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View | Tool Windows | Android

View | Tool Windows | Android

In this tool window, view and analyze the system debug output when debugging Android applications. The tool window consists of two tabs:

Logcat tab

ItemTooltip and shortcutDescription
Filters In this area, configure a list of filters to apply. Applying filter configurations provides more flexible control over the type and amount of information displayed that just specifying the information type in the Log level drop-down list.
  • To create a new filter configuration, click the Add toolbar button add.png and in the Create New Logcat Filter dialog box that opens, specify the filtering parameters based on various factors.
  • To remove a filter configuration from the list, select the filter and click the Delete toolbar button delete.png.
  • To update a filter configuration, select in the list, click the Edit toolbar button edit.png, and make the required changed in the Create New Logcat Filter dialog box.
Device From this drop-down list, select the physical device or emulator to debug the application on. The list shows all the currently configured devices.
Log level In this drop-down list, specify the type of messages to display. This improves the visibility of information in the tool window. The available options are:
  • Verbose
  • Debug
  • Info
  • Warn
  • Error
  • Assert
find1.gif FindUse this text box to search through the list of messages according to entire messages or parts of them. As you type a search string, the messages that match the search pattern are displayed, with the matching character strings highlighted. To finalize the search, press EnterEnterEnterEnterEnterEnterEnterEnterEnterEnterEnterEnter. The previously used search patterns are stored in the search history list.
clear.png Click this button to clear the search history list.
Clear log Click this button to have the data from previous sessions removed from the log file of the device.
arrowUp Up the Stack Trace
Ctrl+Alt+Up		Click this button to navigate up in the stack trace and have the cursor jump to the corresponding location in the source code.
arrowDown Down the Stack Trace
Ctrl+Alt+Down		Click this button to navigate down in the stack trace and have the cursor jump to the corresponding location in the source code.
icon_softWrap Use Soft Wraps Click this button to toggle the soft wrap mode of the output.
icon_end_of_output.png Scroll to the end If this button is pressed, the caret is always kept at the last line of the console output.
print Print Click this button to have the logs printed.
clear_all Clear All Click this button to have all the messages removed from the console.
rerunConsole.png Restart Click this button to restart logging.

ADB logs

This tab shows the Android Debugging Bridge log messages.

See Also

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