Hi, You should not be seeing errors in the platform so there should be no need to download the Android source in order to debug your application.
Please reply with full error that you are getting, it should be pointing to the line in your code. Rgds Gerard On Dec 15, 5:01 am, frankw <[email protected]> wrote: > I've many times debugged my Java EE code running on Tomcat and JBoss > quite effectivley with Eclipse, but I'm running into a brick wall > debugging an Android app on the Droid. I think I have to debug on the > device and not the AVM because the app interacts with MapView, GPS, > etc. Maybe I need to use the AVM to effectively debug? > > What happens is I get NullPointerException or > ArrayOutOfBoundsException in the main thread at something like > ViewRoot.draw(boolean) line: 1373. Of course, by default, the source > won't be found. So I downloaded the source with Git and pointed > Eclipse at it. However, I think I don't have the right source, because > the line is that the exception appears to have been thrown from is not > completely relevant. How can I be sure I'm using the correct source > code for debugging the Droid? > > After writing this, I've found that although Eclipse is not displaying > the little green dot when I set a breakpoint in the Andorid code, it > does show up in the breakpoint view and I can step through the code. > Not sure if this helps me. Is it perhaps my ignorance of Dalvik and/or > debugging threaded code? > > Anyway, I wish I could see the actual Java statement that caused the > exception. Does anyone have suggestions on how I can effectivley debug > my Android code? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
