adb input tap is slow

Question

This is my first time trying to automate an android game and using adb. I would like to send tap commands to my phone, but it seems like they are too slow. I've seen that some solutions to this are to send either raw bytes, or to use get/sendevents, but I'm having trouble implementing them. Here is the relevant code:

    if detect_tile(c1):
       device.shell("input touchscreen tap 90 943")

What would you suggest for implementation?

note: my device is not rooted

See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69751137/how-to-make-adb-tap-fast-adbpython — Diego Torres Milano, Dec 03 '21 at 17:14

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 02 '21 at 05:55

it's happened to me before. When I click PIN number (6 numbers) at a bank application by using adb input tap it takes time around 3 - 4 seconds but when I use monkeyrunner, it's able to automate taps very fast and takes time around 0.5 - 1 second.

You can try to use the monkeyrunner tool. It uses Jython, but the syntax is almost the same as Python.

adb input tap is slow

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