pyand: Python library for adb and fastboot

pyand is a simple Python library for Python 2.7 that allows you to easily work with adb and fastboot connected Android devices.

Existing Python modules for adb are somewhat outdated or broken, hence why I went ahead and wrote pyand. I also wanted more than just adb hence why I added in support for Fastboot as well. Usage is simple and should be pretty intuitive for anyone used to working with adb and fastboot.

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>>> from pyand import ADB, Fastboot
>>> adb = ADB()
>>> adb.get_devices()
{0: '15901aabbccdd124', 1: 'abc1951124de1241'}
>>> adb.set_target_by_id(1)
'[+] Target device set: abc1951124de1241'
>>> adb.get_model()
'Nexus_5'
>>> adb.set_system_rw()
'remount succeeded'
>>> adb.reboot(2)
>>> fb = Fastboot()
>>> fb.get_devices()
{0: 'abc1951124de1241'}
...

pyand will eventually let you do pretty much anything you could possibly do with adb and fastboot, but its still under development and not entirely done yet.

Requirements

• Linux is currently the only supported operating system. pyand is reported to function on Windows and OSX as well but I havent done extensive testing on those platforms..
• Python 2.7 is the recommended version of Python as Python 3.x is not currently supported.
• Fastboot and ADB is also required and should ideally be in your $PATH. If its not in your $PATH you will have to specify the path when you instantiate the object.

The Android SDK <https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html>_ is a good way of getting a hold of up-to-date binaries.

Documentation

The pyand documentation is currently being written. You can find the latest documentation here <http://pyand.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>_.

Installation

There are currently two recommended ways of installing pyand.

easy_install

If you have easy_install for Python-2.7 installed, you can use it to install pyand pretty easily.

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$ git clone https://github.com/ardevd/pyand $ sudo easy_install-2.7 pyand

AUR PKGBUILD

There is also an officially supported PKGBUILD available. You can grab the PKGBUILD from the github repo.

Credits

pyand spawned from pyadb <https://github.com/sch3m4/pyadb>_ so thanks to Chema Garcia for writing it as it gave me a great starting point for pyand.