This repository contains a pure-python implementation of the ADB and Fastboot protocols, using libusb1 for USB communications.

This is a complete replacement and rearchitecture of the Android project's ADB and fastboot code available at https://github.com/android/platform_system_core/tree/master/adb

This code is mainly targeted to users that need to communicate with Android devices in an automated fashion, such as in automated testing. It does not have a daemon between the client and the device, and therefore does not support multiple simultaneous commands to the same device. It does support any number of devices and never communicates with a device that it wasn't intended to, unlike the Android project's ADB.

Pros:

• Simpler code due to use of libusb1 and Python.
• API can be used by other Python code easily.
• Errors are propagated with tracebacks, helping debug connectivity issues.

Cons:

• Technically slower due to Python, mitigated by no daemon.
• Only one command per device at a time.
• More dependencies than Android's ADB.

Dependencies:

• libusb1 (1.0.16+)
• python-libusb1 (1.2.0+)
• python-progressbar (for fastboot_debug, 2.3+)
• python-m2crypto (0.21.1+)