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Where is the Windows source code for Android adb?

I am trying to understand how Android adb.exe works on Windows. I found the following source code branch:

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/master/adb/

However, based on a quick glance within the adb.cpp file, this seems to be the Linux branch. Where is the Windows version? (Or am I wrong?)

PS: Information on how one could navigate android.googlesource.com will also be appreciated.

Solution

  • As stated by Romain Guy:

    It's in the Android source tree: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/adb

    Inside adb.cpp there are some references to Windows like this one:

    // In the past, reading from a pipe before the child process's C Runtime
// started up and called GetFileType() caused a hang: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2011/12/02/10243553.aspx#10244216
// This is reportedly fixed in Windows Vista: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2009703
// I was unable to reproduce the problem on Windows XP. It sounds like a
// Windows Update may have fixed this: https://www.duckware.com/tech/peeknamedpipe.html

    Here is explained how to build Android SDK or just the tools (including adb) for Windows: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/sdk/+/master/docs/howto_build_SDK.txt