Add support for `adb pair` (connecting with Android 11+ over Wi-Fi)

[sharpordie]

Is the pair command supported by Dadb? If not, it would be great to add this feature.

https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/adb#connect-to-a-device-over-wi-fi-android-11+

[Leland-Takamine]

Hi @sharpordie - I'd like to understand your use case a bit better.

Today the following is supported:

1. Pair your device over wifi using the standard adb pair HOST:PORT CODE command. eg: adb pair 10.0.0.192:5555 123456
2. Once your device is paired, you can connect to your device using your device's IP address (same as HOST above): Dadb.discover(10.0.0.192) or Dadb.connect(10.0.0.192, 5555).

These steps requires the adb binary to initially set up the pairing, but since this is a one-time setup per laptop maybe that acceptable.

Do these steps satisfy your use case or are you looking for something else?

[Leland-Takamine]

Btw I just added documentation on this in the README: https://github.com/mobile-dev-inc/dadb/blob/master/README.md#connecting-to-a-physical-device

But I'm still interested in whether this solves your use case or if there's a reason you'd need / prefer built-in wifi pairing support in dadb?

[Leland-Takamine]

@sharpordie Please don't hesitate to reopen this issue if the above documentation doesn't work for your usecase!

[sharpordie]

Dadb is presented as a library to connect to android device without an adb binary or server. So for me using adb binary to pair (or connect) a device first is a nonsense.

But it requires to find out how the official adb forges the "request" for pairing process for a proper dadb implementation.

[tiann]

Here is a adb pair implementation: https://github.com/RikkaApps/Shizuku/blob/master/manager/src/main/jni/adb_pairing.cpp

[tiann]

And here is a pure java implementation: https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/libadb-android/blob/master/libadb/src/main/java/io/github/muntashirakon/adb/PairingAuthCtx.java

[sharpordie]

@tiann This is exactly what I would like in Dadb (with Kotlin).

[Leland-Takamine]

Not sure on timeline yet but opening this back up as it does seem like a use case folks are asking for.

[tytydraco]

This would certainly be a game changer. I'd be willing to put forward some work into this as best I can. This library opens up so many possibilities.

[JamshedAlamQaderi]

Hi dadb team, You guys made a great library. I would like to ask that any progress on this issue. Because i'm also want to pair using dadb and don't want use adb binary either

[malbry]

Yes, I'd like to add my voice to the other requests to add a pairing option to dadb. We really need it for devices running Android 11+. Thank you.

[binglingziyu]

We really need adb pair