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Testing and securing android studio applications

You're reading from   Testing and securing android studio applications Debug and secure your Android applications with Android Studio

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2014
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783988808
Length 162 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Antonio Hernández Niñirola Antonio Hernández Niñirola
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Debugging and DDMS

In Android Studio, you can use different mechanisms to debug your application. One of them is the debugger. The debugger manages the breakpoints, controls the execution of the code, and displays information about the variables. To debug an application, navigate to Run | Debug 'MyApplication' or click on the bug icon present in the toolbar.

Another mechanism is the Console. The Console displays the events that are taking place while the application is being launched. Actions such as uploading the application package, installing the application in the device, or launching the application are displayed in the Console.

LogCat is another useful tool to debug your application. It is an Android logging system that displays all the log messages generated by the system in the running device. Log messages have several levels of significance: verbose, debug, information, warning, and error.

Finally, you also have DDMS, an excellent debugging tool available in the SDK that...

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