How to add .sh on apk install and execute them?

Question

Well the title say it, but the issue is this:

I have a .sh file with a command su touch /sdcard/test.txt to see if it works. But I don't know how to include it when the user install the app. How could I add it? I thought about using something like:

su
touch /sdcard/folder/path/test.sh
vi /sdcard/folder/path/test.sh

and there create the .sh file, but I don't know how to send the esc key to be able to :wq I know how to execute the file, and yes my phone is rooted. I just need to know how to include it when the apk is installed and/or how to send the esc key to finish the vi command.

Thanks

EDIT: I created a .sh file called test.sh and I created a app which one is for root users. The test.sh file only have touch /sdcard/test.txt just to see if my java code works. I created a simple app with one button and inside that button click I have this:

test.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
        {
            public void onClick(View v)
            {
                try
                {
                    Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {"su","-c","sh ./path where .sh will be/test.sh"});
                    proc.waitFor();
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    String TAG = null;
                    Log.i(TAG, "Doesn't work", ex);
                }
            }
        });

BUT I don't know how to or where I have to add my test.sh file so when the user install my app the file is there. I tried including

Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {"su","-c","touch /sdcard/prueba.sh ; vi /sdcard/prubea.sh ; ****Don't know how to edit, use ESC key and :wq****});
                    proc.waitFor();

Now when I click my button the app keeps running waiting for me to end the vi command, but I don't know how to since I will have to press esc to be able to :wq... Hope this makes it clear

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 04 '12 at 20:49

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If you are sure that you have vi installed on the phone, just look up the hex code in ascii for ESC and write that to the input buffer.

Here's a good ASCII chart cppreference.com

answered Oct 04 '12 at 20:49

toadzky

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I still don't get how I could include this, can you please be a little more specific? – Rotary Heart Oct 04 '12 at 21:11
checkout this post. it tells you exactly how to do it. http://stackoverflow.com/a/6953432/1269727 – toadzky Oct 05 '12 at 13:29

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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It sounds like you are trying to perform an action upon installation. This How to start android service on installation suggests that that's not possible to do.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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answered Oct 04 '12 at 21:01

Tom Mulcahy

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Not that way. I want that file to be added so I can execute it. Here's an example, I downloaded a apk called Hot reboot, and in the /data/data/com......quick_reboot/ there's a folder called files and inside it there's a .sh file that the apk run to reboot the phone. How could I do this? – Rotary Heart Oct 04 '12 at 21:06
I don't understand what you are doing. Are you running these commands in "adb shell"? vi and esc has just worked for me without problem. You shouldn't even need the touch command. – Tom Mulcahy Oct 04 '12 at 21:23

How to add .sh on apk install and execute them?

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