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Reputation: 7913

Android Studio: breakpoints in static methods are ignored

I have a problem with the Android Studio debugger: every breakpoint I set inside a static method is completely ignored. The ones set in non-static methods, on the other hand, work perfectly.

In fact, even if I break just before calling a static method and then manually "step into" it doesn't work. When I step into, it takes me past all the code in my static method to the first piece of code inside a non-static one.

How can I solve this? It makes finding bugs extremely difficult, since I have several helper classees with static methods in my project.

Additional information

Android studio version: 1.2.1.1
Testing on Galaxy s5 - Android Lollipop
Already tried invalidating cache / restarting / cleaning and rebuilding project
No overloaded methods
Didn't touch proguard rules
Minification is not enabled
The code is actually being executed (tested with logcat messages)

Example code:

    private void LoadAvailableExperiments(){ //non static methods, breakpoints work fine here
        try {
            List<ExperimentStoreEntry> storedExperiments = PackageHelpers.GetStoredExperiments(true); //call to static method
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
//rest of the method
}

Then, inside PackageHelpers class:

public static List<ExperimentStoreEntry> GetStoredExperiments(boolean cleanInvalidEntries){ //static method. Breakpoints don't work here
        List<ExperimentStoreEntry> entries = new LinkedList<>(); //breakpoint here is never hit
        File dir = new File(IOHelpers.getExperimentsStoragePath()); //nor here
        if(dir.exists()) { //nor here... etc...
            for (File subdir : dir.listFiles()) {
                //rest of the code I won't bore you with...
        }
        return entries;
    }

EDIT: please, if you -1 the question, at least say why in the comments so I can improve it. I don't know what else to add frankly :/

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1484

Answers (1)

Master_T
Master_T

Reputation: 7913

As pointed out by FunkTheMonk, this was a problem with the first Lollipop release on the GalaxyS5. Updating the device to the latest firmware solved the issue.

See here for more details: Galaxy S5 Lollipop - not all breakpoints stop execution under Android Studio debugger

Upvotes: 1

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