# Maestro Announces dadb, a Kotlin/Java Library for Direct Android Device Communication

DevFeed: [Maestro Announces dadb, a Kotlin/Java Library for Direct Android Device Communication](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/our-first-open-source-project-22916.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://maestro.dev/blog/our-first-open-source-project>)

Author: Leland Takamine

Published: 2021-11-29T08:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [mobile.dev - Medium](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mobile-dev-medium.md>)

Topics: [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>), [Java](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/java.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [apk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apk.md>), [applications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applications.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/library.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [process](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/process.md>), [processes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/processes.md>), [project](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/project.md>), [unix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/unix.md>)

## AI overview

Maestro announces dadb, an open-source Kotlin/Java library that communicates directly with Android devices without requiring the adb binary or an ADB server. The library uses a pure Kotlin implementation of the ADB protocol to simplify emulator communication and reduce external process dependencies.

## Source excerpt

We are mobile engineers who have spent our careers building mobile applications at industry-leading companies like Uber, and we've made it our mission to solve the hard problems...