Eclipse LogCat shows only the first letter from each message

Question

I installed android SDK and plugin on eclipse 4.4, and LogCat shows only the first letter from each message.

an screenshot:

Answer 1

I'm creating a new answer since I don't have enough rep to comment on @claganga, that is , modifying the file on workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings/com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms.prefs

I'm using Eclipse Mars M4 and after trying the solution above with some variations I still could see a single column - although I could change from the single letter from debug level to TID's 4 digits.

However after having tried the following I got an important improvement:

ddms.logcat.auotmonitor.level=error  
ddms.logcat.automonitor=false  
ddms.logcat.automonitor.userprompt=true  
eclipse.preferences.version=1
logcat.view.colsize.Application=169
logcat.view.colsize.Level=54
logcat.view.colsize.PID=54
logcat.view.colsize.Tag=198
logcat.view.colsize.Text=619
logcat.view.colsize.Time=182

I'm not sure if it was moving the version line up, or removing the trailing spaces, but it started making a difference. Now I can see Level, Time, PID, Application, Tag and Text. I'm not sure how they're supposed to change their order, but at least I can resize them with a mouse now.

However I noticed the horizontal scroll bar is still completely stuck to 100%, meaning what's out of sight is out of reach. Anyway, it's good enough for me right now.

Some important things I noticed: a) don't leave trailing spaces in any of those lines - when I copy/pasted there were some. And b) order is important , though I don't know why or how.

Answer 2

I had the same problem on Eclipse 4.5.0(Mars Release), i tried @claganga 's solution but didn't work for me at first.

Here is my addition to the solution that worked for me :

1. Exit eclipse
2. Open up the file

~/workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings/com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms.prefs

3. Just add those lines save, close it. Restart eclipse, wait for it until loading workspace. Then Exit.

ddms.logcat.auotmonitor.level=error ddms.logcat.automonitor=false ddms.logcat.automonitor.userprompt=true logcat.view.colsize.Level=54 eclipse.preferences.version=1

4. Open up the file at step 2 again, add the lines below step 5 one at a time. After adding one line save&close it. Restart eclipse, wait for it until loading workspace. Then Exit.

5. Repeat the process at step 4 again for the second line, third line etc.

   logcat.view.colsize.Application=169 logcat.view.colsize.PID=54 logcat.view.colsize.Tag=198 logcat.view.colsize.Text=619 logcat.view.colsize.Time=182

Answer 3

I replaced/overwrote the com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms.prefs file: ~/workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings/com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms.prefs

with one from a previous Eclipse installation. It worked. This is the content:

com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms.explorer.data=82
com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms.explorer.info=1193
com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms.explorer.name=663
com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms.explorer.permissions=94
com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms.explorer.size=58
com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms.explorer.time=46
ddms.logcat.auotmonitor.level=error
ddms.logcat.automonitor.userprompt=true
devicePanel.Col0=378
devicePanel.Col1=56
devicePanel.Col4=1273
eclipse.preferences.version=1
logcat.view.colsize.Application=98
logcat.view.colsize.Level=67
logcat.view.colsize.PID=54
logcat.view.colsize.TID=54
logcat.view.colsize.Tag=168
logcat.view.colsize.Text=1001
logcat.view.colsize.Time=196

Answer 4

1) exit eclipse

2) open up the file

~/workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings/com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms.prefs

3) Input false vlaue for your arbitrarily parameters

Answer 5

These are not the first letters from the messages.

These are the level flags: V (for verbose), D (for debug), etc.

Do you see that bottom scroll bar? Scroll it to the right.

Then resize the columns by clicking and dragging the separator between the headers. Do not grab the separator between the column themselves where the content is, grabbing there won't work. Also, you must reduce the size of the first column to make room for the others. And right-click on the header itself to add/remove columns.

Answer 6

Just edit the file below：

~/workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings/com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms.prefs

Would u please try this out: please delete the spaces at the end of each line ,it will work. (Most importantly, make sure there is not any space at the end of each line):

com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms.adbDebugBasePort=8600
com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms.explorer.info=68
com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms.explorer.name=94
com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms.explorer.permissions=68
com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms.explorer.size=44
com.android.ide.eclipse.ddms.explorer.time=34
ddms.logcat.auotmonitor.level=error
ddms.logcat.automonitor=false
ddms.logcat.automonitor.userprompt=true
devicePanel.Col0=319
devicePanel.Col1=38
devicePanel.Col4=61
eclipse.preferences.version=1
emulatorControl.track.name=155
emulatorControl.waypoint.name=95
heapPanel.col0=1276
logcat.view.colsize.Application=133
logcat.view.colsize.Level=44
logcat.view.colsize.PID=44
logcat.view.colsize.TID=44
logcat.view.colsize.Tag=98
logcat.view.colsize.Text=712
logcat.view.colsize.Time=131
logcat.view.filters.list=name\: 'com.android.settings', tag\: '', text\: '', pid\: '', app\: 'com.android.settings', level\: 'verbose', name\: 'ActivityManager', tag\: 'ActivityManager', text\: '', pid\: '', app\: '', level\: 'verbose',
logcat.view.font=1|Sans|11.0|0|GTK|1|;
threadPanel.Col0=24
threadPanel.Col1=37
threadPanel.Col2=61
threadPanel.Col3=34
threadPanel.Col4=34
threadPanel.Col5=272
threadPanel.stack.col0=503