I am playing some Android development and am trying to debug the application via Eclipse on my phone (HTC) with internet access by means of USB tethering because I can't get 3g connection where I am developing and there is no wifi.
I can run the app ok on the phone, but as it requires HTC Sync to be running I am unable to use the internet connection from my computer, is there a way?
Usually android needs the adb to debug devices and afaik adb needs USB connection.
Other ways would be ACRA and BugSense
You can always try to use an emulator: see here
You can also use aLogCat on your phone to have access to debugging information directly on the phone, after installing a testversion of your app.
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I'm new to android studio and have just made a new app, which uses position sensors.
All is well when the device is usb connected to the debugger. When I unplug the cable, the app runs fine and I can wave the device around, going to a different room etc. .
But when the app is restarted without that cable, it is "waiting for debugger", which is a little annoying at that point.
I have seen this https://developer.android.com/studio/run#changing-variant but that way I need to sign the app, and I fail on that.
Is there a way to run the app without signing it, and without that debugger cable?
To be more precise in view of the two answers that suggested wi-fi connections (which I can't verify at the moment because the box running AS doesn't have wf-fi connection).
I want to test the app even without debugging, and test it by changing location, too. So I would have to set up a wi-fi connection that would connect to AS over really long distances.
Instead I just want to tell the app (or the device): forget about the debugger.
This: https://stackoverflow.com/a/56541740/4142984 solved my problem.
For the first time you must need to connect device to the android adb and after that you can remove it and still get connection to the android adb.
you should install Android Wifi ADB
you need to connect first time your device with cable in usb debug mode and by using this plugin you can connect your device on the wifi after that you can remove the cable from the system and you will get connected your device to the Android Studio
Note : make sure your system and mobile device must be connected with the same wifi network.
1.Download android-sdk-platform-tools
2. Add the path to environment variables
3. Connect your phone to usb cable
4. Connect your phone and computer in same network(WiFi)\
Now in cmd
5.adb tcpip 5555
6. adb connect *your_phone_ip*:5555
Now you can unplug the usb cable.
I searched on how to get an Internet connection from my emulator in Android Studio and it was suggested I start up the emulator from the command line as follows: emulator -avd Pixel_3a_XL_API_29 -dns-server 8.8.8.8. This indeed has provided an Internet connection when I do from the command line, after adb shell, then run-as com.example.myapplication, then ping abcnews.go.com. this returns packets from the server "...r.cloudfront.net". Looking up this server, it appears to be for Amazon AWS, and is "free", up to some data limit I haven't looked up yet. This is OK short-term, but I would prefer to use my home wifi rather than go thru a different server. What's the best way to have my Android Studio emulator be able to connect to the Internet via my home wifi? (do I need a plugin?) TIA, Steve
First of all, emulator below API 25 doesn't support wifi.
Second, you can't connect the emulator directly to your WiFi.
The WiFi in the emulator provides a virtual hotspot to which the emulator automatically connects.
So, best practice would be that you connect your PC to your home WiFi and then run the emulator on your PC.
Based on my understanding of Android Monitor, an Android device needs to be connected to the machine that is running Android Studio in order to profile CPU/memory/GPU usage. Are there any methods that allow profiling an app without connecting it to the PC? For example, writing the debug info that is generated for Android Monitor in a file and process the file later?
My goal is to gather debugging information without connecting the Android device to a PC (either via a USB cable or over the network).
Your initial work with a device usually needs to be over USB. However, after that point, you can switch using adb over the network, using adb connect. Once you have adb connected over the network, everything works just as if you had connected it via USB, including full Android Studio access.
Bear in mind that:
Some devices do not need the initial USB connection, as they are designed to work with adb over the network "out of the box" (e.g., Fire TV)
I think that older devices may not support this, for some value of "older"
You cannot monitor it without an active debugging connection. That being said, debugging connection isn't limited to USB. You need some kind of connection, and that connection can be USB, but it can also be over the internet(refer How can I connect to Android with ADB over TCP?).
Some devices don't support this, some have a setting for it in developer settings, and using root you don't need a connection. For devices that support adb over the internet, but aren't rooted or have the setting in developer settings, you need to have a usb connection initially.
I am using Genymotion Emulator with Nexus s and 4.2.2.
Previously i used regular AVD that we can create using Eclipse provided by ANDROID SDK.
In regular AVD we can enable/disable data packet access to internet by using
Settings->Wireless&Networks->Data Enabled
Or by pressing F8 key but i am unable to found it in Genymotion emulator.
Where i can find it?
You cannot do that on Genymotion.
