ADB Concepts : How to use commands ‘adb devices’ & ‘adb devices –l ‘ (with examples)

Command:- adb devices & adb devices -l

Please go through the below video for complete details:

Case-1:- List attached/connected android devices:

Code:

adb devices

Explanation:

adb: This is the core command of the Android Debug Bridge.

devices: This indicates that you want to list the devices attached to the ADB server.

Output:

Case-2:- List attached/connected devices with their system info

To print adb devices with status information for each device:

Code:

adb devices -l

Explanation:

adb: This is the core command of the Android Debug Bridge.

devices: This indicates that you want to list the devices attached to the ADB server.

-l: This flag requests more detailed output, which includes additional information about each device, such as the product, model, and id.

Output:

Generated response:

Serial number: — adb creates a string to uniquely identify the device by its port number.

•emulator-5554: Represents an Android emulator connected.

•1234567890ABCDEF: Represents a physical Android device.

State:(connection state of the device ) — offline, device, no device

offline: The device is not connected to adb or is not responding.

device: The device is connected to the adb server.

no device: There is no device connected.

Unauthorized: The device needs to authorize your computer to enable debugging.1.

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