Retrieve database or any other file from the Internal Storage using run-as

Question

On a non-rooted android device, I can navigate to the data folder containing the database using the run-as command with my package name. Most files types I am c

Answer 1

Steps to pull app db(installed in debug mode) from device

Close DB connection if opened

Open cmd (command prompt) (Change dir to your adb path)

cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools

(list the app files)

adb -d shell "run-as com.xyz.name ls /data/data/com.xyz.name/files/"

(copy required file to sdcard)

adb -d shell "run-as com.xyz.name cp /data/data/com.xyz.name/files/abc.db /sdcard/abc.db"

(copy from sdcard to machine adb folder)

adb pull /sdcard/abc.db

Open DB connection

Destination file path in my case C:\Users{userName}\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools Or Device storage