How to return to the home screen with a terminal command?

Question

Is there a terminal command to go to the home screen?

I need to do this via ssh, so I cannot just push the "home" button, I need to send a command-line action..

score 40 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 28 '14 at 00:48

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am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -c android.intent.category.HOME

edited Feb 28 '14 at 00:48

Deer Hunter

answered Sep 30 '12 at 17:34

Ken Fehling

score 28 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 17 '22 at 15:17

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Actually you can just push the "home" button

adb shell input keyevent KEYCODE_HOME

Key code constant: Home key. This key is handled by the framework and is never delivered to applications.

Constant Value: 3 (0x00000003)

edited Jul 17 '22 at 15:17

noraj

answered Oct 27 '16 at 10:15

Ilya Gazman

score 9 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 20 '13 at 02:23

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input keyevent KEYCODE_HOME

answered Oct 20 '13 at 02:23

Keo

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