Question

I trying to debug code on my first Android program. I started using the regular println and it worked in the earlier main(onCreate) method, showing the results in LogCat. However, it doesn’t seem to work below, so then I started trying to work out Log.i/Log.d to no sucess. I’m basically trying to see if the program actually runs the below method – although no print statements are produced in the LogCat, I think the code is actually running as when I hit the “new” or “exit”button on my app, it seems to fo to the correct place in the case statement and runs finish();

Any help with would be really appreciated in getting something printed to LogCat, so I can see what’s going on.

Thank you

Ed Ryan

 public void onClick(final View v) {

        System.out.println("Here in  - onClick");
        switch (v.getId()) {
        case R.id.about_button:
           System.out.println("Here in  - onClick1");
           Intent i = new Intent(this, About.class);
           startActivity(i);
           break;
        case R.id.new_button:
            System.out.println("Here in  - onClick2");
            finish();
           //openNewGameDialog();
           break;
        case R.id.exit_button:
            Log.i("onDisabled","info");
            Log.d(TAG, "onDisabled");
            System.out.println("Here in  - onClick3");
           finish();
           break;
        }
     }


}//end class

Answer 1

I’ve experienced this while using LogCat within Eclipse.
This happens when the device drops off or loses focus or when you’re debugging using 2 or more different devices/emulators.

Try the following:

1. Go to the DDMS perspective and double-click the application that you’re debugging or at least the device. You should see the LogCat tab flood with the new messages.
2. Remove all devices except the one you’re working with at the moment.
3. Try just using the Log.* functions again.
4. Set the LogCat filter to Debug or Verbose.