How to view files on an Android emulator in Visual Studio(MAUI), similar to "Device Explorer" in android studio?

Question

I am working on a mobile app using MAUI and Visual Studio. I am saving files to the "/data/user/0/..." folder. In the past I've used Android Studio, and they have a feature that allows you to view all the files in the emulator called Device Explorer. How do I access /data/user/0/ folder from Android?

I haven't been able to find a way to view the files stored on the emulator in Visual Studio. Do you know if Visual Studio has a built-in way to access the data on an emulator? Thanks

Edit: I ended up using ADB and command prompt. But I guess you can also use android studio device explore as well(even for apps written in VS).

Answer 1

Yes, we can use Android Debug Bridge (adb) to access the files on android emulators.

First, we need to root the emulator with the following commands:

1    adb devices
2    adb shell   ( adb -s emulator-xxxx shell)
3    exit
4    adb root   (result: restarting adbd as root)
5    adb shell 

Then we can view the files by commands:

  ls -l 
  cd <some folder>
  ls

And we can also access the database with sqlite3 commands:

 cd data/data/<your-package-name>/files/

 sqlite3  <your-db-name>.db

 .tables    ( display tables list)

run sqlite3 commands that you like, eg:

  Select * from table1 where ...;