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Build id: 20100218-1602 (c) Copyright Eclipse contributors and others 2000, 2009. All rights reserved. Visit http://eclipse.org/ This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation http://apache.org/ yes I did run this in debug mode and still no luck. thanks On Apr 28, 1:51 am, Andreas <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Bob, see my answers below - please help -thanks > > > On Apr 27, 5:38 pm, Bob Kerns <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected] > > > > 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 [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected] > > > 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 [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > 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 [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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
