or target all connected devices

⏳ Save your precious time - stop doing repetitive tasks manually

🔄 Automatic update - get new features and fixes ASAP

Feedback & contribution

⁉️ Submit issue to report bugs, bring inspiration or simply ask questions

🤝 Pull request contribution is highly appreciated, see Collossal Challenges

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💻 Installation

🤖 Android commands

Capture screen

📸 ascreenshot

• ascreenshot Save screenshot to ~/Desktop
• ascreenshot -a Take screenshot on all connected devices

🎥 arecord

1. arecord Record screen
2. End recording using ctrl + c
3. Save screen video footage to ~/Desktop

• arecord <custom-name> Specify your own filename by passing it as argument

Control device

✏️ apaste

apaste "[email protected]" password1 "5005 1002 3332 1112" "2/19" 5004

• apaste <text> Insert text into currently focused field
• apaste "[email protected]" password1 Every additional argument will be inserted into subsequent field
• apaste "This is sample multi-word text." use "" to insert multi-word text into one field
• apaste -l Insert "Lorem Ipsum paragraph"
• apaste -a <input-text> Insert any text input (options displayed above) on all connected devices
• apaste -a -l Insert "Lorem Ipsum paragraph" on all connected devices

🌐 aurl

• aurl "google.com" Open link in web browser or corresponding application
• aurl -a "google.com" Open link in web browser or corresponding application on all connected devices

🏴 adarkmode

• adarkmode Toggle system dark mode

🔊 atalkback

• atalkback Toggle TalkBack screen reader accessiblity option

📐 abounds

• abounds Toggle UI layout bounds
• App restart may be necessary on lower APIs

🚗 aanimationspeed

• aanimationspeed set slower animation speed or restore default
• aanimationspeed <speed> set animation speed multiplier

🔠 afontscale

• afontscale set large font scale (1.3x bigger than default) or restore default
• afontscale <scale> set font scale multiplier

🎹 acontrol

• acontrol start scrcpy session
• Provides realtime device screen mirroring and keyboard+mouse control

📷 acamera

• Start the default camera application

⚡️ awireless

• Enable or disable wireless ADB connection
• Use ADB and toolkit without having USB cable attached

Manage packages

🚀 alaunch

• alaunch List third-party apps and choose one to run it
• alaunch -s List all available apps (including os pre-installed) and choose one to run it
• alaunch com.dummy.package.name.app Run app by package name

🕵️ aappinfo

• aappinfo List foreground app information
  • Package name
  • Version
  • Last update
  • minSdk and targetSdk
  • Permissions
• (Optional) Open application settings
• aappinfo com.dummy.package.name.app Target specific app by passing package name as argument

🔪 akill

• akill Restart the foreground app
• akill com.dummy.package.name.app Target specific app by passing package name as argument

🧽 aerase

• aerase Delete all local data of the foreground app and restart it
• aerase com.dummy.package.name.app Target specific app by passing package name as argument

🚚 ainstall

• ainstall some-app-file.apk Install and run .apk
• ainstall -a some-app-file.apk Install and run .apk on all connected devices

🗑 auninstall

• auninstall Uninstall third-party app, choose from the list
• auninstall com.dummy.package.name.app pass package name as argument
• auninstall -w Uninstall all-third party packages
  • Skips some essential apps, edit IGNORED_PACKAGES in this script to customize the list to your needs

🔥 awipe

• Wipe internal storage and delete all third-party apps

🐁 apermissionreset

• Revoke ALL GRANTED runtime permissions for ALL apps
  • You'll have to handle permission requests upon opening almost any app

🛍 agoogleplay

• agoogleplay "Dummy App" Search for "Dummy App" on Google Play
• agoogleplay Search for currently foreground app on Google Play

🏭 abuildproject

• abuildproject Build, install and run Android project located in current directory
• abuildproject <relative-path> Build, install and run Android project located in <relative-path>

Manage device

⚙️ aoptions

• aoptions Open system settings on a specific activity
• You can choose from quick presets
  • Developer settings
  • Locale settings
  • Date & time
  • Wifi settings
  • Storage management
  • Power usage
  • Root settings activity
• aoptions A Choose from exhaustive list of all available options
• aoptions 1,2,3... | dev | locale | date | wifi | storage | power Use a preset, choose one

📜 alog

• alog Print system log output
• alog -f <package-name> Filter log by package name

📋 acheckdevice

• Print genereal device information
• Perform basic safety-checks and toggle "testing firendly" settings
  • 10 minutes screen timeout
  • Highest brightness
  • Automatic date
  • Disabled notification sounds
  • Internet connectivity and WIFI name
  • Font scale
  • enUS locale
• (Optional) Search for the device on GSMArena

