getting network/data usage via adb

Question

I am looking to figure out how much data an application is sending and receiving on an android handset running 2.3 through adb/adb shell

The closest thread I have found was this

Tracking an application's network statistics (netstats) using ADB

but it doesn't work for me.

Ideally I would like to see the network stats for a given application and also know how to wipe/reset these stats if needed.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

You can use trafficStats class to calculate internet usage for different applications installed in the device if using adb/adb shell isn't a necessary requirement

       final PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
        // get a list of installed apps.
        List<ApplicationInfo> packages = pm
                .getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);

        // loop through the list of installed packages and see if the selected
        // app is in the list
        for (ApplicationInfo packageInfo : packages) {

        // get the UID for the selected app
        UID = packageInfo.uid;
          //internet usage for particular app(sent and received) 
        long recived = TrafficStats.getUidRxBytes(UID);
        long send = TrafficStats.getUidTxBytes(UID);


        }

Internet Usage for your application only :

receivedMbs = (double) TrafficStats.getUidRxBytes(android.os.Process
                .myUid()) / (1024 * 1024);
sentMbs = (double) TrafficStats.getUidTxBytes(android.os.Process
                .myUid()) / (1024 * 1024);

Related links :

TrafficStats Api android and calculation of daily data usage

traffic stats example

Hope it helps .

Answer 2

echo $(($(adb shell ifconfig rmnet_mhi0|grep "RX bytes"|cut -d ":" -f 2|cut -d " " -f 1)/1024)) Mb

but this is since last reboot or last connection.

or: https://gist.github.com/Zibri/387f0bd0acf09f71384ce78dd45aa058

#!/bin/bash
# Get android network usage statistics from phone.
# by Zibri
function getUsage () 
{ 
    rb=0;
    tb=0;
    for a in $(adb shell dumpsys netstats|grep "rb="|cut -d "=" -f 3|cut -d " " -f 1);
    do
        rb=$((rb+a/1024));
    done;
    rb=$((rb/2));
    for a in $(adb shell dumpsys netstats|grep "rb="|cut -d "=" -f 5|cut -d " " -f 1);
    do
        tb=$((tb+a/1024));
    done;
    tb=$((tb/2));
    echo RX: $rb Kb TX: $tb Kb
    echo Total: $(((rb+tb)/1024)) Mb
};
getUsage

which gives you the same number you get in settings/data usage menu.
(in my case this is what I needed).