How push and pull works in android

Support
1

How PULL a file from a device and Pushing a file from desktop to mobile works in Appium for android ?
@jonahss

2

Because the client and server may not be on the same physical/virtual device, you need to copy the file from the client to the server. We’ve written the following methods (in Ruby) to do just that for us:

def push_file(source, dest)
  contents = File.read(source)
  appium.push_file(dest, contents)
end

def pull_file(source, dest)
  contents = appium.pull_file(source)
  File.open(dest, 'wb') {|f| f.write(contents) }
end
3

How dos this work with java, checked this pull and push usage but doesnot gives a clear view of pushing apk, image, files or folder

4

@bibek_sahoo, it works the same way. The link you provided had to do with the file encoding, not whether or not the push and pull worked.

5

use adb if it can help you:

adb -s udid push path/to/desktop/file /path/to/save/file/on/device (ex: /mnt/sdcard/DCIM/)
6

Note that adb will only work if the server is on the same box as the client.