Clarifying ADB instructions

[corobin]

ADB was completely new to me when I tried to set up advanced mode to enable 1-press toggle, and although I tried to read the google documentation besides what was linked in the instructions here, i found that I went down the wrong path when trying to follow the instructions.

So I'm leaving some clarification comments about the instructions for other newbies to this:

Step 1: install ADB

The instructions link to and quote the Google docs that recommends installing ADB via the SDK manager.

Where I went wrong: I saw that SDK manager was part of Android Studio (which was not immediately obvious from the linked documentation page, but i figured it out from the home page) and embarked on installing Android Studio. which is convoluted if you're not trying to actually develop for android.

Clear instruction: there's no need to do that. Instead, just get the stand-alone ADB download linked from the same document.

Step 4: pair the device

The instructions link to the GUI steps for pairing the device over wifi, which is through android studio.

Where I went wrong: I looked but couldn't find a way to pair the device in android studio at all. i even tried creating an empty project but still couldn't find how.

Clear instruction: just follow the command line steps using the ADB executable you downloaded earlier and the command line steps which is lower down the documentation page.

I had a hell of a time trying to figure out how to get it working until I eventually figured out those two clarifications in the instructions. Then it was dead simple.

So in summary, the instructions can be improved in two ways to make it significantly more clear to newbies:

1. in step 1 add a note that there's no need to deal with android studio, just download the stand alone package
2. in step 4 direct link to the command line steps

[pcolby]

Thanks @corobin, these are some great suggestions 👍🏼 I'll incorporate them into the README.md file soon 🙂 Thanks!

[pcolby]

Done ☺️