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Asked: 2026-05-27T09:11:29+00:00

I am trying to enable assertions (the keyword, not the junit methods) in my

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I am trying to enable assertions (the keyword, not the junit methods) in my android project.

What I’ve tried so far:
I added a command line argument, -ea, in Eclipse (Indigo) under Eclipse > Preferences > Java > Installed JREs where I edit the only JRE listed (see two images below).
List of installed JREs

Default VM Arguments

That didn’t work… I assume because this applies to my default JVM, not the dalvik VM.

I found a related post that suggested running a command against the emulator or device (I am most interested in the emulator) to enable assertions. But I don’t understand what that means. The command is:

adb shell setprop debug.assert 1

So my question is, how do I run a command against the emulator (using a Mac, if that’s relevant)?

Many thanks!

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  1. Editorial Team

    So my question is, how do I run a command against the emulator

    Open up a Terminal window (or your preferred equivalent, like iTerm), and type in the command at the command line. If you have not done so already, you need to add $ANDROID_SDK/platform-tools to your PATH, where $ANDROID_SDK is wherever you have unZIPped the SDK on your machine.

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