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jbm
jbm

Reputation: 1492

Attach Android debugger to process built with Eclipse project I don't own

I would like to debug a portion of an Android application for which I do not have the original Eclipse project that was used to build it.

I have built a .jar file that implements an Android Activity. I use Eclipse to develop and debug it, and javac/jar to build the .jar with the appropriate classes. The .jar is shipped off to a client, who then builds it into their application.

Now they would like me to debug something, and have provided me a .apk for their application that calls android.os.Debug.waitForDebugger(). I do not have their source code or project. I install and run the application, and when it hits that call, I see the process in the Eclipse DDMS tab waiting on attachment (it has the red bug icon). When I try to attach to the process in Eclipse, by clicking the "Debug the selected process" button, I get this error message:

No opened project found for <their-app-package-name>. Debug session failed!

Is there a way for me to attach to this process, without the original application project? If not, I will resort to android.util.Log statements, but I would rather not, for obvious reasons.

As I wrote above, I have my own project with all the source code used to build the .jar that was incorporated into this application. I have tried changing the package name in my test project manifest, but that does not appear to change anything as far as Eclipse is concerned.

Thanks for any help!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2707

Answers (1)

jbm
jbm

Reputation: 1492

Answering my own question -- I created a debug configuration of type Remote Java Application, and specified the port displayed in the DDMS window. I assume I could use any JDWP compliant debugger to do this.

Upvotes: 4

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