7. Testing Android Studio Apps on a Physical Android Device
While much can be achieved by testing applications using an Android Virtual Device (AVD), there is no substitute for performing real world application testing on a physical Android device and there are a number of Android features that are only available on physical Android devices.
Communication with both AVD instances and connected Android devices is handled by the Android Debug Bridge (ADB). In this chapter we will work through the steps to configure the adb environment to enable application testing on a physical Android device with macOS, Windows and Linux based systems.
7.1 An Overview of the Android Debug Bridge (ADB)
The primary purpose of the ADB is to facilitate interaction ...
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