Send Intent with Extras From ADB over TCPIP to Android Device

Question

I've sent intents without extras to my SyncReceiver(BroadcastReceiver) successfully using

adb -s <ip_address> shell am broadcast -a com.istock.ALERT

However when I add extras the OnReceive event of SyncReceiver is never called, an example of sending an intent with extras

adb -s <ip_address> shell am broadcast -a com.istock.ALERT --es title "Alert Title"

I found a post on SO with pretty much the same issue, however when I implement the fix it still doesn't call the OnReceive event of the SyncReceiver

adb -s <ip_address> shell am broadcast -a com.istock.ALERT -n com.istock/.SyncReceiver --es title "Alert Title"

At this point I just don't understand why I can receive intents without extras sent via adb and am unable to receive intents with extras any idea?

start the shell first `adb -s shell` then run your `am broadcast` command — Alex P., Jun 07 '18 at 19:01
Again thank you, this is going to make it so much easier to incorporate into a Mobile Device Management Application. — nulltron, Jun 07 '18 at 19:37

nulltron · Answer 1 · 2018-06-07T19:36:28.603

My issue was cause by using the command in one line, once I separated the command into 2 parts it worked as intended.

ORIGINAL:

adb -s <ip_address> shell am broadcast -a com.istock.ALERT --es title "Alert Title"

WORKING:

adb -s <ip_address> shell

am broadcast -a com.istock.ALERT --es title "Alert Title"

ULTIMATE SOLUTION:

I really wanted to be able to do this in one line (it would make it easier to work into a Mobile Device Management (MDM) Application. Thanks to @Alex P. for his answer on this post.

ADB seems to mangle the strings encapsulated in Double Quotes ("") a work around he suggests works, just use single quotes ('').

adb -s <ip_address> shell am broadcast -a com.istock.ALERT --es title 'Alert Title' --es message 'Alert Message'

Send Intent with Extras From ADB over TCPIP to Android Device

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