If you want to test what your application will do without internet access, you can unplug your ethernet cable or switch off your Wi-Fi.
It's not the same but could still help to test your app.
I hade this problem.
If you disable the internet and try to debug your app, the app will not be able to connect to vs code debug server.
This what you should do.
1- in your emulator, click Debug/settings and change the ip:port to the following localhost:your port eg 5555
2- disable the wifi and your app will start without internet but still able to connect to vs code
I need network connection on my Android device to test apps. My notebook WiFi adapter is broken, so after 2 hours I've set connection via USB. But! Eclipse doesn't see the device when I start "Wired Tether" on it to get connection and I can't debug my apps.
Does anybody know how to solve this issue? Use USB tethering to get internet connection on phone and debug apps at the same time?
I don't know of a way to simultaneously use USB debugging and tethering. Here are some workarounds, though:
Get a USB wireless adapter for your computer (see http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/13983791/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_e_2_4_last). I don't know if buying one of these is an option for you in India.
Send your apk to your phone wirelessly for app installation (see Developing on android-based device via wireless) and then view the logcat directly on the phone for debugging (aLogcat seems to be popular, and allows you to send log files via, for example, email, so that you can open them on your computer to view them on a bigger screen)
I know these solutions involve some cost, effort, or inconvenience, but hopefully one will work for you.
EDIT:
As noted in answers from #shkschneider and #CodeShane, Internet sharing via Bluetooth is possible. CodeShane's answer mentions PdaNet (which apparently also allows for simultaneous USB tethering and debugging), and includes a link. Another solution is OpenGarden. These solutions provide access to the Internet for the computer via the phone. If the reverse is desired (and this is not entirely clear from the question), reverse tethering seems to be the answer (see the answer from #NickL).
Long story short: you can't. Android simply does not supports it (that is more because of the USB standard and tethering action than AOSP's fault).
So to go around the problem, you should either:
Get internet form another source
Maybe you could have ethernet connection?
Tether internet from your phone to your netbook in another way
You can't use wireless tether since your wifi adapter is broken, but maybe you could tether using bluetooth?
Debug your phone in another way
Maybe you could use an android application like aLogCat or similar?
But in the hand, sorry, you can't tether usb from phone to netbook while usb debugging from the netbook. Your success will depend on your ability to find an alternative solution.
I would like to point out that I am using PDANet for USB-tethered internet to type this reply while I am also debugging an android application on the same phone via Eclipse Juno. Not sure which side fixed this, but it is awesome!
As for why Eclipse isn't seeing your device, standard troubleshooting tips apply .. make sure to enable USB debugging and unknown sources/3rd party apps, try restarting, check usb drivers, update drivers/eclipse..
Device not detected in Eclipse when connected with USB cable
http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html
Eclipse not finding phone
PdaNet 3.5
Eclipse Juno Service Release 1; Build id: 20120920-0800
You can use bluetooth tethering to get internet connection and debug using USB.
Step 1. Turn off USB tethering
Step 2. Turn on Wireless USB Debugging
Connect to your device via USB
Enter "adb tcpip 5555"
Unplug your device
Look up your device's IP in the system settings
Enter "adb connect [ip address]:5555"
Step 3. Turn on USB tethering
Now you can use internet via USB cable and debug app in wireless mode
That's it!
Yes, its possible. There's a hack available at below links !
Source: HowToGeek , StackOverFlow
You can actually connect the adb to the phone via TCP. You may need a rooted phone for this to work, though
If I understand your question correctly, you want to tether your phone to the PC via USB, and use the (internet)connection of your PC + still get logcat output?
Then yes, this certainly is possible.Tethering is when your PC uses the internet of your phone, the other way around is called reverse tethering. Your device has to be rooted, then you can use this application for reverse tethering.
When you connect your phone to the computer via USB, you press 'connect' in the application. It then installs an app on your phone, which handles the reverse tethering connection. It works, I sometimes have to press 'check DNS' while it is connecting to make it working.. but it works! Also debugging via USB works the usual way.
First you need to debug your device using USB cable then type adb tcpip 5555 it will allow debugging via TCP/IP protocol.
After that turn on your USB tethering, now your computer get internet connection but lost the USB debugging.
Now you must know your phone IP address so you can debug via TCP/IP. You can use command arp -a in terminal and look at the gateway address.
The last is connect to your phone using adb connect yourphoneip:5555 for example adb connect 192.168.42.129:5555
Now you get debug and tether at the same time
You can use
WiFi Tethering - For Internet connection
Connect USB for adb.