android_manager

Do backups and restores of apps installed in your Android phone via the Android USB Debug

Requirements

1. Enable Android USB debug.

   1. In your Android phone, go to Settings

   2. Go to "About phone"

   3. Click repeatedly over "Build number" until you see a pop up window saying that you are a developer now, you might get ask for confirmation with your security protection (pin, password, fingerprint, face, ...)

   4. Go to "System"

   5. Go to "Developer options"

   6. Enable "USB debbuging"

2. Connect your phone via USB to your computer

Installation

Linux

To install for example in your ~/.local/bin folder:

./install.sh --destination ~/.local/bin

To install system-wide:

sudo ./install.sh --destination /usr/local/bin

Change your configuration file in "${HOME}/.config/android_manager.conf" (see the example in the config folder).

Windows (from PowerShell)

Ensure you have "C:\Users${env:USERNAME}\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python${python_version}\Scripts" in your Path environment variable.

& $(where.exe pip).split()[0] install .

Usage

android_manager.py [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]

General options

short	long	parameter	description
-d	--debug-level	critical, error, warning, info, debug, notset	Set the debug level for the standard output.
-l	--log-file	TEXT	File to store all debug messages.
-f	--cache-file	TEXT	Cache file to store data from each run
-a	--max-cache-age	INTEGER	Max age in seconds for the cache
-H	--host	TEXT	ADB server host name or IP.
-p	--port	INTEGER	ADB server port to use.
	--config	FILE	Read configuration from FILE.
	--help		Show this message and exit.

Commands

Backup Android apps: backup-apps

Backup apps options

short	long	parameter	description
-p	--backup-path	TEXT	Path to save the backed APKs [required]
-n	--just-names		Save only the filename
	--config	FILE	Read configuration from FILE.
	--help		Show this message and exit.

Restore Android apps: restore-apps

Restore apps options

short	long	parameter	description
-p	--backup-text-file	TEXT	Path to save the backed APKs [required]
-n	--device-product-name	TEXT	Device product name to install the apps. If not indicated it will install in the first device found.
	--config	FILE	Read configuration from FILE.
	--help		Show this message and exit.