ADB
Install ADB
brew install android-platform-tools
Install APK
adb install name.apk
Push file
adb push /path/from /path/to
Shell
adb shell
Pulling an App with ADB
adb shell pm list packages
adb shell pm path com.xxx.xxx
adb pull /path/to/app.apk
Changing proxy settings
adb shell settings put global http_proxy <address>:<port>
Deleting the settings
adb shell settings delete global http_proxy
adb shell settings delete global global_http_proxy_host
adb shell settings delete global global_http_proxy_port
adb reboot
Add Burp certificate as a system certificate
openssl x509 -inform DER -in cacert.der -out cacert.pem
openssl x509 -inform PEM -subject_hash_old -in cacert.pem |head -1
mv cacert.pem <hash>.0
adb push 9a5ba575.0 /sdcard
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /system
mv /sdcard/9a5ba575.0 /system/etc/security/cacerts/
chmod 644 /system/etc/security/cacerts/9a5ba575.0
Source: https://0x00sec.org/t/reversing-hackex-an-android-game/16243
I ran into the error mount: '/system' not in /proc/mounts
(Nexus 6 API 28) and I fixed it by mounting the root (/) instead. Source: adb remount fails - mount: 'system' not in /proc/mounts. You migth have to start the emulator with -writable-system.
Enable debugging
You’ll need to edit the AndroidManifest.xml
generated file, adding theandroid:debuggable="true"
attribute to its application
XML node:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.company.appname"
platformBuildVersionCode="24"
platformBuildVersionName="7.0">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
android:debuggable="true"> <-- !!! NOTICE ME !!! -->
<activity android:name="com.company.appname.MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Screen recording
adb shell screenrecord /sdcard/video.mp4
adb pull /sdcard/video.mp4
adb shell rm /sdcard/video.mp4
Screenshot
adb exec-out screencap -p > screenshot.png
Install xapk
Unzip then:
adb install-multiple *.apk
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