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Android CLI

Use the Android CLI to inspect environments, discover commands, manage skills and verify builds and device behavior from the terminal.

Beginner to IntermediateSelf-paced7 modules13 available lessons

Your path, one skill at a time.

Use the Android CLI to inspect environments, discover commands, manage skills and verify builds and device behavior from the terminal. Follow six teaching modules, each with a practical assignment, then combine the skills in the final project. Start with the introduction even if the tools are familiar: it defines the scope and boundaries of the path.

Self-paced. Complete each exercise and use its checkpoint before moving to the next module. Revisit any prerequisite you cannot yet demonstrate.

What you’ll learn

  • Record tool versions and selected device explicitly
  • Stop on failed commands rather than reporting false success
  • Keep installation and destructive operations separate from read-only diagnosis

THE CURRICULUM

Build your knowledge, step by step.

13 lessons across 7 modules. Open a module to explore its lessons and practical work.

01MODULE 01What the Android CLI is for2 lessons · Self-paced
  • CLI and agent roles
  • Existing tools
  • Command discovery

Understand terminal-oriented Android workflows and their limits.

  1. 01What the Android CLI is forLesson · Self-paced
  2. 02Practice: What the Android CLI is forLab · Self-paced

Ready to move on when: You can distinguish environment, build and device failures.

02MODULE 02Environment and project diagnosis2 lessons · Self-paced
  • Version inventory
  • Path and workspace
  • Read-only first

Establish a reliable baseline before changing the workspace.

  1. 01Environment and project diagnosisLesson · Self-paced
  2. 02Practice: Environment and project diagnosisLab · Self-paced

Ready to move on when: The report allows another engineer to reproduce the environment issue.

03MODULE 03Building and selecting variants2 lessons · Self-paced
  • Variant awareness
  • Exit codes and logs
  • Incremental diagnosis

Run explicit checks and interpret their results.

  1. 01Building and selecting variantsLesson · Self-paced
  2. 02Practice: Building and selecting variantsLab · Self-paced

Ready to move on when: A failed check cannot be reported as a successful workflow.

04MODULE 04Devices, deployment and observation2 lessons · Self-paced
  • Device selection
  • Install and launch
  • Runtime evidence

Make runtime verification reproducible.

  1. 01Devices, deployment and observationLesson · Self-paced
  2. 02Practice: Devices, deployment and observationLab · Self-paced

Ready to move on when: Your report identifies the exact build, device and behavior verified.

05MODULE 05Skills and agent-driven workflows2 lessons · Self-paced
  • Skill management
  • Action boundaries
  • Idempotent workflows

Use the CLI as a controlled execution surface.

  1. 01Skills and agent-driven workflowsLesson · Self-paced
  2. 02Practice: Skills and agent-driven workflowsLab · Self-paced

Ready to move on when: Each operation has a known side effect and a reason to run.

06MODULE 06Automation and team handoff2 lessons · Self-paced
  • Reproducible commands
  • CI differences
  • Useful reporting

Package the terminal workflow without personal-machine assumptions.

  1. 01Automation and team handoffLesson · Self-paced
  2. 02Practice: Automation and team handoffLab · Self-paced

Ready to move on when: The workflow either produces evidence or stops with an actionable explanation.

07MODULE 07Capstone and portfolio review1 lessons · Self-paced
  • Record tool versions and selected device explicitly
  • Stop on failed commands rather than reporting false success
  • Keep installation and destructive operations separate from read-only diagnosis

Create a reproducible terminal workflow that diagnoses an Android project, builds it, runs a targeted check and captures device evidence.

  1. 01Capstone: Android CLIProject · Self-paced

Ready to move on when: Demonstrate every acceptance criterion and explain the tradeoffs without relying on the lesson text.

PROVE YOUR SKILLS

A portfolio you can build, explain, and defend.

  • Record tool versions and selected device explicitly
  • Stop on failed commands rather than reporting false success
  • Keep installation and destructive operations separate from read-only diagnosis

Use the final review rubric to identify gaps. Lesson completion tracks study progress; readiness comes from independently demonstrating the work.

Open the portfolio review rubric →