This repository contains a pure-python implementation of the ADB and Fastboot protocols, using libusb1 for USB communications.
This is a complete replacement and rearchitecture of the Android project's ADB and fastboot code available at https://github.com/android/platform_system_core/tree/master/adb
This code is mainly targeted to users that need to communicate with Android devices in an automated fashion, such as in automated testing. It does not have a daemon between the client and the device, and therefore does not support multiple simultaneous commands to the same device. It does support any number of devices and never communicates with a device that it wasn't intended to, unlike the Android project's ADB.
- Pros:
- Simpler code due to use of libusb1 and Python.
- API can be used by other Python code easily.
- Errors are propagated with tracebacks, helping debug connectivity issues.
- Cons:
- Technically slower due to Python, mitigated by no daemon.
- Only one command per device at a time.
- More dependencies than Android's ADB.
- Dependencies:
- libusb1 (1.0.16+)
- python-gflags (2.0+)
- python-libusb1 (1.2.0+)
- python-progressbar (for fastboot_debug, 2.3+)
- python-m2crypto (0.21.1+)