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Make Android isProbablyRooted work with adb root #165

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13 changes: 12 additions & 1 deletion src/interceptors/android/adb-commands.ts
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Expand Up @@ -246,12 +246,23 @@ export async function pushFile(
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export async function isProbablyRooted(deviceClient: Adb.DeviceClient) {
return run(deviceClient, ['command', '-v', 'su'], {
let hasSu = await run(deviceClient, ['command', '-v', 'su'], {
timeout: 500,
skipLogging: true
})
.then((result) => result.includes('/su'))
.catch(() => false);

if (hasSu) return true;

// Check if we're currently running commands as root.
// Requires the user to have run `adb root` beforehand
return run(deviceClient, ['id'], {
timeout: 500,
skipLogging: true
})
.then((result) => result.includes('uid=0(root)'))
.catch(() => false);
}

const runAsRootCommands = [
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