Using ADB command know the name of application focussed using adb

Question

I am using the

adb shell input keyevent KEYCODE_DPAD_LEFT

to focus on an application, now i want to know the name of the application on which this has focussed using adb shell command.

NOTE: not exactly the name of application, it can focus on anything. SO i want to get the Text on which it focusses.

also http://stackoverflow.com/q/26586685/1778421 to find out which specific view has the focus — Alex P., Jan 11 '17 at 19:07

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 18 '13 at 11:04

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Ok. To do it, you need to use grep terminal application on your phone (the easiest way with rooted phone with busybox package). Let do the same steps as below:

C:\Users\Hasan>adb shell input keyevent KEYCODE_DPAD_LEFT

C:\Users\Hasan>adb shell
shell@android:/ $ su
su
root@android:/ # dumpsys window windows | grep -E 'mCurrentFocus|mFocusedApp'
dumpsys window windows | grep -E 'mCurrentFocus|mFocusedApp'
  mCurrentFocus=Window{42079c60 com.jrummy.liberty.toolboxpro/com.jrummy.apps.rom.toolbox.RomToolboxActivity paused=false}
  mFocusedApp=AppWindowToken{4283d918 token=Token{426709a8 ActivityRecord{41e37c60 com.jrummy.liberty.toolboxpro/com.jrummy.apps.rom.toolbox.RomToolboxActivity}}}
root@android:/ #

Now you'll see which activity has focus :)

answered Jun 18 '13 at 11:04

Michał Rowicki

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If device is unrooted is there any way – user1747819 Jun 18 '13 at 12:14
Of course, just use first part of instruction: dumpsys window windows and then in your app/script grep answer from terminal (you can use any regular expression to find these lines). – Michał Rowicki Jun 18 '13 at 12:32
Its not giving the corret app in focus – user1747819 Jun 18 '13 at 13:53
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It is impossible, this command always show you which app has focus. Show me your results. – Michał Rowicki Jun 18 '13 at 14:00

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 11 '17 at 17:43

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You can use:

adb shell uiautomator dump /dev/tty

You will get an XML describing the current screen, one of the many <node>-elements will have an attribute focused="true". It may also have a text-attribute and a lot more UI-informations.

answered Jan 11 '17 at 17:43

Sascha N.

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