Novolis.IO.Mobile.Android 2026.1.1.47

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Novolis.IO.Mobile.Android

Host-side Android Debug Bridge helpers for Novolis apps and dogfood tools.

Device work uses the ADB wire protocol via AdvancedSharpAdbClient (devices, shell, sync, install). The Android SDK adb / adb.exe binary is only required to locate and ensure the local adb server. A small, windowless CLI escape hatch is used for ADB-only verbs such as screencap, logcat, UIAutomator capture, and port forwarding.

This is not an on-device net10.0-android / MAUI package.

Coverage: this assembly is excluded from org line-coverage via [assembly: ExcludeFromCodeCoverage] (see novolis-governance/docs/coverage-report.md). Unit tests in Novolis.IO.Unit exercise parsers, target selection, redaction, and artifact validation; live ADB/device paths are validated by the Adb utility and novolis-android.

Install

dotnet add package Novolis.IO.Mobile.Android

Prerequisites

Optional: set ANDROID_SERIAL to pin a device when several are attached.

Quick start

using Novolis.IO.Mobile.Android;

var adb = new AndroidDebugBridge();
Console.WriteLine($"{adb.Transport} via {adb.AdbPath}"); // transport = "protocol"

foreach (var device in adb.ListDevices())
    Console.WriteLine($"{device.Serial}\t{device.State}\t{device.Model}");

var info = adb.GetDeviceInfo();
Console.WriteLine(info.FormatReport()); // identity, build, CPU, display, battery, RAM, storage

For cancellable host workflows:

var ready = await adb.WaitForDeviceAsync(
    TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30),
    serial: null,
    cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
var logs = new AndroidDeviceDiagnostics(adb);
var capture = await logs.CaptureLogcatAsync(
    new AndroidLogcatOptions { Serial = ready.Serial, PackageName = "com.example.app" },
    cancellationToken);

Architecture

Your app ──► AndroidDebugBridge (Novolis façade)
                 │
                 ├─► AdvancedSharpAdbClient  ──TCP──► adb server (:5037) ──► USB / emulator
                 │
                 └─► AdbLocator / AdbServer.StartServer(adbPath)
                        (only to ensure the daemon is running)

Device & stats

adb.WaitForDevice(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));           // poll until State == Device
adb.GetState(serial);                                  // "device", …
adb.GetProp("ro.build.version.release");
adb.TryGetProp("ro.serialno");
var report = adb.GetDeviceInfo(serial).FormatReport();

GetDeviceInfo gathers identity, build/OS, ABI/CPU, display, battery, memory, storage, and a short dumpsys display excerpt (useful on foldables). Before writing a report to a ticket or artifact, call AndroidOutputRedactor.RedactDeviceInfo(info); the CLI info command uses this redacted form by default and requires --raw for local troubleshooting.

Shell, files, packages

var shell = adb.Shell("pm path com.example.app", serial);
adb.Push(@"D:\tmp\id.txt", "/data/local/tmp/id.txt", serial);
adb.Pull("/data/local/tmp/id.txt", @"D:\tmp\out.txt", serial);

var pkg = adb.TryGetPackageInfo("com.example.app", serial);
// pkg.ApkPath, VersionName, VersionCode, IsInstalled

adb.StartApp("com.example.app", serial);   // monkey launcher intent
adb.ForceStop("com.example.app", serial);
adb.Uninstall("com.example.app", serial);

When more than one ready device is attached, omit no target: pass an explicit serial or set ANDROID_SERIAL. The library returns an AndroidFailureKind.AmbiguousDevice failure instead of selecting the first phone.

Installing an APK

Prefer AndroidAppInstaller over raw Install when you want validation and post-checks.

var installer = new AndroidAppInstaller(adb);

var check = installer.ValidateApk(@"D:\out\app.apk");
if (!check.Ok)
    throw new InvalidOperationException(string.Join("; ", check.Errors));

var result = installer.Install(@"D:\out\app.apk", new ApkInstallOptions
{
    Serial = null,                         // or explicit serial / ANDROID_SERIAL
    Reinstall = true,                      // -r
    GrantPermissions = true,               // -g
    AllowDowngrade = false,                // -d
    ExpectedPackageName = "com.example.app",
    VerifyInstalled = true,                // pm path after install
    LaunchAfterInstall = false,
    DeviceWaitTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(45),
});

Console.WriteLine(result.Message);
if (result.Package is { } p)
    Console.WriteLine($"{p.PackageName} {p.VersionName} ({p.VersionCode})");

What validation covers

VerifyInstalled only runs when ExpectedPackageName is set. The installer accepts one .apk; .apks and .xapk are reported as unsupported bundle artifacts rather than being passed to the single-APK path.

Low-level install

adb.Install(apkPath, reinstall: true, serial);
adb.Install(apkPath, serial, "-r", "-g"); // explicit flags

Diagnostics and dogfooding

The reusable diagnostics surface can capture evidence without a UI:

dotnet run --project d:\novolis\novolis-utilities\src\Adb\Adb.csproj -p:NovolisUseProjectReferences=true
dotnet run --project d:\novolis\novolis-utilities\src\Adb\Adb.csproj -p:NovolisUseProjectReferences=true -- --smoke --serial R58M12ABCDE

For a repeatable developer command, install the PackAsTool Novolis.Tools.Android.Cli and use novolis-android doctor, novolis-android app install, novolis-android logcat, novolis-android screen shot, and novolis-android diagnostics collect.

Non-goals

• Android SDK / emulator / AVD lifecycle management
• scrcpy or a full remote-screen viewer
• On-device Xamarin / MAUI bindings
• Full Appium test orchestration

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