How do I run an AOT precompiled Android ART application manually from ADB without AM start?

[cirosantilli]

On a rooted Android O device, I think the executable is located at:

# file /data/app/com.android.gl2jni-*/oat/arm64/base.odex 
/data/app/com.android.gl2jni-zZ1ugFZHTLkvAgtcll1NDg==/oat/arm64/base.odex: ELF shared object, 64-bit LSB arm64, stripped

however it is a shared object. So there must be some native call that calls it?

Yes, this comes down to reading the source for am start, which is located in Android O under:

aosp/frameworks/base/cmds/am/src/com/android/commands/am/Am.java