Very cool! I could have used this for some bugs I worked on :) Do you think it's possible to integrate this into the monitor tool in the Android SDK? (The monitor tool is based on Eclipse and shares common components with ADT) This would be good for those of us that don't have Eclipse/ADT.
Also, have you thought about putting everything on, for examaple, Github? That way you can put all the code, jars, docs, etc. in one place. Cheers, Jim On 7/30/13 3:08 PM, Sriram Ramasubramanian wrote: > Hi Firefox-Devs, > > I've been working on an Eclipse Plugin for Android development and … > > Thanks, > Sriram. > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Sriram Ramasubramanian <[email protected]> >> Subject: Eclipse Plugin >> Date: July 30, 2013 11:46:29 AM PDT >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> >> Namaste front-end-ers, >> >> I've been working on an Eclipse Plugin for Android development. With the >> standard set of tools, it's really hard to find what all views are currently >> visible in an application. The hierarchy viewer shows the tree view that >> none can understand, and the UI automator viewer shows a screenshot of the >> device with the bounds mapped over it. How can one find what a view draws? >> We've seen problems with ImageView drawing a background and an image on top >> of it. To mitigate such problems, my plugin, tentatively named as Droid >> Inspector (though the name varies a lot inside the plugin now :P ), helps >> visualize each view separately in 3D (glass-free), and find problems. It >> captures the background and content for each view as separate layers, so >> they can be shown/hidden separately. >> >> What does it look like? >> http://cl.ly/image/273d0l3H212B is how it looks. A 3D view, a hierarchy tree >> and a box model (thanks Faaborg). >> >> How do I get it? >> This is still in development and tentatively parked at: >> http://sriramramani.com/downloads/Droid%20Inspector/ >> You can install this by Help > Install New Software… in Eclipse. (Remove %20 >> in eclipse). >> >> I am facing issues. How do I..? >> 1. Please install LWJGL from http://jevopi.de/updatesite/org.lwjgl.updatesite >> This is a pre-requisite as this gives the 3D view. (I couldn't find a better >> update site for it :( ). >> 2. Please update your eclipse/ADT. There would be dependency clashes from >> ADT. Resolving is a pain, but I hope you can get through it ;) >> 3. Now try installing this plugin. It should go smooth. >> >> I think I've installed. How can I be sure? >> After re-starting, open DDMS perspective. In the Device view, there should >> be a "Copy" icon. (Ya! I'm still working on icons. :( ). That's my plugin! >> >> "So you are telling me that I spent so much time to install your plugin to >> get this small copy icon here??" >> Umm… ya! But no. This works on the same way as HierarchyViewer. After a >> couple of settings tweak, we are good to go. >> Go to Eclipse > Preferences > Android > DDMS and enable "Use ADBHOST". >> Now the eclipse plugin side is all fine. To use this plugin with any >> application, the application needs to add a library and 3 lines of code. The >> library can be found at: >> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3017599/Droid%20Inspector/droidinspector.jar >> >> But I'm not going to put you through the series of adding this library to >> Fennec and trying the plugin. I made that for you: http://cl.ly/381d3E3x1Y2x >> >> After installing Fennec sriramramasub… please go back to DDMS. It should >> show the Fennec. Select it and click on my plugin. It should collect all >> info, and open the file. If this all works you could see something like in >> the screenshot :D >> >> Operations: >> Click-and-drag to rotate the 3D view. >> Mouse scroll (mac-swipe) to zoom-in and zoom-out. >> Shift + Click-and-drag to move entire model. >> >> Alright, so what do you want now? >> :D :D How does it feel? Is it working fine? Worth the pain of installing the >> plugin? What features do you want more? >> >> Known issues: >> 1. Background check box doesn't work. >> 2. Selecting a view in 3D window doesn't work -- I'm refreshing my 8th grade >> math on planes and normal vectors for this. >> >> Extras: >> 1. To use it with other application, add the droidinspector.jar to your >> class path and add this code: http://www.pastebin.mozilla.org/2746064 >> Currently only the first registered application shows up. So, please run >> only one application to monitor. I'll fix it this weekend. >> 2. I'll post this to mobile-firefox-dev once Android UI team can install it >> easily :D >> >> That's all folks! >> >> Oh! As Gary says, "DO NOT TWEET" :D :D >> >> Thanks, >> Sriram. >> _______________________________________________ >> mobile-frontend mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mobile-frontend > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mobile-firefox-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mobile-firefox-dev > _______________________________________________ mobile-firefox-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mobile-firefox-dev
