How can I adb install an apk to multiple connected devices?

Question

I have 7 devices plugged into my development machine.

Normally I do adb install and can install to just a single device.

Now

Answer 1

Here's a functional one line command tailored from kichik's response (thanks!):

adb devices | tail -n +2 | cut -sf 1 | xargs -iX adb -s X install -r *.apk

But if you happen to be using Maven it's even simpler:

mvn android:deploy

Answer 2

_{Originated from here: Make The Previous Post A Mass APK Installer That Does Not Uses ADB Install-Multi Syntax}

---

@echo off

:loop
      ::-------------------------- has argument ?
      if ["%~1"]==[""] (
        echo done.
        goto end
      )
      ::-------------------------- argument exist ?
      if not exist %~s1 (
        echo error "%~1" does not exist in file-system.
      ) else (
        echo "%~1" exist
        if exist %~s1\NUL (
          echo "%~1" is a directory
        ) else (
          echo "%~1" is a file! - time to install:
          call adb install %~s1
        )
      )
      ::--------------------------
      shift
      goto loop


:end

pause

::: ##########################################################################
::: ##                                                                      ##
::: ##  0. run:   adb devices   - to start the deamon and list your device  ##
::: ##                                                                      ##
::: ##  1. drag&drop ANY amount of files (APK) over this batch files,       ##
::: ##                                                                      ##
::: ##       - it will install them one by one.                             ##
::: ##       - it just checks if file exists.                               ##
::: ##       - it does not checks if it is a valid APK package              ##
::: ##       - it does not checks if package-already-installed              ##
::: ##       - if there is an error you can always press [CTRL]+[C]         ##
::: ##           to stop the script, and continue from the next one,        ##
::: ##           some other time.                                           ##
::: ##       - the file is copied as DOS's 8.3 naming to you                ##
::: ##           don't need to worry about wrapping file names or renaming  ##
::: ##           them, just drag&drop them over this batch.                 ##
::: ##                                                                      ##
::: ##                                   Elad Karako 1/1/2016               ##
::: ##                                   http://icompile.eladkarako.com     ##
::: ##########################################################################

Answer 3

Here is bash for install and run apk on all connected devices

Using

nick@nickolay:/home/workspace/MyProject$ > bash path/to/installAndRunApk.sh

installAndRunApk.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#--------find apk---------
apkFile=$(find -name '*.apk' -print | grep -oP '(?<=.).*(.apk)')

#--------find apkFilePath---------
if test -z "apkFile"
then
echo "apkFile: is NULL"
exit 0;
fi

echo "apkFile: ${apkFile}"
apkFilePath=$(pwd)${apkFile}
echo "apk file path: ${apkFilePath}"

#--------install---------
if test -z "$apkFilePath"
then
echo "apkFilePath: is NULL"
exit 0;
fi

echo "adb install -t -r ${apkFilePath}"
for SERIAL in $(adb devices | grep -v List | cut -f 1);
do `adb -s ${SERIAL} install -t -r ${apkFilePath}`;
done

#--------get applicationId---------
echo "aapt dump badging ${apkFilePath} | grep -oP '(?<=package: name=).*(?=versionCode)'"
applicationId=$(aapt dump badging ${apkFilePath} | grep -oP '(?<=package: name=).*(?=versionCode)')
echo "applicationId: is ${applicationId}"

#--------launch---------
if test -z "$applicationId"
then
echo "applicationId: is NULL"
exit 0;
fi

echo "____________________START_APPLICATION_ID________________________"
echo "applicationId: ${applicationId}"
echo "____________________END_APPLICATION_ID__________________________"
echo "____________________START_LAUNCHER______________________________"
for SERIAL in $(adb devices | grep -v List | cut -f 1);
do `adb -s ${SERIAL} shell monkey -p ${applicationId} -c android.intent.category.LAUNCHER 1`;
done
echo "____________________END_LAUNCHER________________________________"

Answer 4

PowerShell solution

function global:adba() {
    $deviceIds = iex "adb devices" | select -skip 1 |  %{$_.Split([char]0x9)[0].Trim() } | where {$_ -ne "" }
    foreach ($deviceId in $deviceIds) {
        Echo ("--Executing on device " + $deviceId + ":---")
        iex ("adb -s $deviceId " + $args)
    }
}

Put this in your profile file (notepad $PROFILE), restart your shell and you can invoke installations with :

adba install yourApp.apk

Answer 5

This command works perfect adb devices | awk 'NR>1{print $1}' | xargs -n1 -I% adb -s % install foo.apk

Answer 6

With this script you can just do:

adb+ install <path to apk>

Clean, simple.