Android Studio : How to debug a running process on Android device? - android

We've following option in Eclipse, which allows us to attach debugger to already running process.
I'm looking for a similar option in Android studio, Can somebody tell me where we've this option ?

Android Studio has this option, the icon looks like this:
Read more about it here

the one that looks like a phone with a bug in the corner

At the debug button in the toolbar. Here debugging with android-studio you have all the info.
The process is basically the same :
Set your breakpoints.
Run your app in debug mode.
Use the debug tool window to check objects info.
Check the logs.

Please see the image below on where to find the icon. A popup window will appear to ask you to which process you want to attach to. Select your app.

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Does android studio have live debug like visual studio does and where

i have android studio 4.1.3 and i'm wondering if it has a setting that i can change so i can see debug in real time. I'm currently using visual studio which tells me in console where i'm wrong as i'm typing. I'm typing the code in vs and then pasting into android studio but it's getting tiresome especially if i have a lot of screens. Is there an easy way that i'm missing? And yes i have tried to google the question already so please don't tell me to google.
Unfortunately, android Studio does not currently have a live debug feature.
You do have a debug option on the top right corner of the screen if you need it.
The closest thing to what i was looking for is the "Dart Analysis". It's located at the very bottom next to the "terminal" button. I've tested and i see if i change something, it immediately notifies me in the "Dart Analysis window"

Can't see the code flowing while using chrome://inspect/#devices?

I am working on an app,which I have installed in my Smartphone, I wanted to check the flow of code while running the app.
using Android Studio I installed the app via USB Debugger, and open the app project files in
chrome://inspect/#devices
, while running , I have added multiple breakpoints in the code to see the flow, but the code haven't stopped at any breakpoint, yet there is no issue with the running of app, the app ran smoothly.
I am facing the same issue while using emulator as well.
Can someone help me to figure out, what I could do ?
EDIT -
I have followed #KannanSJD instructions as well, by "Attaching Debugger to Android" and selecting "Java Only" but not got any success. , As you can see in the below attachments
make sure you attach your debugger to your app process. Use the below icon on top left
if your app package and its process is not showing then make sure you are running in Debug mode and not in release mode using build variants.
Make sure your app is open and you see your process as in screenshot.
Also instead of detect automatically you cna use Java only if you have NDK also used in your project. This will fasten the process of attaching debugger.
Also make sure you find the following log in your debug console.
Please check if you have muted your breakpoints, refer following image. That should NOT be enabled.

Android Studio, logcat cleans after app closes

I'm having a problem with my logcat since update 1.2 Beta for Android Studio. When I run my app it logs everything like it normally did, then I get at the point where my app crashes with the app saying: unfortunately, Game has stopped.
After a few seconds android closes that message. When that happens my logcat also gets fully cleared meaning that I barely get anytime to read the error. I did found some info about a buffer, but it seems that Android Studio doesn't have the option to increase it besides the fact that I doubt that being the problem.
Something that may be useful is that after it clears and stuff the process changes to Android.process.core and the message I get in my logcat is:
04-13 10:28:13.394 12259-12265/android.process.acore D/dalvikvm﹕
Debugger has detached; object registry had 1 entries
Edit: I did read about breakpoints, so disabled focus application on breakpoints in Settings-build, execution, deployment-debugger but it didn't have any effect.
I had the same issue, but looks more like a feature than a bug:
In AndroidStudio, the default setting for the Logcat window seems to be "Show only selected Application" (top right corner of the Logcat window)... which is looking at the log of the selected process (your current launch by default). So when your app crashes during testing, that process is gone, so the filter clears the log.
Instead, select "Edit Filter Configuration..." and set up a filter for your app, eg:
FilterName: MyApp
PackageName: com.example.myapp (<< replace with your app's package name)
...and then select that filter for future runs. This should keep the log there for you, even after the app crashes.
Switch "Show only selected application" to "No filters". This way, you can see logcat output from a process even when that process isn't running.
The downside is that your logcat will be filled with more spam from other processes.
In case of crash see the Run tab at the bottom of IDE.
You can see the crash reason in this part (even in logcat clean case).
Note: If the above trick not works try to produce a crash and immediately disconnect the mobile cable (if you use the real device for the test). you can see the error before it cleaned.
Update: If also above trick not works, try to attach and detach phone and hopefully problem solved.
Update2: If again not work, try to Invalidate catches and Restart then start debugging again.
Update3: As The last way, try to remove the app and install it again then start debugging (if you do not lose that condition you want to test)
My App was crashing and restarting. I also had some problems on reading the logcat to know what was happening. I then noticed that in the drop down menu, next to the Device dropdown it had something like "com.mypackage.myapp ('some number')" and when my app crashed there was another option that said "com.mypackage.myapp ('some number') [DEAD]". If you select the "Dead" option, it will show you the logcat of the previous instance.
Might be very late to the party but I had the same problem and solved like this:
In logcat window, top right corner drop-down menu select Edit filter configuration, on the next menu, introduce Filter name and your Package name.
Done, for me it keeps logs visible after crashing.
In Android Studio 2+
Click Run
Click Edit Configurations
In the Run/Debug Configurations window select the Miscellaneous tab
Make sure the Clear log before launch checkbox is not checked
The filter clears the log once the app gets crashed. So select "Edit Filter Configuration" and create your own custom filter with filter name. This will save the log with informations even when the app is crahed.
I'm Working with Android Studio 4.0
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Go to Edit Configuration of your app.
Go to Miscellaneous Tab
Uncheck the field Clear log before launch.
Press OK.
It'll work..
i have faced the same issue and this is the solution :-
1- Tools --> Android --> Enable ADB Integration.
and now you can see the logcat and the crashes as normal
It is 2018 and this can still happen. Close Android Studio and reopen.
7 years later ...
I still have same issue on AS ArcticFox and nothing helps.
But I have found one workaround.
make sure this is enabled:
Then you can see your logs regardless the app is alive or not or device is connected or not. Which is great!
Still, sometimes I get this problem although some solutions work here such as restarting android studio it takes time.
Here I found how to get error message without restarting the studio
Launch the app
Be on run tab before you make your reproduce crash
Click on the content of run tab as soon as crash occurs (if you don't click on content you will lose error report)
This bug seems to be fixed with the new release of Android Studio version 1.2.2
I ran into the same problem and none of the answers could help me, until I realized my app was causing an OutOfMemoryException. That's a probable root cause as well.

android app is unable to debug in eclipse

I am trying to debug my android app in eclipse but I am not able to do so.
I know this question is asked many time. I have try almost all things but still cant debug my app.
I have android:debuggable="true" in AndroidManiefest.xml as well as having Category launcher and action main in Android AndroidManiefest.
Kindly Help me.
Thanks in advance.
I resolved a very similar problem by using the DDMS perspective. Once in DDMS, I would start my application on my device. I then selected my application process and clicked the "Debug selected process" button.
Restore to defaults in Run/Debug options.

problem debugging a android application

i have some problem when i want to Debug my android code. When i go to Debug as/ it says (none applicable). I have set a breakpoint though there's no blue arrow on it. Anyone who knows why this is happening?
Thanks
You should setup your debug configuration. It should know what avd to use to launch your code on. If you're using eclipse this article should help.

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