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Test using adb

Android Debug Bridge (adb) is a robust command-line tool that allows you to communicate with a connected Android device. adb facilitates a variety of device actions, such as installing apps, granting permissions, profiling for performance etc.

In this guide, you will learn the following:

ADB Commands use cases

For security reasons, we launch the appium server on our platform with --relaxed-security setting off. This means that we won’t be able to support execution of ADB shell commands using the mobile: shell appium command. More details in Appium documentation. However, we provide custom implementation to run certain useful ADB commands on our Android devices.

This section provides details on how to run adb commands for the following use cases in an App Automate session:

Currently, we support only those adb commands that have been mentioned in this guide.

Important: Ensure OS version is specified using the os_version capability while using the browserstack.devicePreferences capability in your tests.

Log and Debug Firebase Analytics events

Log Events

You can set verbose logging to monitor the logs of Firebase events using the following adb shell setprop commands:

adb shell setprop log.tag.FA VERBOSE
adb shell setprop log.tag.FA-SVC VERBOSE

In order to achieve this functionality in App Automate, use the browserstack.devicePreferences capability in your test sessions and set the log.tag.FA and log.tag.FA-SVC tags to VERBOSE inside the setprop object. The following code snippet demonstrates how to do this:

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
HashMap<String, Object> browserstackOptions = new HashMap<String, Object>();

HashMap<String, Object> devicePreferences = new HashMap<String, Object>();
HashMap<String, String> setProp = new HashMap<>();
setProp.put("log.tag.FA", "VERBOSE");
setProp.put("log.tag.FA-SVC", "VERBOSE");
devicePreferences.put("setprop", setProp);

browserstackOptions.put("browserstack.devicePreferences", devicePreferences);

capabilities.setCapability("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);
var capabilities = {
   "bstack:options": {
       "browserstack.devicePreferences": {
         "setprop" : {
           "log.tag.FA" : "VERBOSE",
           "log.tag.FA-SVC" : "VERBOSE"
           }
      }
   }	
}
desired_cap = {
    "bstack:options": {
       "browserstack.devicePreferences": {
         "setprop" : {
           "log.tag.FA" : "VERBOSE",
           "log.tag.FA-SVC" : "VERBOSE"
           }
      }
   }	
}
desired_cap = {
   "bstack:options"=> {
      "browserstack.devicePreferences"=> {
        "setprop" => {
           "log.tag.FA" => "VERBOSE",
           "log.tag.FA-SVC" => "VERBOSE"
           }
      }
   }
}
AppiumOptions capabilities = new AppiumOptions();
Dictionary<string, object> browserstackOptions = new Dictionary<string, object>();

Dictionary<string, object> devicePreferences = new Dictionary<string, object>();
Dictionary<string, string> setProp = new Dictionary<>();
setProp.Add("log.tag.FA", "VERBOSE");
setProp.Add("log.tag.FA-SVC", "VERBOSE");
devicePreferences.Add("setprop", setProp);

browserstackOptions.Add("browserstack.devicePreferences", devicePreferences);

capabilities.AddAdditionalCapability("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
HashMap<String, Object> devicePreferences = new HashMap<String, Object>();
HashMap<String, String> setProp = new HashMap<>();
setProp.put("log.tag.FA", "VERBOSE");
setProp.put("log.tag.FA-SVC", "VERBOSE");

devicePreferences.put("setprop", setProp);

capabilities.setCapability("browserstack.devicePreferences", devicePreferences);
var capabilities = {
	"browserstack.devicePreferences": {
        "setprop" : {
           "log.tag.FA" : "VERBOSE",
           "log.tag.FA-SVC" : "VERBOSE"
           }
      }
}
desired_cap = {
	"browserstack.devicePreferences": {
        "setprop" : {
           "log.tag.FA" : "VERBOSE",
           "log.tag.FA-SVC" : "VERBOSE"
           }
      }
}
desired_cap = {
	"browserstack.devicePreferences"=> {
        "setprop" => {
           "log.tag.FA" => "VERBOSE",
           "log.tag.FA-SVC" => "VERBOSE"
           }
      }
}
AppiumOptions capabilities = new AppiumOptions();
Dictionary<string, object> devicePreferences = new Dictionary<string, object>();
Dictionary<string, string> setProp = new Dictionary<>();
setProp.Add("log.tag.FA", "VERBOSE");
setProp.Add("log.tag.FA-SVC", "VERBOSE");

