Re: [android-developers] How do you use and debug your apps in your main phone?

2011-10-28 Thread Ricardo Amaral
I think I'll have to add that to my todo list... Too bad there are no better alternatives. :/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this

Re: [android-developers] How do you use and debug your apps in your main phone?

2011-10-28 Thread Studio LFP
You can always change the package name to add beta or something in it somewhere. The same application can live on your device twice if the package names aren't the same. I've done it before and as long as you are using storage that is specific to the app instead of a common directory on the SD

Re: [android-developers] How do you use and debug your apps in your main phone?

2011-10-28 Thread Ricardo Amaral
Yes, that's another solution. But something I really wanted to avoid. If the whole thing was automatic, it would be great. For instance, the android:debuggable attribute could be used for something like this. As long as that attribute is true, the app could behave as an app with a different

Re: [android-developers] How do you use and debug your apps in your main phone?

2011-10-28 Thread Kristopher Micinski
Except that there are people who distribute debuggable apks... Kris On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Ricardo Amaral mas...@ricardoamaral.net wrote: Yes, that's another solution. But something I really wanted to avoid. If the whole thing was automatic, it would be great. For instance, the

Re: [android-developers] How do you use and debug your apps in your main phone?

2011-10-28 Thread Josh Lefler
Depending on how your app stores data, you could adb pull the data files prior to installing the development version, do your testing, reinstall the production version, then adb push the data files back to your device to restore the production state.I do this with a small app of mine that uses

[android-developers] How do you use and debug your apps in your main phone?

2011-10-27 Thread Ricardo Amaral
Unfortunately I only have one Android phone and it's the one I use as my main phone and development phone. I was wondering how everyone copes with using your own apps and developing them at the same time with a single phone. I'm constantly uninstalling/installing my app and wiping it's data.

Re: [android-developers] How do you use and debug your apps in your main phone?

2011-10-27 Thread TreKing
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Ricardo Amaral mas...@ricardoamaral.netwrote: I'm constantly uninstalling/installing my app and wiping it's data. What if I really need to use my app and can't afford to lose the current data. This is why I added backup / restore to / from the SD card for my