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?

Solution

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 .