Android print stack trace

Question

How can I get the equivalent of a printStackTrace in android? I know I can log an error, by passing in a tag name and a String to the logging method, but that just gives me a nu

Answer 1

Firstly, in case you already haven't, you should be wrapping your code in a try-catch structure, like this, for example:

private String TAG = "MyMethodName";  // change this to anything that makes sense to you       
try {
    ...
    Log.d(TAG, "processed OK");
} catch (Exception except) {
    Log.e(TAG,"CRASH StackTrace: "+ Arrays.toString(except.getStackTrace()));
}

This pseudocode will show a complete stack trace.

NEWBIE ALERT: Before publishing app, don't forget to "comment out" (using //) this and all debugging features that may be used to expose the internals of your code. Anyone who plugs a device running your code with ADB enabled will be able to access LogCat (where Log publishes).