Using LINUX commands in App Inventor. Extension

TIMAI2 · May 6, 2020, 12:52pm

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.shell-exec.php

Anke · July 4, 2020, 4:04pm

I didn't get anything with this command (Firefox, Chrome, Win 7 pro, Galaxy Note8 - Android 9, Nexus5x - Android 8.1). Nothing from curl --version, curl --help etc.
Any clue why?

TIMAI2 · July 4, 2020, 4:08pm

Probably not installed on your device (it isn't on mine either....)
Check what is with:

ls /system/bin/

Anke · July 4, 2020, 4:32pm

Yes curl is not there and also some other commands that I'm missing. So what to do?
Does it depend on my adb.exe (I have no clue of that)?

TIMAI2 · July 4, 2020, 4:35pm

No it is just about the device and what was installed as default by the phone provider.
Worth having a look in some of your other devices?
Need to be rooted to be able to install other packages to the busybox

fahadboss10 · September 11, 2020, 5:58pm

Really useful extension, @Juan_Antonio!

Can we get ping result like this?

Juan_Antonio · September 12, 2020, 8:15am

KIO4_Terminal.Run
commandLine ping -c 1 google.com

or

ping -c 1 https://www.google.com

fahadboss10 · September 12, 2020, 8:18am

I meant to say that currently we get result after executing all the command.
Can we get result asynchronously? Like in shell or cmd.

Juan_Antonio · September 12, 2020, 10:51am

not possible with this extension, this is a workaround:
pingg

TIMAI2 · January 18, 2021, 3:14pm

I am finding on my Android 10 & 11 devices that there is nothing reported back with

ls /system/bin

System command files are there though. If you type:

which ls

you should get back

/system/bin/ls

Thanks Google

jean-marc_Latour · February 9, 2021, 7:00pm

Hello i Tried it but nothing happend...must i be rooted to use it ?

Taifun · February 9, 2021, 7:10pm

yes, as already mentioned

Taifun

pabloo · February 21, 2021, 3:33pm

Hi,
Is there an option to call this two commands in app inventor when button is clicked?

1) adb shell settings put global private_dns_mode off
2) adb shell settings put global private_dns_specifier some.dns

Juan_Antonio · February 21, 2021, 4:21pm

With this extension you cannot call ADB when you press a button in the application.

easrng · March 11, 2021, 3:27pm

It is possible but not easy to set up ADB like that. Instead, I suggest you set up Termux-ADB and use an ActivityStarter to run the command in Termux. You may need to root your device or unlock it's bootloader.

TIMAI2 · March 11, 2021, 4:25pm

@easrng

Do you have any details on how to access termux using Activity Starter ?

easrng · March 11, 2021, 4:30pm

Actually I was wrong, I don't think it will work with ActivityStarter, but it should be fairly simple to make an extension to run things in termux. See this comment for info on how to do it.

TIMAI2 · March 11, 2021, 4:40pm

Yes, that is where I have been looking. Most things make sense for Activity Starter, but not sure about this one:

Third-party program must declare com.termux.permission.RUN_COMMAND permission and it should be granted by user.

easrng · March 11, 2021, 5:40pm

Screen1.requestPermission maybe?

wensheng_jws · June 15, 2021, 4:21am

How can I install curl 7.58.0 on my phone? Thanks.