Run Android application from remote computer

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I need to run my Android application from a remote computer (in the same network) via SSH (not using ADB). How do I do that?

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Matthew Read · Answer 1 · 2023-11-08T20:54:00.997

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You need to run an SSH server on your phone, such as DroidSSH.

You can launch adb shell from the SSH session terminal, and then run am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n <qualified-app-name>. For example, <qualified-app-name> is something like com.android.settings/.Settings.

edited Nov 08 '23 at 20:54

answered Mar 19 '11 at 17:17

Matthew Read

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You don't need to run adb shell before using am. am works like any other shell command, so you can run it from a SSH session directly, unless the SSH server dicks around with your $PATH. – Dan Hulme Jun 03 '14 at 11:58

Run Android application from remote computer

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