devicePreferences.Add("setprop", setProp);

capabilities.AddAdditionalCapability("browserstack.devicePreferences", devicePreferences);

Upon setting this capability in your tests, logs for Firebase events will start appearing under device logs. You can capture the complete logs by using driver.manage().logs().get("logcat").filter(Level.ALL); command and then filter out the firebase events for your app in your test.

Debug Events

You can enable the debug mode for Firebase Analytics on an Android device by using the following adb shell setprop command:

adb shell setprop debug.firebase.analytics.app <PACKAGE_NAME>

To achieve this functionality in App Automate, use the browserstack.devicePreferences capability in your test sessions and set the debug.firebase.analytics.app value to your package_name inside the setprop object. The following code snippet demonstrates how to do this:

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
HashMap<String, Object> browserstackOptions = new HashMap<String, Object>();

HashMap<String, Object> devicePreferences = new HashMap<String, Object>();
HashMap<String, String> setProp = new HashMap<>();
setProp.put("debug.firebase.analytics.app", "<your_package_name>");
devicePreferences.put("setprop", setProp);

browserstackOptions.put("browserstack.devicePreferences", devicePreferences);

capabilities.setCapability("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);
var capabilities = {
   "bstack:options": {
      "browserstack.devicePreferences": {
        "setprop" : {
           "debug.firebase.analytics.app" : "<your_package_name>"
           }
      }
   } 	   
}
desired_cap = {
   "bstack:options": {
      "browserstack.devicePreferences": {
        "setprop" : {
           "debug.firebase.analytics.app" : "<your_package_name>"
           }
      }
   }
}
desired_cap = {
   "bstack:options"=> {
       "browserstack.devicePreferences"=> {
        "setprop" => {
           "debug.firebase.analytics.app" => "<your_package_name>"
           }
      }
   }
}
AppiumOptions capabilities = new AppiumOptions();
Dictionary<string, object> browserstackOptions = new Dictionary<string, object>();

Dictionary<string, object> devicePreferences = new Dictionary<string, object>();
Dictionary<string, string> setProp = new Dictionary<>();
setProp.Add("debug.firebase.analytics.app", "<your_package_name>");
devicePreferences.Add("setprop", setProp);

browserstackOptions.Add("browserstack.devicePreferences", devicePreferences);

capabilities.AddAdditionalCapability("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
HashMap<String, Object> devicePreferences = new HashMap<String, Object>();
HashMap<String, String> setProp = new HashMap<>();
setProp.put("debug.firebase.analytics.app", "<your_package_name>");

devicePreferences.put("setprop", setProp);

capabilities.setCapability("browserstack.devicePreferences", devicePreferences);
var capabilities = {
	"browserstack.devicePreferences": {
        "setprop" : {
           "debug.firebase.analytics.app" : "<your_package_name>"
           }
      }
}
desired_cap = {
	"browserstack.devicePreferences": {
        "setprop" : {
           "debug.firebase.analytics.app" : "<your_package_name>"
           }
      }
}
desired_cap = {
	"browserstack.devicePreferences"=> {
        "setprop" => {
           "debug.firebase.analytics.app" => "<your_package_name>"
           }
      }
}
AppiumOptions capabilities = new AppiumOptions();
Dictionary<string, object> devicePreferences = new Dictionary<string, object>();
Dictionary<string, string> setProp = new Dictionary<>();
setProp.Add("debug.firebase.analytics.app", "<your_package_name>");

devicePreferences.Add("setprop", setProp);

capabilities.AddAdditionalCapability("browserstack.devicePreferences", devicePreferences);

Upon setting this capability in your tests, your test session will begin on a device where debug mode has been enabled. You can then navigate to DebugView to view your app’s events being logged in the DebugView report.

