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How can I adb install an apk to multiple connected devices?

I have 7 devices plugged into my development machine.

Normally I do adb install <path to apk> and can install to just a single device.

Now I would like to install my apk on all of my 7 connected devices. How can I do this in a single command? I'd like to run a script perhaps.

Solution

  • You can use adb devices to get a list of connected devices and then run adb -s DEVICE_SERIAL_NUM install... for every device listed.

    Something like (bash):

    adb devices | tail -n +3 | cut -sf 1 -d " " | xargs -iX adb -s X install ...

    Comments suggest this might work better for newer versions:

    adb devices | tail -n +2 | cut -sf 1 | xargs -iX adb -s X install ...

    For Mac OSX(not tested on Linux):

    adb devices | tail -n +2 | cut -sf 1 | xargs -I {} adb -s {} install ...