Use Android API functions with ADB

Question

Is it possible to use the android api functions from the adb? If its possible, what is the syntax to do so? For example I'd like to call the "DATA_CONNECTED" function from android.telephony and get its return value. Link: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.html#CALL_STATE_OFFHOOK

Answer 1

There is no DATA_CONNECTED function in Android TelephonyManager. It is a 0x00000002 constant - one of possible response codes to the getDataState() function.

The way you call getDataState() from adb shell is:

service call phone 32

Update: if your phone runs anything older than jb-mr2, the command should be:

service call phone 31

P.S. just finished my write-up on Calling Android services from ADB shell - it includes a small bash script to look up calling codes for any service/method for a specific device.