Android Studio 1.4 cannot launch debug server

Question

I\'ve been working with AS 1.4 for quite a while and new native debugging feature is especially useful.

However native debugging does not work on my Samsung Galaxy N

Answer 1

I encounter Android Studio 3.5 similar issue with LLDB debugger - where "Starting LLDB server" process hangs forever, no debugging process is started and after solving this I encounter another issue. The issues with workarounds are explained in bug reports I submitted:

1. Android Studio C++ Debugger startup silently ignores phone LLDB setup critical issues - workaround: ensure to use AVD emulator based on Google API and not Google Play (no root access)
2. Android Studio C++ Debugger uses wrong paths on phone in LLDB setup procedure causing: failed to get reply to handshake packet - workaround: check which paths are wrong and create them on device like: mkdir -p .../bin

Answer 2

See https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=187003

You need root access on your device, but then chmod 4750 /system/bin/run-as may solve the problem.

If you don't have root access, you can modify your app, and start LLDB server with your package's identity, using Runtime.exec().