😎 aservices

• Print running background services
• Search for more information via Google

♻ areboot

• Reboot the device

📱 aemulator

Required: Make terminal use Android Studio Java

• Edit .bash_profile (or .zshrc if you have zsh shell) open -e ~/.bash_profile or open -e ~/.zshrc

• Add the following line at the end of the file export JAVA_HOME='/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents/Home'

• Android emulator supports all listed scripts by default + extra actions listed below

• aemulator <option> Handle various Android emulator activites

  • start - choose and launch installed emulator
  • gprs | edge | 3g - simulate network latency, choose one
  • call <number> - receive fake call
  • sms <number> <text> - receive fake sms
  • gps <lat> <long> - set manual GPS location
  • battery <0-100> - set battery level
  • telnet <command> - call command via telnet
    • example commands event | redir | sensor | physics | finger | rotate | fold | unfold... see Android emulator documentation for more information

🐒 atestmonkey

• atestmonkey Default test with random seed and 15000 input events
• atestmonkey <event-count> Test with random seed and custom input event count
• atestmonkey <event-count> <seed> Test with custom seed and custom event count
• Perform automated stress test using Application Excersciser Monkey
• You can end test prematurely using ctrl^c or atestmonkeykill in case something goes wrong
• App under test needs to be pinned to fullscreen mode to prevent unwanted interactions elsewhere
• Screen pinning button location is directly tied to OS version and device manufacturer skin.
  • It may be tricky to turn on, see examples below:
    
    
  • Google Nexus 5 (Android 6)

    
    You need to bring the app window to foreground, the button is located in bottom right corner.
    
    
  • Google Pixel 3 (Android 11)

    
    You need to click on the app icon, the button is located in popup menu.
    
    

🍎 iOS commands

Capture screen

📸 iscreenshot

• iscreenshot Save screenshot to ~/Desktop
• iscreenshot -a Take screenshot on all connected devices

🎥 irecord

Required: Install videosnap -> download and install videosnap-0.0.8.pkg Required: Install ffmpeg brew install ffmpeg

1. irecord Record screen
2. End recording using ctrl + c
3. Video footage is saved to ~/Desktop
4. File is compressed using ffmpeg

📹 iquicktime

• Run QuickTime and open video source picker (so you can choose a device right away)
  • You may have to allow security system permission, so the script can access QuickTime application
• This is a fallback script for irecord on M1 macs as it is currently not working

Manage applications

🚚 iinstall

• iinstall some-app-file.ipa Install .ipa (make sure to use properly signed build)
• iinstall -a some-app-file.ipa Install .ipa to all connected devices

🗑 iuninstall

• iuninstall Uninstall third-party app, choose from the list
• iuninstall com.dummy.package.name.app pass bundle name as argument
• iuninstall -w Uninstall all third-party packages
  • Skips some essential apps, edit IGNORED_PACKAGES in this script to customize the list to your needs

🚀 ilaunch

• ilaunch List third-party apps and choose one to run it
• ilaunch -s List os pre-installed apps and choose one to run it
• ilaunch com.dummy.bundle.id.app Run app by bundle id

🔪 ikill

• ikill List third-party apps and choose one to restart
• ikill -s List os pre-installed apps and choose one to restart
• ikill com.dummy.bundle.id.app Target specific app by passing bundle id as argument

Manage device

⚙️ ioptions

• ioptions Open system settings application

💬 ilang

• ilang <lang> Change the device language to different one, according to ISO-639 (i.e. "cs")
• ilang Change the device language to different one, choose from a list of all supported

📜 ilog

• ilog Print system log output

📋 icheckdevice

• Print device information
• (Optional) Search for the device on GSMArena

♻ ireboot

• Reboot the device

📱 isimulator

• Simulator has limited functionality (no camera, biometrics, Appstore...), but offers some extra options, unavailable on physical iOS devices
• isimulator <option> Handle various simulator related activites
  • start - choose and launch installed simulator
  • screenshot - save screenshot to ~/Desktop
  • record - save screen recording to ~/Desktop (full resolution and frame rate, without QuickTime hassle)
  • paste <text> - insert text into pasteboard
  • import <file> - import image or video to simulator gallery app
  • log - print simulator log
  • url <url> - open link in web browser or corresponding application
  • wipe - wipe all simulator data
  • battery <0-100> - set battery level displayed in status bar (no functional impact)
  • time <hh:mm> - set time displayed in status bar (no functional impact)

🖥 iconsole

• iconsole Examine iOS or macOS system logs using Console application

💭 About

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