Log Google Analytics events

You can enable the log feature of Google Analytics events by using the following adb shell setprop command:

adb shell setprop log.tag.GAv4 DEBUG

To achieve this functionality in App Automate, use the browserstack.devicePreferences capability in your test sessions and set the log.tag.GAv4 tag to any of the log filter types such as DEBUG, VERBOSE, INFO etc inside the setprop object. The following code snippet demonstrates how to do this:

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
HashMap<String, Object> browserstackOptions = new HashMap<String, Object>();

HashMap<String, Object> devicePreferences = new HashMap<String, Object>();
HashMap<String, String> setProp = new HashMap<>();
setProp.put("log.tag.GAv4", "DEBUG");
devicePreferences.put("setprop", setProp);

browserstackOptions.put("browserstack.devicePreferences", devicePreferences);

capabilities.setCapability("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);
var capabilities = {
   "bstack:options": {
       "browserstack.devicePreferences": {
         "setprop" : {
           "log.tag.GAv4" : "DEBUG"
           }
      }
   } 	  
}
desired_cap = {
   "bstack:options": {
       "browserstack.devicePreferences": {
         "setprop" : {
           "log.tag.GAv4" : "DEBUG"
           }
      }
   }
}
desired_cap = {
   "bstack:options" => {
      "browserstack.devicePreferences"=> {
         "setprop" => {
           "log.tag.GAv4" => "DEBUG"
           }
      }
  }
}
AppiumOptions capabilities = new AppiumOptions();
Dictionary<string, object> browserstackOptions = new Dictionary<string, object>();

Dictionary<string, object> devicePreferences = new Dictionary<string, object>();
Dictionary<string, string> setProp = new Dictionary<>();
setProp.Add("log.tag.GAv4", "DEBUG");
devicePreferences.Add("setprop", setProp);

browserstackOptions.Add("browserstack.devicePreferences", devicePreferences);

capabilities.AddAdditionalCapability("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
HashMap<String, Object> devicePreferences = new HashMap<String, Object>();
HashMap<String, String> setProp = new HashMap<>();
setProp.put("log.tag.GAv4", "DEBUG");

devicePreferences.put("setprop", setProp);

capabilities.setCapability("browserstack.devicePreferences", devicePreferences);
var capabilities = {
	"browserstack.devicePreferences": {
        "setprop" : {
           "log.tag.GAv4" : "DEBUG"
           }
      }
}
desired_cap = {
	"browserstack.devicePreferences": {
        "setprop" : {
           "log.tag.GAv4" : "DEBUG"
           }
      }
}
desired_cap = {
	"browserstack.devicePreferences"=> {
        "setprop" => {
           "log.tag.GAv4" => "DEBUG"
           }
      }
}
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
Dictionary<string, object> devicePreferences = new Dictionary<string, object>();
Dictionary<string, string> setProp = new Dictionary<>();
setProp.Add("log.tag.GAv4", "DEBUG");

devicePreferences.Add("setprop", setProp);

capabilities.SetCapability("browserstack.devicePreferences", devicePreferences);

Upon setting this capability in your tests, logs for Google Analytics events will start appearing under device logs. You can capture the complete logs by using driver.manage().logs().get("logcat").filter(Level.ALL); command and then filter out the Google Analytics events for your app in your test.

Set system-level preferences using settings commands

The adb shell settings put commands can be used to set system-level device preferences such as disabling pop-up notifications, disabling location services, changing device orientation etc.

