SUCCESS! I'm not going to copy the shellcommand.java file, but digging through it more and experimenting, I got something that works which I can now expand on.
Thanks a lot. On Jan 7, 12:48 pm, Roger Podacter <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry for not explaining it quite clearly the first time. So those 2 > little code snippets I just posted above, those are from the > ds2784battery class we used in my app, near the end of the file. > > Those are actually using the shellcommand class we imported. And when > those code snippets give you the actual result of whatever command you > put in quotes, and return it to you as a string. > > However you also could just look right at the shellcommand class and > see the inputstream code right from the try catch statements and > mimick that in your code. But we just used the class to make it easy > since the work is there done already. > > Hope this helps a little. > > On Jan 7, 8:00 am, Jay <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I see, > > > I'll take another look. > > > Thanks, > > > On Jan 6, 5:14 pm, Roger Podacter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > what doesnt make sense? i'll use the two commands we used as example, > > > "cat" and "echo". we had to use those two. the shellcommand works > > > for both root access, and non-root if that's what you want. from the > > > code all we did is: > > > > ShellCommand shell_command = new ShellCommand(); > > > CommandResult command_result = > > > shell_command.sh.runWaitFor("echo > > > xx"); > > > > replace whatever terminal command you want between the quotes "" > > > there. > > > > you could also do that same command as root access (not really > > > relevant here, just example) by replacing the SHELL with SU, so: > > > > CommandResult command_result = shell_command.su.runWaitFor("echo xx"); > > > > me and my partner wrote the battery calibrator app. but we just asked > > > for permission from the guy who wrote the shellcommand class. sorry i > > > dont know his name, my bud contacted him. but there is a short thread > > > on XDA about it. sorry there's not any docs that i know of. > > > > i linked you to it because the shellcommand does show how to get the > > > inputstream and all. you likely could just take just that portion > > > from the try/catch commands, and put it into your own code to run the > > > exec call and all. otherwise you could see about just including the > > > entire shellcommand class in your code like we did. > > > > On Jan 6, 1:57 pm, Jay <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The terminal emulator code doesn't make since to me. Looks like > > > > there's some native code stuff going on in there. > > > > > As for the battery calibration app, who exactly wrote the > > > > ShellCommand.java file, and is there any documentation to go with it? > > > > It sort of makes sense, but I can't piece it together. A google search > > > > didn't turn up much. > > > > > Thanks > > > > > On Jan 4, 3:42 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Note that shell commands are not part of the SDK, so there are no > > > > > guarantees > > > > > that commands you are executing will continue to work in the future. > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Jay <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > This is exactly the kind of stuff I was looking for. > > > > > > > I'll dig in, thanks. > > > > > > > On Jan 3, 11:25 am, Roger Podacter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > i just replied to this thread but i guess i'm new so the post > > > > > > > didnt go > > > > > > > thru? > > > > > > > > i just used "cat" and "echo" commands in my app we just finished > > > > > > > recently. the person above who mentioned getting the InputStream > > > > > > > is > > > > > > > correct. i cant paste in the entire code example, but if you > > > > > > > search > > > > > > > the web for "shellcommand" this is already developed to allow you > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > easily perform terminal commands of this nature in your java > > > > > > > code. it > > > > > > > clearly shows how to get the exec call return etc. > > > > > > > > i linked the source code of my app for reference on github, but > > > > > > > i'm > > > > > > > probably not allowed to post links yet. > > > > > > > > hope this message goes thru this time. > > > > > > > > RP > > > > > > > > On Jan 3, 8:01 am, FrankG <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Seems that you are looking for a terminal emulator like this > > > > > > > > one .. > > > > > > > > >https://github.com/jackpal/Android-Terminal-Emulator/wiki > > > > > > > > > Good luck ! > > > > > > > > > Frank > > > > > > > > > On 31 Dez. 2010, 22:48, Jay <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I started reading that, but it still doesn't complete sense. > > > > > > > > > Are > > > > > > there > > > > > > > > > any other more descriptive documents on this out there? > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 30, 7:33 pm, jotobjects <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > You get an InputStream from the Process returned by the > > > > > > > > > > exec call. > > > > > > > > > > Read and study the javadoc for java.lang.Runtime an > > > > > > java.lang.Process. > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 30, 3:14 pm, Jay <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I also want to be able to run commands like 'ls' and 'cat' > > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 30, 5:09 pm, Jay <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's what I'm trying to accomplish: I want to be able > > > > > > > > > > > > to show > > > > > > dmesg > > > > > > > > > > > > logs and logcat output in an app I'm writing. I know > > > > > > > > > > > > that I'm > > > > > > supposed > > > > > > > > > > > > to use Runtime.getRuntime().exec(), however other than > > > > > > > > > > > > that, > > > > > > I'm > > > > > > > > > > > > pretty lost. I tried to find some examples, but > > > > > > > > > > > > couldn't. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can someone here give me some information on how to do > > > > > > > > > > > > this? > > > > > > Maybe > > > > > > > > > > > > point me to some example code. Aside from doing the > > > > > > > > > > > > following > > > > > > in my > > > > > > > > > > > > code: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Runtime.getRuntime().exec("dmesg"); > > > > > > > > > > > > > or > > > > > > > > > > > > > Runtime.getRuntime().exec("logcat"); > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure what else to do to be able to read dmesg > > > > > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > logcat > > > > > > > > > > > > outputs. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks,- Zitierten Text ausblenden - > > > > > > > > > > - Zitierten Text anzeigen -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > > [email protected]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > > -- > > > > > Dianne Hackborn > > > > > Android framework engineer > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > > > > > to > > > > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. 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