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Jaska
Jaska

Reputation:

Inserting breakpoints on Eclipse for an Android program

I'm using Eclipse 3.3 and Android 1.6. I installed DDMS on my Eclipse and tried to insert breakpoints as in tutorial https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-ecbug/ . However, as I run my project, the program won't stop when it reaches the breakpoint. Is there a bug in Eclipse or am I doing something wrong?

Upvotes: 12

Views: 25000

Answers (5)

AshleyJ
AshleyJ

Reputation: 332

If you're trying to debug a service or widget you'll need to start an activity in order for the debugger to attach properly.

Upvotes: 1

Shakil78692
Shakil78692

Reputation: 179

If the breakpoint symbol/circle has a line going through it, it means you have the "skip all breakpoints" option selected. You can de-select it in the Debug view, under the "Breakpoints" section/box.

Upvotes: 12

Scott
Scott

Reputation: 1313

My breakpoints haven't been working either. In my debug configuration on the Android tab, I had the launch action set to "Do Nothing". When I changed that to instead launch directly into an activity, my breakpoints started working.

Upvotes: 3

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1324178

To add to Amarghosh answer's, check also your JDK version.

There is a bug with JDK6_u14 et u15, which made your breakpoints "invisible" (the program would not stop during a debug session)
Fixed in the latest one JDK6u16.

Upvotes: 3

Amarghosh
Amarghosh

Reputation: 59451

May be this is the problem:

However, as I run my project

Debug the project instead of running it. Select 'Debug' from the 'Run' menu or hit F11.

Upvotes: 38

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