The following table lists all the adb shell settings put commands that are supported in App Automate:

Command Description Allowed Values
adb shell settings put secure location_mode 0 Enable/Disable location services on an android device Disable: 0
Enable: 3
adb shell settings put global heads_up_notifications_enabled 0 Enable/Disable pop-up notifications on an android device Disable: 0
Enable: 1
adb shell settings put global always_finish_activities 0 Enable/Disable aggressive finishing of activities and processes Disable: 0
Enable: 1
adb shell settings put system accelerometer_rotation 0 Enable/Disable auto-rotation of the device Disable: 0
Enable: 1
adb shell settings put system user_rotation 3 Rotate the device 0° clockwise rotation: 0
90° clockwise rotation: 1
180° clockwise rotation: 2
270° clockwise rotation: 3
Important: The location_mode setting can only be used on API level 19 (Android Version 4.4) to API level 28 (Android Version 9) devices.

To execute these commands, use the browserstack.devicePreferences capability in your tests and set the required settings to your desired values inside the appropriate setting type object. The following table shows the BrowserStack compatible JSON-object format for the settings:

Command BrowserStack Compatible JSON input
adb shell settings put secure location_mode 0 {“browserstack.devicePreferences”: { “settings.secure”: { “locationMode” : 0}}}
adb shell settings put global heads_up_notifications_enabled 0 {“browserstack.devicePreferences”: { “settings.global”: { “headsUpNotificationsEnabled” : 0}}}
adb shell settings put global always_finish_activities 0 {“browserstack.devicePreferences”: { “settings.global”: { “alwaysFinishActivities” : 0}}}
adb shell settings put system accelerometer_rotation 0 {“browserstack.devicePreferences”: { “settings.system”: { “accelerometerRotation” : 0}}}
adb shell settings put system user_rotation 3 {“browserstack.devicePreferences”: { “settings.system”: { “userRotation” : 3}}}

The following code snippet demonstrates how to run your tests on a device where all the above mentioned settings have been set:

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
HashMap<String, Object> browserstackOptions = new HashMap<String, Object>();

HashMap<String, Object> devicePreferences = new HashMap<String, Object>();
HashMap<String, Integer> settingsGlobal = new HashMap<>();
settingsGlobal.put("headsUpNotificationsEnabled", 0);
settingsGlobal.put("alwaysFinishActivities", 0);
devicePreferences.put("settings.global", settingsGlobal);

HashMap<String, Integer> settingsSecure = new HashMap<>();
settingsSecure.put("locationMode", 0);
devicePreferences.put("settings.secure", settingsSecure);

HashMap<String, Integer> settingsSystem = new HashMap<>();
settingsSystem.put("accelerometerRotation", 0);
settingsSystem.put("userRotation", 3);
devicePreferences.put("settings.system", settingsSystem);

browserstackOptions.put("browserstack.devicePreferences", devicePreferences);

capabilities.setCapability("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);
var capabilities = {
  "bstack:options": {
    "browserstack.devicePreferences": {
      "settings.global": {
        "headsUpNotificationsEnabled": 0,
        "alwaysFinishActivities" : 0 
      },
      "settings.secure": {
        "locationMode" : 0
      },
      "settings.system": {
         "accelerometerRotation" : 0,
         "userRotation" : 3 
      }
    }
  }
}
desired_cap = {
  "bstack:options": {
    "browserstack.devicePreferences": {
      "settings.global": {
        "headsUpNotificationsEnabled": 0,
        "alwaysFinishActivities" : 0 
      },
      "settings.secure": {
        "locationMode" : 0
      },
      "settings.system": {
         "accelerometerRotation" : 0,
         "userRotation" : 3 
      }
    }
  }
}
desired_cap = {
  "bstack:options" => {
    "browserstack.devicePreferences" => {
      "settings.global"=> {
        "headsUpNotificationsEnabled"=> 0,
        "alwaysFinishActivities" => 0 
      },
      "settings.secure"=> {
        "locationMode" => 0
      },
      "settings.system"=> {
         "accelerometerRotation" => 0,
         "userRotation" => 3 
      }
    }
  }
}
AppiumOptions capabilities = new AppiumOptions();
Dictionary<string, object> browserstackOptions = new Dictionary<string, object>();

