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Android Setup

Prerequisites

Section titled “Prerequisites”
  • Android SDK installed (via Android Studio or standalone)
  • adb available on your PATH

Enable USB debugging

Section titled “Enable USB debugging”
  1. On your device, go to Settings > About phone
  2. Tap Build number 7 times to enable Developer options
  3. Go to Settings > Developer options
  4. Enable USB debugging
  5. Connect via USB and accept the debugging prompt

Verify

Section titled “Verify”
Terminal window
adb devices

Expected output:

List of devices attached
XXXXXXXXX    device

Then confirm MobileCLI sees it:

Terminal window
mobilecli devices

Using an emulator

Section titled “Using an emulator”
Terminal window
emulator -avd <avd_name>

The emulator appears as a connected device automatically.

Troubleshooting

Section titled “Troubleshooting”

Device shows as “unauthorized”

Section titled “Device shows as “unauthorized””

Disconnect and reconnect USB. Accept the debugging prompt on the device. If the prompt doesn’t appear, revoke USB debugging authorizations in Developer options and reconnect.

Device not detected

Section titled “Device not detected”
  • Check USB drivers (Windows)
  • Try a different cable or port
  • adb kill-server && adb start-server