We definitively got side tracked on this VOTE thread... Gary
On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 11:13 PM, Ajitha (JIRA) <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1921?page= > com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment- > tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16097523#comment-16097523 ] > > Ajitha edited comment on LOG4J2-1921 at 7/23/17 6:12 AM: > --------------------------------------------------------- > > We are working on alternatives. But If you are interested in Android > support, > > 1)Install Studio > 2)Follow the wizard and allow your machine to download latest SDK as > wizard says. > 3)Import the attachment project (I have attached in this JIRA) and > 4) You should be able to run the app on any android device > /Users/ajitha3008/StudioProjects/Log4jExample_using_v2.3.zip > P.S: Enable "USB debugging" in device. Google has many links to do the > same. > The output log file will be seen in location: > /Android/data/com.braingalore.log4jexample/files/logs/app.log > > You can open this with notepad. Use ESFileExplorer to reach to the > location to take the log file. > > Now we are trying to achieve the upgradation of log4j using the > instructions that support grade from https://logging.apache.org/ > log4j/2.x/maven-artifacts.html (Android supports cradle build). The > configurations of gradle can be found in the file app/build.gradle . It may > be pointing to the "maven" repo of the apache libs. You can change it to > point to apache repo and try to solve the issues that you face. My comments > in this bug on 06/Jul/17 09:02 will tell how I tried to achieve the > changing of maven repo to apache repo. > > This could be a learning curve definitely and logToFileWriter is a great > need and when this is ready-made people would love to use your app taking > "apache" brand in consideration. > > -Ajitha Yasmin > > > was (Author: ajitha): > We are working on alternatives. But If you are interested in Android > support, > > 1)Install Studio > 2)Follow the wizard and allow your machine to download latest SDK as > wizard says. > 3)Import the attachment project and > 4) You should be able to run the app on any android device > /Users/ajitha3008/StudioProjects/Log4jExample_using_v2.3.zip > P.S: Enable "USB debugging" in device. Google has many links to do the > same. > The output log file will be seen in location: > /Android/data/com.braingalore.log4jexample/files/logs/app.log > > You can open this with notepad. Use ESFileExplorer to reach to the > location to take the log file. > > Now we are trying to achieve the upgradation of log4j using the > instructions that support grade from https://logging.apache.org/ > log4j/2.x/maven-artifacts.html (Android supports cradle build). The > configurations of gradle can be found in the file app/build.gradle . It may > be pointing to the "maven" repo of the apache libs. You can change it to > point to apache repo and try to solve the issues that you face. My comments > in this bug on 06/Jul/17 09:02 will tell how I tried to achieve the > changing of maven repo to apache repo. > > This could be a learning curve definitely and logToFileWriter is a great > need and when this is ready-made people would love to use your app taking > "apache" brand in consideration. > > -Ajitha Yasmin > > > Getting ClassCastException while getting LoggerContext > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Key: LOG4J2-1921 > > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1921 > > Project: Log4j 2 > > Issue Type: Bug > > Components: Configurators > > Affects Versions: 2.8.2 > > Environment: Android > > Reporter: Ajitha > > Priority: Blocker > > Labels: Android > > Attachments: Log4jExample_using_v2.3.zip > > > > > > Hi, > > I integrated the log4j with my Android application and did the initial > config. It works fine. I have a menu item in "Settings" screen where I can > change the log levels in my application. So, After I change the > configuration, I need to update the loggers. So I am using following logic. > > {code:java} > > LoggerContext ctx = LoggerContext.getContext() > > Configuration config = ctx.getConfiguration(); > > LoggerConfig loggerConfig = config.getLoggerConfig( > LogManager.ROOT_LOGGER_NAME); > > loggerConfig.setLevel(myLogLevel); > > ctx.updateLoggers(); > > {code} > > While getting the logger context, I am getting a ClassCastException. > > 05-26 22:33:21.011 E/AndroidRuntime( 9642): Caused by: > java.lang.ClassCastException: > org.apache.logging.log4j.simple.SimpleLoggerContext > cannot be cast to org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext > > 05-26 22:33:21.011 E/AndroidRuntime( 9642): at > org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.getContext( > LoggerContext.java:190) > > 05-26 22:33:21.011 E/AndroidRuntime( 9642): at > org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configurator. > setRootLevel(Configurator.java:323) > > Please help here. > > > > -- > This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA > (v6.4.14#64029) >