Developing with Android Devices on Linux, the complete solution!

To summarise some previous posts regarding the process for getting Android adb to see your device in Linux (Mint/Ubuntu) and tie the whole lot up in a nice convenient script:

1 - create /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules and add
  SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666"
    This assumes you're using an HTC phone. For more vendor IDs, see here

2 - execute
  sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
     to load the new android rule

3 - create restart_adb.sh and add the following:
  #!/bin/bash
  # android_device_reset script
  sudo /usr/bin/android/android-sdk-linux_86/tools/adb kill-server
  sudo service udev stop
  sudo /usr/bin/android/android-sdk-linux_86/tools/adb start-server
  sudo /usr/bin/android/android-sdk-linux_86/tools/adb devices
  eclipse

    Change your SDK path accordingly. 'eclipse' starts eclipse(!) so is of course optional.

4 - make your script executable:
  chmod 744 restart_adb.sh

5 - Bob's your uncle. Double-click your script to start eclipse and run your app/tests on a device rather than the emulator

An extra step for 64bit environments is:
  apt-get install ia32-libs


Thanks to Marc Cooper (@auxbuss) for help with the script