Awesome
replicant - a repl for adb
replicant
is an interactive shell (a REPL) for adb
, the Android Debug Bridge.
It was originally based on Chris Wanstrath's excellent repl command line wrapper.
Overview
Working with the adb
tool directly to target connected emulators and devices is
verbose and cumbersome. replicant
simplifies this process in a number of ways:
- allows working with
adb
in interactive mode - allows fixing devices and package IDs for subsequent
adb
commands - auto-detection of target package by project folder inspection
- command history and tab-completion via
rlwrap
(see below) - smart log capturing and pretty printing based on selected device and package
Install
replicant
requires Ruby 1.9 or newer and a UNIX/Linux compatible shell such as bash
or zsh
.
For the best experience, I strongly recommend to install rlwrap to get
command history and tab-completion, although it's not a requirement.
replicant
integrates with rlwrap
automatically;
it's sufficient for it to just be installed.
If all requirements are met, you can install replicant
as a Ruby gem:
$ gem install replicant-adb
Contributing
Please hack on replicant and make it better and more feature complete! Here's a general list of guidelines you should follow:
- Check out the latest master to make sure the feature hasn't been implemented or the bug hasn't been fixed yet.
- Check out the issue tracker to make sure someone already hasn't requested it and/or contributed it.
- Fork the project.
- Start a feature branch to implement your bugfix or idea.
- Write an executable spec. See existing specs in the test/ folder for examples.
- Commit and push until you are happy with your contribution.
After checking out the project, change into the project dir and do
$ bundle install
to make sure all dependencies are installed. After making local changes, you can install locally using
$ rake install
And don't forget to regularly
$ rake test
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Matthias Kaeppler. See LICENSE.txt for further details.