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    Android Developer Fundamentals

    Debugging, Testing,
    and Backwards
    Compatibility

    Lesson 3

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    3.1 Debugging Apps

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    Contents
    ● All code has bugs
    ● Android Studio logging
    ● Android Studio debugger
    ● Working with breakpoints
    ● Changing variables
    ● Stepping through code
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    All Code Has
    Bugs

    Android Developer Fundamentals 4


    Bugs
    ● Incorrect or unexpected result, wrong values
    ● Crashes, exceptions, freezes, memory leaks
    ● Causes
    ○ Human Design or Implementation Error > Fix your code
    ○ Software fault, but in libraries > Work around limitation
    ○ Hardware fault or limitation -> Make it work with what's available

    Origin of the term "bug" (it's not what you think)

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    Debugging

    ● Find and fix errors


    ● Correct unexpected and undesirable behavior

    ● Unit tests help identify bugs and prevent regression


    ● User testing helps identify interaction bugs

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    Android Studio debugging tools

    Android Studio has tools that help you

    ● identify problems
    ● find where in the source code the problem is created
    ● so that you can fix it

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    Logging with
    Android Studio

    Android Developer Fundamentals 8


    Add log messages to your code
    import android.util.Log;

    // Use class variable with class name as tag


    private static final String TAG =
    MainActivity.class.getSimpleName();

    // Show message in Android Monitor, logcat pane


    // Log.<log-level>(TAG, "Message");
    Log.d(TAG, “Hello World”);
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    Open Android Monitor and logcat

    logcat
    pane

    Android
    Monitor
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    Inspect logging messages

    Log.d("MainActivity", "Hello World");

    09-12 14:28:07.971 4304 /com.example.android.helloworld D/MainActivity: Hello World

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    Choose visible logging level

    Displays logs with levels at


    this level or higher

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    Log Levels

    ● Verbose - All verbose log statements and comprehensive system


    ● Debug - All debug logs, variable values, debugging notes

    ● Info - Status info, such as database connection

    ● Warning - Unexpected behavior, non-fatal issues

    ● Error - Serious error conditions, exceptions, crashes only

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    Debugging with
    Android
    Studio

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    What you can do
    ● Run in debug mode with attached debugger
    ● Set and configure breakpoints
    ● Halt execution at breakpoints
    ● Inspect execution stack frames and variable values
    ● Change variable values
    ● Step through code line by line
    ● Pause and resume a running program
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    Run in debug mode
    1

    Debugger pane opens Menu:


    2 Run > Debug 'your app'

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    Set breakpoints

    Click in the left margin next


    to executable line of code

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    Edit breakpoint properties

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    Make breakpoints conditional
    ● In properties dialog or right -click existing breakpoint
    ● Any Java expression that returns a boolean
    ● Code completion helps you write conditions

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    Run until app stops at breakpoint

    First Breakpoint

    Frames Variables in scope Watches (C/C++)

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    Inspect frames

    Top frame is where execution is


    halted in your code

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    Inspect and edit variables

    ● Right-click on variable for menu

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    Basic Stepping Commands
    Step Over F8 Step to the next line in current file

    Step Into F7 Step to the next executed line

    Force Step Into ⇧F7 Step into a method in a class that you wouldn't
    normally step into, like a standard JDK class

    Step Out ⇧F8 Step to first executed line after returning from
    current method

    Run to Cursor ⌥F9 Run to the line where the cursor is in the file

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    Stepping through code

    Show execution point Drop frame Run to cursor

    Step over Step into Step out


    Force step into
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    Resume and Pause

    Resume

    Pause

    Mute all
    breakpoints Menu:
    Run->Pause Program…
    Run->Resume Program...
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    Learn more

    ● Debug Your App (Android Studio User Guide)


    ● Debugging and Testing in Android Studio (video)

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    What's Next?

    ● Concept Chapter: 3.1 C The Android Studio Debugger


    ● Practical: 3.1 P Using the Debugger

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