Dictionary<string, object> devicePreferences = new Dictionary<string, object>();
Dictionary<string, int> settingsGlobal = new Dictionary<>();
settingsGlobal.Add("headsUpNotificationsEnabled", 0);
settingsGlobal.Add("alwaysFinishActivities", 0);
devicePreferences.Add("settings.global", settingsGlobal);

Dictionary<string, int> settingsSecure = new Dictionary<>();
settingsSecure.Add("locationMode", 0);
devicePreferences.Add("settings.secure", settingsSecure);

Dictionary<string, int> settingsSystem = new Dictionary<>();
settingsSystem.Add("accelerometerRotation", 0);
settingsSystem.Add("userRotation", 3);
devicePreferences.Add("settings.system", settingsSystem);

browserstackOptions.Add("browserstack.devicePreferences", devicePreferences);

capabilities.AddAdditionalCapability("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
HashMap<String, Object> devicePreferences = new HashMap<String, Object>();
HashMap<String, Integer> settingsGlobal = new HashMap<>();
settingsGlobal.put("headsUpNotificationsEnabled", 0);
settingsGlobal.put("alwaysFinishActivities", 0);
devicePreferences.put("settings.global", settingsGlobal);

HashMap<String, Integer> settingsSecure = new HashMap<>();
settingsSecure.put("locationMode", 0);
devicePreferences.put("settings.secure", settingsSecure);

HashMap<String, Integer> settingsSystem = new HashMap<>();
settingsSystem.put("accelerometerRotation", 0);
settingsSystem.put("userRotation", 3);
devicePreferences.put("settings.system", settingsSystem);


capabilities.setCapability("browserstack.devicePreferences", devicePreferences);
var capabilities = {
	"browserstack.devicePreferences": {
        "settings.global": {
          "headsUpNotificationsEnabled": 0,
          "alwaysFinishActivities" : 0 
      },
        "settings.secure": {
          "locationMode" : 0
      },
        "settings.system": {
         "accelerometerRotation" : 0,
         "userRotation" : 3 
      }
   }
}
desired_cap = {
	"browserstack.devicePreferences": {
      "settings.global": {
        "headsUpNotificationsEnabled": 0,
        "alwaysFinishActivities" : 0 
      },
      "settings.secure": {
        "locationMode" : 0
      },
      "settings.system": {
         "accelerometerRotation" : 0,
         "userRotation" : 3 
      }
      }
}
desired_cap = {
	"browserstack.devicePreferences"=> {
      "settings.global"=> {
        "headsUpNotificationsEnabled"=> 0,
        "alwaysFinishActivities" => 0 
      },
      "settings.secure"=> {
        "locationMode" => 0
      },
      "settings.system"=> {
         "accelerometerRotation" => 0,
         "userRotation" => 3 
      }
      }
}
AppiumOptions capabilities = new AppiumOptions();
Dictionary<string, object> devicePreferences = new Dictionary<string, object>();
Dictionary<string, int> settingsGlobal = new Dictionary<>();
settingsGlobal.Add("headsUpNotificationsEnabled", 0);
settingsGlobal.Add("alwaysFinishActivities", 0);
devicePreferences.Add("settings.global", settingsGlobal);

Dictionary<string, int> settingsSecure = new Dictionary<>();
settingsSecure.Add("locationMode", 0);
devicePreferences.Add("settings.secure", settingsSecure);

Dictionary<string, int> settingsSystem = new Dictionary<>();
settingsSystem.Add("accelerometerRotation", 0);
settingsSystem.Add("userRotation", 3);
devicePreferences.Add("settings.system", settingsSystem);

devicePreferences.Add("settings.global", settingsGlobal);

capabilities.AddAdditionalCapability("browserstack.devicePreferences", devicePreferences);

Get diagnostic output for system services using dumpsys commands

dumpsys is a tool that runs on Android devices and offers information on system services. adb shell dumpsys commands provide vital diagnostic output for system services operating on a connected device.

