Hi, What IDE are you using? If you are using eclipse, please be aware that you have to start iin "debug" rather than "run" mode for the IDE to stop at you breakpoints.
Also please have a look at the logcat. That should give you a stack trace of the exception, and generally be very helpful. Gambatte! Bex On Apr 28, 2:01 pm, SeriousCoder <ambre...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Bob, see my answers below - please help -thanks > > On Apr 27, 5:38 pm, Bob Kerns <r...@acm.org> wrote: > > > > > Um, by using the debugger, or if you don't want to do that, by looking > > at the logs? > > > You appear to have gotten an application compiled and built, yet are > > unaware of the development environment. I can't quite figure how you > > got to this point in your exploration, so I'm not sure what help you > > need. > > > So let's check a few basics. Are you aware: > > > * There IS a debugger? - yes > > > * There IS a view in the IDE to show you the log from the device (or > > emulator)? That would show the stack trace (including line numbers) > > for the error in question? - yes > > > * That the debugger supports breakpoints, and single stepping? - i added a > > ttoggle breakpoint (by right clicking on the screen -> toggle breakpoint) > > but the debugger doesnt stop at the exact point. > > > * That the debugger also supports breaking on exceptions? - I dont know, it > > doesnt stop on breakpoints. > > > * That the debugger for Android works essentially the same way as for > > any other Java code? - I dont know > > > * That the error message you see is the default one presented to end > > users, and is not INTENDED to help developers? - correct. > > > Any negative answer would be a clue about where to start reading and > > exploring. > > > On Apr 27, 11:06 am, SeriousCoder <ambre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Guys, > > > > I am new to android development but I know programming and I found out > > > that the android development platform doesnt display error messages > > > that make sense. For eg : I am in the process of creating a to-do-list > > > app and this thing give me a message saying that "The application > > > Widges (process widgets.controls) has stopped unexpectedly please try > > > again". How in the world am I am supposed to debug this error or know > > > what it means. Please advise > > > > Thank you, > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
