When pressing the “Run” button in Android Studio, adb is used to copy the resulting APK file to the device and install it.

ADB allows programs to be stopped and started, files to be copied to or from the device, new APKs to be installed, running processes’ CPU and memory to be monitored, and logs to be accessed (amongst many other actions). The Android Debug Bridge (ADB) protocol allows Android Studio to communicate via the adb program with the device, normally attached via USB. Otherwise, on to the explanation! What is ADB?

More elegant: Add a second WiFi adapter to the PC.

Appendix: USB WiFi Models – Acquire a small WiFi adapter.

To avoid losing WiFi internet access on the PC while programming or debugging the robot, see the following additional sections:

Connect wirelessly to program and debug an FTC robot.

Add several useful “External Tools” for ADB to Android Studio.

Simple: Join the WiFi Direct network from the PC.

To get straight to the “how-to” and skip the explanation of how or why this works (and if it’s okay to lose Internet access on the PC while programming or debugging the robot), see the following three most important sections: This also means repeatedly unplugging and plugging the Micro-B USB connectors, which are fragile and easily broken. This means getting up from the comfy chair, removing the device from the robot, plugging it into the computer, and then reconnecting it to the robot.

Programming an FTC robot normally requires the user to connect the robot’s Android device (phone) to the computer via USB and press the “Run” button in Android Studio.

Android studio app needs to use wifi