How To Setup ADB On Microsoft Windows

Android Debug Bridge (ADB) is a tool that Google offers for developers to debug various parts of the applications or the system, which we can use for all kinds of neat and hidden tricks.

A prerequisite to these tricks is installing ADB on your PC. Follow along for the operating system on your computer 🖥️.

What Is ADB (Android Debug Bridge)

The internal structure of ADB is based on the classic client server architecture. There are three types of ADB (Android Debug Bridge);

The client, i.e. the PC or Mac you have connected your Android device.
A daemon (adbd) which run commands on a device. The daemon run as a background process on each device.
A server, which manage communication between the client and the daemon. The daemon runs as a background process on the PC/Mac

How To Install ADB (Android Debug Bridge) On Microsoft Windows

In this guide, we will show you how to install ADB on Windows in quick and easy steps.

Download the Android SDK tools platform file for windows.
Extract the contents of the zip file into an easily accessible folder 📁.
Open Windows explorer and browse to where you extracted the contents of the zip file.
Open a command prompt from the same directory as the ADB binary. Do this by holding Shift and Right-clicking within the folder then click the *open command window here* option. (Some windows 10 users may see PowerShell instead of Command Prompt)
Connect your tablet or smartphone to your computer with a USB cable. Change the USB mode to file transfer (MTP) mode.
In the command prompt window, enter the following command to launch the ADB daemon: adb devices
On your phone's screen,you should see a prompt to allow or deny USB debugging access. Tap the always allow from this computer check box if you never want to see that prompt again and press ok.
Finally, re-enter the command from step #6. If everything is successful, you should now see your devices serial number in the command prompt or PowerShell window.