TC701 Product Reference Guide

Installing Applications Using Wireless ADB

Use the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) to install an application over a Wi-Fi network, without needing a USB cable connection.

Before you begin, complete these prerequisite steps:

Install the Android SDK Platform-Tools on your host computer.

Save the application's

.apk

file to your host computer.

Connect the device and the host computer to the same Wi-Fi network.

Enable Developer options on the device.

On the device, go to

Settings

System

Developer options

.

Scroll down and touch the

Wireless debugging

toggle to enable it.

In the

Allow wireless debugging on this network?

dialog box, touch

Allow

.

Touch the

Wireless debugging

text to open its settings screen and note the IP address and port number under

IP address & Port

.

On the same screen, touch

Pair device with pairing code

and note the new IP address, port, and Wi-Fi pairing code that display.

On the host computer, open a terminal window and execute the

adb pair

command with the IP address and port from the

Pair with device

dialog:

adb pair 192.168.1.100:41235

When the terminal prompts you, enter the pairing code from the device and press Enter.

The terminal confirms

Successfully paired

.

Execute the

adb connect

command with the IP address and original port number from the main

Wireless debugging

screen:

adb connect 192.168.1.100:37899

The terminal confirms the connection.

Execute

adb devices

to confirm the connection. The output lists your device's IP address.

Execute the

adb install

command with the path to your

.apk

file:

adb install C:\path\to\your\app.apk

A

Success

message displays, and the application icon now displays in the device's app drawer.

When you finish, disconnect the session with the

adb disconnect

command.