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Modern Android 13 Development Cookbook

You're reading from   Modern Android 13 Development Cookbook Over 70 recipes to solve Android development issues and create better apps with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803235578
Length 322 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Modern Android Development Skills 2. Chapter 2: Creating Screens Using a Declarative UI and Exploring Compose Principles FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Handling the UI State in Jetpack Compose and Using Hilt 4. Chapter 4: Navigation in Modern Android Development 5. Chapter 5: Using DataStore to Store Data and Testing 6. Chapter 6: Using the Room Database and Testing 7. Chapter 7: Getting Started with WorkManager 8. Chapter 8: Getting Started with Paging 9. Chapter 9: Building for Large Screens 10. Chapter 10: Implementing Your First Wear OS Using Jetpack Compose 11. Chapter 11: GUI Alerts – What’s New in Menus, Dialog, Toast, Snackbars, and More in Modern Android Development 12. Chapter 12: Android Studio Tips and Tricks to Help You during Development 13. Index 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Debugging your code

As an Android developer, debugging is an essential part of the software development process because it helps identify and fix errors in your code. When debugging, you can quickly identify and fix errors or bugs in your code that can cause your application to crash, behave unexpectedly, or produce incorrect results.

In this recipe, we will explore how you can easily add a breakpoint and debug your code.

Getting ready

To get started with this recipe, you need to have a project open and run the project on your emulator. You do not need to create a new project and can use the GUIAlert project.

How to do it…

We will be trying to debug our code and ensure when we click the items in the menu, we select the correct item. For instance, if we select item 2, when we evaluate the item, we should see the result being 2:

  1. First, you need to ensure your app is running; then, click the icon shown in Figure 12.9.
Figure 12.9 – The debugger icon

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