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Starting the default launcher

using adb

If you’re stuck with a custom launcher (e.g. OUYA’s) and want to get back to the stock launcher, rst connect with
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2. adb shell

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1. am start -c android.intent.category.HOME -a android.intent.action.MAIN

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This will dispatch an intent ltered by category android.intent.category.HOME and action

android.intent.action.MAIN. You should also be able to dispatch an explicit intent, passing the full package and

class name:

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1. am start -n com.android.launcher/com.android.launcher.Launcher

Sadly, this didn’t work on AndroVM’s 4.1.x; perhaps the launcher’s name is di erent. Not that I care particularly

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2 thoughts on “Starting the default launcher using adb”

Ivan
June 5, 2013 at 8:29 am

Wait a minute, you are on Android now? Steve Jobs too? Did I miss something yesterday?

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June 5, 2013 at 10:19 am

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