How to start and stop android service from a adb shell?

Question

I need to write a shell script to start and stop an android service .

Answer 1

If you want to run the script in adb shell, then I am trying to do the same, but with an application. I think you can use "am start" command

usage: am [subcommand] [options]

start an Activity: am start [-D] [-W] 
    -D: enable debugging
    -W: wait for launch to complete

**start a Service: am startservice **

send a broadcast Intent: am broadcast 

start an Instrumentation: am instrument [flags] 
    -r: print raw results (otherwise decode REPORT_KEY_STREAMRESULT)
    -e  : set argument  to 
    -p : write profiling data to 
    -w: wait for instrumentation to finish before returning

start profiling: am profile  start 
stop profiling: am profile  stop

start monitoring: am monitor [--gdb ]
    --gdb: start gdbserv on the given port at crash/ANR

 specifications include these flags:
    [-a ] [-d ] [-t ]
    [-c  [-c ] ...]
    [-e|--es   ...]
    [--esn  ...]
    [--ez   ...]
    [-e|--ei   ...]
    [-n ] [-f ]
    [--grant-read-uri-permission] [--grant-write-uri-permission]
    [--debug-log-resolution]
    [--activity-brought-to-front] [--activity-clear-top]
    [--activity-clear-when-task-reset] [--activity-exclude-from-recents]
    [--activity-launched-from-history] [--activity-multiple-task]
    [--activity-no-animation] [--activity-no-history]
    [--activity-no-user-action] [--activity-previous-is-top]
    [--activity-reorder-to-front] [--activity-reset-task-if-needed]
    [--activity-single-top]
    [--receiver-registered-only] [--receiver-replace-pending]
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