Android Logcat: How do I output a log message with a TAB character?

Question

In Java, System.out.printf("\t") gives a TAB character in the Console.

I wanted to have that function in the Logcat DDMS, by outputting a TAB character in my log message.

public void testLogMessage(){
    Log.d("Test", "TAB: " + "\t" + "AAAAAAAA" + "\t" + "AAAAAAAAA");
}

However, in the Logcat, I do not see the TAB character in the A's.

If possible, how should I output the TAB character in the Logcat? Thanks in advance.

EDIT:

Probably I didn't make my question clear. I want to show up the TAB control character on this:

Logcat

I just could not get the TAB character to show up. Thanks in advance.

Yes I did. It has no effect whatsoever with any devices, virtual or hardware. — tom_mai78101, Jul 16 '12 at 13:14
Whenever my Activity starts the `onResume()` method. I could see the A's very clearly, but no TAB character in between. — tom_mai78101, Jul 16 '12 at 13:17
\t embedded in strings seems to work for me, verified the presence of a tab character in the output of logcat and even in eclipse. I didn't need it, but you can try the binary flag, ie adb logcat -B — Chris Stratton, Jul 16 '12 at 13:26
@ChrisStratton If possible, could you please post that as the answer to this question, so that I can vote you as answered and you get reps for it? — tom_mai78101, Jul 16 '12 at 13:34
@ChrisStratton And another thing, I'm not familiar with the binary flag for Logcat. If you can explain it a bit more in your answer post, it will help out very much. Thanks! — tom_mai78101, Jul 16 '12 at 13:36
Not being able to replicate the problem is more of a comment than an answer. As for the binary flag (-B), see the logcat docs. — Chris Stratton, Jul 16 '12 at 14:08
I have this problem too and I think logcat escapes tab and stuff... — Dumbo, Dec 08 '13 at 22:25

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 31 '12 at 11:29

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If no one is able to prove that TAB characters can be outputted to Logcat, then I guess it means Logcat isn't able to display TAB characters.

I do not have a workaround for the TAB characters, nor do I wish to continue fixing this problem.

answered Jul 31 '12 at 11:29

tom_mai78101

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