How to get the Android logs remotely? - android

Because Google told me to, I've been using Log.I , Log.E etc commands throughout my code during development.
This of course has been quite helpful during testing and debugging.
However an application that I have deployed seems to be crashing sometimes, something which I cannot replicate.
Is there a way to retrieve the logs created through the aforementioned commands from the device? I've been through the whole google development site, but there seems to be nothing on the subject (or I am missing something)
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide

Try to look at ACRA and Crashlytics, this tools should help you.

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Simple Android Debug tool

I'm not a developer, so i apologize if I don't phrase the question effectively.
I'm looking for a tool that will help show me what code is being executed as I step through the program. i am not looking to much more than take look under the hood as I test new features & uncover bugs for the new Android app my company is making.
Are there any specific emulators or tools that I could use for this simplistic purpose?
Thanks!
Android Studio has a built-in debugger. See here
There are many ways for to make a debug inside Android Studio.
1-Debug using Logs
2-With logs lines and see on Logcat tool
3-With Breakpoints
and others.
This link its useful for you:
Here

fastlane screengrab and snapshot

I'm using fastlane tools (https://fastlane.tools) for automating all screenshots for my iOS and Android apps. The tool works very well and I'm happy with it. The problem i'm having is that when I have mixpanel events and other analytics running on the app the app will run those events during screenshots. Is there a way to "detect" in code that it's a screenshot event with simulators?
Basically, I want some sort of if statement but not sure how to tell its from fastlane. I have thoroughly read through the documentation and wasn't able to find anything for this, any help is appreciated!
My current solution involves simply checking if the user is running on a simulator or is running in debug mode. In which case, it doesn't perform the code I want to filter out.

What ruboto debugging tool should I use?

I am trying to leverage my very modest Ruby experience with Ruboto. I have installed the necessary packages, and the various demos work well on the simulator (on Windows) and on my Android device. I have been able to write some very simple Ruby scripts for Ruboto, but when they don't work, I have no visibility over what is happening. The only error message I get is: "Unfortunately, xyz has stopped."
I assume there must be a way to troubleshoot a Ruboto script and get a log or some kind of detailed information on the reaction of the system to each line of code.
I have been googling that question for a while without success, and I apologize if I missed something obvious. I also tried "adb catlog" without getting any useful information related to the Ruby script, but maybe I was not able to find the right information in the thousands of line generated by this command.
I hope someone can point me in the right direction.
Thanks
At the moment, the debugging options for Ruboto are limited and low-tech.
You can analyse the log using "adb logcat" or the newer "rake log". "rake log" uses "adb logcat" but applies a filter so you get much less noise. If your app crashes, you should see a Ruby stack trace with the immediate cause of the crash. This is probably what most Ruboto developers use now.
Another option is to encapsulate a risky method with a "rescue" that either logs a better message, or displays the error in a dialog. This would probably be more helpful, but requires a bit more work. You could request this as a Ruboto feature in the Ruboto issue tracker :)
Would something like "debugger" work here?
It would be awesome if it could...

Bug reporting tool / library for developing applications

Is there a way to report Bugs, similar to the Android Feedback Client, but without registering my application at the market. I'm still working on the application and some users are alpha testing it so it would be useful to receive reports/ stacktraces etc. Is there a common way or an application for that?
You can look at ACRA Project - http://acra.googlecode.com/
You can use Instabug which lets you report bugs right from the app by shaking the phone. It sends you all the device details, network logs, view hierarchy inspection, as well as the steps to reproduce it. It takes a line of code to integrate.
For full disclosure. I work at Instabug.
I've used acra and it works well: http://acra.googlecode.com/
see: How do I obtain crash-data from my Android application?
I have used Android Remote Stacktrace before, it was very easy to setup, but when I set it up I don't think it had as many options as A.C.R.A does - I haven't used either in a while so I'm not sure which is better.

I have enough memory but am getting the INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE error

I am working on a game in eclipse. I connect my android phone to test my game application. Upon pressing "RUN" in eclipse, the game will begin to be uploaded to my device. However, it onl makes it half way then the console in eclipse gives me this error: INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE. I checked my internal storage and I have 30mb left. My game is 3.20mb. I should have plenty of room. shouldn't I? Is this just a bug?
ps. This is very frustrating to me. I go to google developer forums and they tell me that if I am a neebie, to post on stackoverflow. I post on stackoverflow only to find they migrate me to SuperUser. Then SuperUser says, you were supposed to post on Android Enthusiast (beta), and migrate me there. Finally, I just looked, and someone posted that my question belongs on STACKOVERFLOW!!! Now I am back where I started. I am just trying to get some answers. Could someone please help me instead of migrating me please?
My application had a special german character in it,
like
"ö,ä,ü ... ß" .... (it was ö), prohibited adb to deploy the apk file no the device.
-> resulted in this error message...
so check your project name.
good luck!

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