The following table lists all the dumpsys commands that can be used in an App Automate session:

Command Description
adb shell dumpsys activity -p <package_name> Provides complete activity history for the given package
adb shell dumpsys window windows | grep -E 'mCurrentFocus|mFocusedApp' Prints current app’s opened activity
adb shell dumpsys activity -p <package_name> activities Provides activity manager activities that contain main stack, running activities and recent tasks
adb shell dumpsys activity -p <package_name> activities | grep -E ‘mResumedActivity’ Prints current app’s resumed activity
adb shell dumpsys activity -p <package_name> services Provides list of services running for the given package
adb shell dumpsys activity -p <package_name> providers Provides list of current content providers for the given package
adb shell dumpsys activity -p <package_name> recents Provides list of recent tasks for the given package
adb shell dumpsys activity -p <package_name> broadcasts Provides list of broadcast states for the given package
adb shell dumpsys activity -p <package_name> intents Provides list of pending intents for the given package
adb shell dumpsys activity -p <package_name> permissions Provides list of permissions for the given package
adb shell dumpsys activity -p <package_name> processes Provides list of running processes for the given package
Command Description
adb shell dumpsys gfxinfo <package_name> Gathers UI performance data for a specified package name
adb shell dumpsys gfxinfo <package_name> framestats Provides even more detailed frame timing information from recent frames
adb shell dumpsys gfxinfo <package_name> reset Resets the framemetrics data
Command Description
adb shell dumpsys input Dumps the state of the system’s input devices, such as keyboards and touchscreens, and the processing of input events
Command Description
adb shell dumpsys cpuinfo Provides info on CPU usage
adb shell dumpsys display Provides info on display
adb shell dumpsys power Provides info on power statistics
adb shell dumpsys alarm Provides info on alarm
adb shell dumpsys location Provides info on location
adb shell dumpsys window displays Provides info like pixel resolution, FPS, and DPI of the device’s display
adb shell dumpsys telephony.registry Gives information about wireless communication related parameters
adb shell dumpsys bluetooth_manager Gives information about connected bluetooth devices, mac addresses etc.
Command Description
adb shell dumpsys netstats Displays network connections for the Transmission Control Protocol for both incoming and outgoing requests
adb shell dumpsys netstats detail Outputs additional information, such as detailed unique user ID (UID) information
adb shell dumpsys connectivity Provides the internet status and connectivity mode(cellular or Wi-Fi)
adb shell dumpsys netpolicy Generates a report that includes the current global background network restriction setting, package UIDs that are currently allowed to bypass Data Saver, and the network permissions of other known packages
adb shell dumpsys network_management Provides all information about device network management
Command Description
adb shell dumpsys batterystats options Generates interesting statistical data about battery usage on a device, organized by unique user ID (UID)
adb shell dumpsys batterystats --charged <package_name> Outputs battery usage statistics for a specified app package since the device was last charged
adb shell dumpsys batterystats --checkin Output in machine-readable CSV format
Command Description
adb shell dumpsys procstats --hours <hour> Provides info on how your app is behaving over time—including how long it runs in the background and how much memory it uses during that time
adb shell dumpsys meminfo <package_name|pid> Record a snapshot of how your app’s memory is divided between different types of RAM allocation
adb shell dumpsys meminfo <package_name|pid> [-d] The -d flag prints more info related to Dalvik and ART memory usage
Command Description
adb shell dumpsys package <package_name> Provides all the info about your app, ex: Version name/code, first install time, last update time, requested permissions, etc

Use the following code snippets to call the dumpsys commands from your test script:

JavascriptExecutor jse = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;
jse.executeScript("browserstack_executor: {
          \"action\":\"adbShell\", 
          \"arguments\": {
            \"command\" : \"dumpsys gfxinfo <package_name>\"
         }
     }"
);
await driver.execute("browserstack_executor: {
          \"action\":\"adbShell\", 
          \"arguments\": {
            \"command\" : \"dumpsys gfxinfo <package_name>\"
         }
     }"
);
driver.execute_script("browserstack_executor: {
          \"action\":\"adbShell", 
          \"arguments\": {
            \"command\" : \"dumpsys gfxinfo <package_name>\"
         }
     }"
);
caps["javascriptEnabled"] = "true" #include this capability for JavaScript executors to work
driver.execute_script("browserstack_executor: {
          \"action\":\"adbShell\", 
          \"arguments\": {
            \"command\" : \"dumpsys gfxinfo <package_name>\"
         }
     }"
);
((IJavaScriptExecutor)driver).ExecuteScript("browserstack_executor: {
          \"action\":\"adbShell\", 
          \"arguments\": {
            \"command\" : \"dumpsys gfxinfo <package_name>\"
         }
     }"
);

The output of the above-mentioned dumpsys commands would be captured under text logs on the App Automate dashboard.

Note:
For grep commands like adb shell dumpsys activity -p <package_name> activities | grep -E 'mResumedActivity', please ensure that the JSON is in one of the following formats:
driver.execute_script("browserstack_executor: {\"action\":\"adbShell\", \"arguments\": {\"command\" : \"dumpsys activity -p <package_name> activities | grep -E \\\"mResumedActivity\\\"\"}}")
OR

driver.execute_script('browserstack_executor: {"action":"adbShell", "arguments": {"command" : "dumpsys activity -p <package_name> activities | grep -E \"mResumedActivity\""}}')

Get system and device properties using getprop commands

The adb shell getprop commands can be used to get system and device properties such as Sim Operator, device model, Android version etc.

The following table lists all the getprop commands that can be called in an App Automate session:

Command Description
adb shell getprop -T Provides a list of system property types
adb shell getprop gsm.sim.operator.alpha Provides SIM Operator
adb shell getprop ro.build.version.release Provides device android version
adb shell getprop ro.boot.wifimacaddr Provides the WiFi Mac Address
adb shell getprop ro.product.manufacturer Provides Android device manufacturer details
adb shell getprop ro.vendor.product.model Provides Android device product number
adb shell getprop ro.board.platform Provides Soc info
adb shell getprop ro.oem_unlock_supported Provides OEM unlock status
adb shell getprop ro.vendor.product.model Provides device model
adb shell getprop ro.bootimage.build.fingerprint Provides Android device build fingerprint
adb shell getprop ro.cdma.home.operator.alpha Provides SIM operator name
adb shell getprop ro.system.build.version.sdk Provides API level
Important: adb shell getprop -T command can only be used on Android devices with version 8.1 and above.

Use the following code snipptes to call the getprop commands from your test script:

JavascriptExecutor jse = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;
jse.executeScript("browserstack_executor: {
          \"action\":\"adbShell\", 
          \"arguments\": {
            \"command\" : \"getprop ro.system.build.version.sdk\"
         }
     }"
);
await driver.execute("browserstack_executor: {
          \"action\":\"adbShell\", 
          \"arguments\": {
            \"command\" : \"getprop ro.system.build.version.sdk\"
         }
     }"
);
driver.execute_script("browserstack_executor: {
          \"action\":\"adbShell\", 
          \"arguments\": {
            \"command\" : \"getprop ro.system.build.version.sdk\"
         }
     }"
);
caps["javascriptEnabled"] = "true" #include this capability for JavaScript executors to work
driver.execute_script("browserstack_executor: {
          \"action\":\"adbShell\", 
          \"arguments\": {
            \"command\" : \"getprop ro.system.build.version.sdk\"
         }
     }"
);
((IJavaScriptExecutor)driver).ExecuteScript("browserstack_executor: {
          \"action\":\"adbShell\", 
          \"arguments\": {
            \"command\" : \"getprop ro.system.build.version.sdk\"
         }
     }"
);

The output of the above-mentioned getprop commands would be captured under text logs on the App Automate dashboard.

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