How to Debug in Android Studio?

Question

How can I

1. Set a breakpoint.
2. Stop on Breakpoint.
3. Release, but leave in debug mode. By release, I mean don\'t step to next line. Jump to next b

Answer 1

The top left button in the debug window (the green triangle) is doing what you want. "Resume Program (F9)"

Answer 2

you should do the followings to enable the debugger option - https://developer.android.com/studio/debug

Answer 3

Breakpoints are toggled by clicking in the narrow column to the left of the code. You can also have conditional breakpoints, for example by right clicking the red spot I could enter someVariable > someOtherVariable. Other options include suspending the whole app, or just the thread that encountered the breakpoint.

Buttons going down the left

• Resume
• Pause
• Stop
• View breakpoints
• Mute breakpoints

Buttons across the top

• Show execution point
• Step over
• Step into
• Force step into
• Step out