Adb shell commands to change settings or perform tasks on a phone

Question

How do I use adb to perform some automated tasks on my android phone? I need to find commands that I can issue from the command line (ideally, using a .bat file) that will

Answer 1

I'm working on the same set of issues. (I mostly solved the context issue with straight button presses by using the keyevent HOME and then MENU, but -- somehow -- even that's unreliable.) I'm currently investigating SL4A (Scripting Layer for Android), which has promise. It allows Perl, Python, Lua, and other scripting languages to interact with the Android API from your PC after starting an SL4A server on the device -- which can also be done from the PC. I'm finding "Pro Android Python with SL4A" to be an excellent resource; I would have saved myself days of trial-and-error and hunting on the Web if I had started with that book