
(Settings → About Phone → Status → IP Address) Step 4 Get the IP address of the Android device. We have to initially connect with a cable to configure ADB. Step 2Ĭonnect the device to your computer with a USB cable.

Make sure that the device you want to program wirelessly is connected to the same WIFI network as your computer. How to Add an Android Device to Android Debug Bridge (ADB) Step 1 Now, let’s add our Android device to ADB. You can test whether it’s working by running: $ adb version bash_profileīe sure to replace with your actual username.

On OSX, you can add it to your bash_profile by running: $ echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/Users//Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/' >. Let’s start by adding Android Debug Bridge to PATH (if you don’t already have it). In this post, I’ll show you how to program multiple Android devices without wires. I was a little shocked that I had not known about this ADB secret.

It wasn’t until recently that I found you could avoid a lot of cable issues by using Android Debug Bridge (ADB) to talk to devices wirelessly. Having to deal with different USB cables (or cables that don’t work) just adds to the struggle. Writing apps for Android devices can often be challenging enough as it is.
