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michael
michael

Reputation: 3945

Android: Monitor network traffic of apps, using similar tool to F12->Network on Web

In Web development it's well known that inside the Dev console->Network tab it's possible to read, for example, Json's traffic between the client and server.

What about similar tool for Android apps? Is something like this achievable: Connecting device on debug mode to ADB, and see the web traffic? For example to read in live how App X receiving Json from her back-end server? (And similar to Web - Read this Json...)

Upvotes: 3

Views: 8985

Answers (2)

nbarraille
nbarraille

Reputation: 10023

You can use a Debugging Proxy like Charles: http://www.charlesproxy.com/ This is in my opinion the best option for network inspection because it gives you a lot of advanced options such as:

  • Replaying requests
  • Simulating slow network speed
  • Setting up breakpoints where you can edit the response from the server before it hits your app

The only downside is that it can be a little tedious to set up, and you have to edit your phone/emulator Wifi settings a lot...

You can also add a debugging library to your app, like Stetho by Facebook: http://facebook.github.io/stetho/

This will let you observe the network requests made by your app in the Chrome Dev Tools amongst other thing (inspecting your layouts on screen, read/write DB and Shared Preferences access...)

Upvotes: 4

android_Muncher
android_Muncher

Reputation: 1057

try this tool called charles proxy. We use it all the time at work and works like a charm. http://www.charlesproxy.com/

Upvotes: 1

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