ADB — (Android Debug Bridge)

As the name says, its a complete tool for ondevice debugging. It provides access to device data.

- let it be accessing different databases on device those are created by different applications. Imp for accessing data/data directory on Device your device has to be dev rooted.

e.g. for accessing databases on android, One need to go to data

From command line

> adb shell

you are in a android shell.

> cd data/data

>cd application.package.name

cd databases

then use sqlite3 utility for opening xxx.db

e.g. > sqlite3  xxx.db

SQLite version 3.5.9
Enter “.help” for instructions

If you want to see tables in the xxx.db
sqlite> .tables;

- A good source of adb command and its usage is

http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=ADB