Debugging with Android Studio stuck at “Waiting For Debugger” forever

Question

UPDATE The supposed duplicate is a question on being stucking in \"Waiting For Debugger\" when executing Run, while this

Answer 1

Restarting Android Studio fix the issue for me.

Answer 2

Just use this command to disable it. adb shell am clear-debug-app

Answer 3

On some machines/projects the debugger do not attach automatically so you need to attach it manually (studio menu -> Run -> Attach debugger to Android process)

Answer 4

Both of my dev machines have JDK 8 installed, the debugging function is restored once JDK 7.0.71 was installed and JAVA_HOME environmental variable was set to point to the new JDK.

Guess there's some compatibility issue between Android Studio + ADB + JDK8 (Eclipse + ADB + JDK8 works fine).

Answer 5

When the Device displays the message go to Run->Attach debbuger, then select a debbuger. it'll start the activity.

Answer 6

Sometime it's due to the fact that in the build.gradle configuration you have to set the node:

  debug {
            debuggable true
        }

Change it back to false when you have to prepare the signed apk.

Regards