[android-developers] Re: App inconsistencies

2010-08-30 Thread tony obrien
I am familiar with using LOGCAT via my local TERMINAL Session.. But you are suggesting that LOGCAT runs on the Device and can be accessed? Do I need to enable Logging in my app? Will the LOGCAT show *all* activities from everything that's running (i.e. not just MY app) ? On Aug 30, 9:33 am,

[android-developers] Re: App inconsistencies

2010-08-30 Thread tony obrien
So LOGCAT operate on the device as well?? Do I need to ENABLE anything in my app? Does the LOGCAT have all of the device's activities in it, including those NOT from my app? Does the device automagically wrap the logcat (it can't grow forever) ? On Aug 30, 9:33 am, Kostya Vasilyev

Re: [android-developers] Re: App inconsistencies

2010-08-30 Thread Kostya Vasilyev
30.08.2010 18:44, tony obrien пишет: So LOGCAT operate on the device as well?? Do I need to ENABLE anything in my app? Does the LOGCAT have all of the device's activities in it, including those NOT from my app? Logcat doesn't have to be specifically enabled. It does show info from every

[android-developers] Re: App inconsistencies

2010-08-30 Thread Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)
A good log app is called (strangely enough) Sendlog - it's fairly lightweight and just asks the user to enter an e-mail address. Select detailed logs for the best result. As for adding logging statements all over the place. That's a very good idea with one caveat. Add a logging variable like

Re: [android-developers] Re: App inconsistencies

2010-08-30 Thread Kostya Vasilyev
Yes, Logcat appears to run independently of adb or your local debugging connection, and has logcat output from *all* applications that use Android log.* methods and the Android system itself. Note that if you start logcat from the console of your development machine (adb logcat) it first

[android-developers] Re: App inconsistencies

2010-08-30 Thread Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)
Logcat just dumps the logs that are constantly generated on the device. Do I need to enable Logging in my app? If you want to follow program logic that doesn't involve blowing up, then most likely, yes. Will the LOGCAT show *all* activities from everything that's running (i.e. not just MY