How to issue adb command from eclipse built-in user interface in Android SDK

Question

Is there a way that I can run the adb command from the eclipse built-in user interface in the Android SDK? I need to find out if the ECLIPSE user interface already has this functionality, if you do not need to implement it. So far, I have mainly used adb commands on the command line.

If there isn’t such a feature, would introducing an Eclipse plugin be the best way to handle this? I want this to be a function, so I have already ruled out the use of “External Instrument Configuration”, which must be configured individually for each project that is built by the end user.

EDIT: I don't need another console, it can be inside an eclipse or outside. What I want to write is a user interface that works according to my specific need, but abstracts the command line data from the end user. Now I can still learn how to do this, but I was looking for an existing example that does this for its specific need, through its user interface and abstracts the command line details for itself.

Answer 1

Well, you can install the shell plugin to access from Eclipse, possibly http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/easyshell

Or even better, you can execute some Shell commands directly from the console. It seems like this SO question exactly decides how to do this (and, most importantly, it is already built-in). Is there an Eclipse plugin to run the system shell in the console?

This will allow you to execute any adb commands, since you could essentially escape into the shell.