Following are the adb shell commands for generating input events which can help us to browse the applications or go to menu using adb. Swipe Up $ adb shell input swipe 100 100 0 0 Swipe Horizontal $ adb shell input swipe 200 200 0 0 Go to Home Menu $ adb shell input keyevent 3 Key event for Swipe Up / Up $ adb shell input keyevent 19 Key event for Swipe down / down $ adb shell input keyevent 20 Key event for enter / Touch to Select $ adb shell input keyevent 23

Execution & Command Syntax

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adb shell commands for generating input events which can help us to browse the applications or go to menu using adb
Terminalbash
adb shell input swipe 100 100 0 0 Swipe Horizontal $ adb shell input swipe 200 200 0 0 Go to Home Menu $ adb shell input keyevent 3 Key event for Swipe Up / Up $ adb shell input keyevent 19 Key event for Swipe down / down $ adb shell input keyevent 20 Key event for enter / Touch to Select $ adb shell input keyevent 23

Gotchas and Common Issues

  • Permission Verification - confirm execution permissions and path variables before invoking system binaries.

  • Version Compatibility - check software version release notes for deprecated flags or syntax changes.

  • Log Monitoring - inspect system logs (journalctl or /var/log) to troubleshoot execution failures.

Following these steps ensures clean configuration, proper security boundaries, and reliable execution for adb shell – generate input events to browse applications / menu.