如何在应用程序内执行ADB命令

Question

I've got a partially rooted android device. By partial root, I mean that I can only run root commands through ADB. I've figured out how to run these commands locally from within a terminal emulator on the device itself. My question is, how would I go about writing the code for an Android application that executes an ADB command (or multiple commands) from a button press? I can't find anything that explains how to run direct ADB commands through an app interface. Just to clarify, anything that involves "su" will not work on this device. It only accepts ADB input for root access.

Answer 1

Not sure if it works on Android, but have you tried this:

Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process pr = rt.exec("adb do something as root");

If you provide more info about what exactly you need to use adb for in this manner, there may be a better workaround. It is very unlikely you actually need this behavior in app, and I believe it would be generally frowned upon. It sounds like you want your app to have root, but this seems like a very unportable and unnecessary approach.