How to use an android device for development wirelessly?

NOTE: Since you are here, I am assuming you already know about basic android development & you have your android development setup ready.

Let’s get started.

• First of all, enable developers option on your mobile device.
  

• Now to communicate to your mobile device from your laptop / pc, we will be using Android Debug Bridge (adb). Refer the link to see how you can install adb on your laptop / pc.
  

• Run this command to verify that adb is installed & working properly.

adb --version

• Now, connect your android device to your laptop / pc through wired connection (USB or any other) and set transfer mode to Files Transfer.

• Once this is done, open terminal or command prompt or windows power shell on your laptop / pc, type this command.

adb devices

If all goes well, you should see list of connected devices.

• Now, let’s make your android device wirelessly available for development. Type this command to start the adb server on port 5555.

adb tcpip 5555

• Now, find out the IP address of the common network on which your mobile device & laptop / pc are connected.

Note: Make sure your mobile and laptop / pc are connected to the same WiFi Network.

• Now, type this command to connect to your device wirelessly.

adb connect <your-common-network-ip-address>:5555

• Once done, type adb devices . You will see list of devices connected. If all went good, you will notice one device named as per your ip address in the list.

• Now, to verify that all is working fine, disconnect your device’s USB (or wired) connection from your laptop / pc and run adb devices again & check if your device is listed.

Source: Medium - Harsh Vardhan Gautam

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