The standard ADB configuration involves a USB connection to a physical device.

If you prefer, you can switch over to TCP/IP mode, and connect ADB via WiFi instead.

Not rooted device

1. Get on the same network:

• Make sure your device and your computer are on the same network.

1. Connect the device to the host computer with a USB cable.
2. Connect adb to device over network:

While your device is connected to adb via USB, do the following command to listen for a TCP/IP connection on a port (default 5555):

• Type adb tcpip <port> (switch to TCP/IP mode).
• Disconnect the USB cable from the target device.
• Type adb connect <ip address>:<port> (port is optional; default 5555).

For example:

adb tcpip 5555
adb connect 192.168.0.101:5555

If you don’t know your device’s IP you can:

• check the IP in the WiFi settings of your device.
• use ADB to discover IP (via USB):

1. Connect the device to the computer via USB
2. In a command line, type `adb shell ifconfig` and copy your device's IP address

To revert back to debugging via USB use the following command:

adb usb

You can also connect ADB via WiFi by installing a plugin to Android Studio. In order to do so, go to Settings > Plugins and Browse repositories, search for ADB WiFi, install it, and reopen Android Studio. You will see a new icon in your toolbar as shown in the following image. Connect the device to the host computer via USB and click on this AndroidWiFiADB icon. It will display a message whether your device is connected or not. Once it gets connected you can unplug your USB.