Questions tagged [ddms]

DDMS is an Android SDK tool that provides port-forwarding services, screen capture on the device, thread and heap information on the device, logcat, process, and radio state information, incoming call and SMS spoofing, location data spoofing, and more.

The DDMS (Dalvik Debug Monitor Server) is a tool that comes with the android SDK. It provides port-forwarding services, screen capture on the device, thread and heap information on the device, logcat, process, and radio state information, incoming call and SMS spoofing, location data spoofing, and more.

More information about DDMS is at http://developer.android.com/tools/debugging/ddms.html

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hierarchy viewer deprecation warning

I had used hierarchy viewer in the past for examining the app UI. On using the tool today I get this warning vihaan@trojan:~/Downloads/adt-bundle-linux-x86-20131030/sdk/tools$ ./hierarchyviewer The standalone version of hieararchyviewer is…
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Empty File Explorer in Eclipse DDMS

I am trying to access db files on my Android phone through Eclipse's DDMS. However, file explorer is empty. Ive tried restarting adb server, restarting eclipse, and it still does not work. My phone can be seen under 'My Devices' and is shown to be…
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Android deallocate Bitmaps going into "unknown" memory

I'm making a sketching app, mostly for fun. But i've run into a problem. Within my app, the user can "flip" through sketches they've already drawn. These sketches are just 400x800 Bitmaps. But i'm constantly running into out of memory…
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Debugging Android Widget In Intellij IDEA

When debugging widget, every breakpoint causes ANR. There is solution for Eclipse, but I can't find solution for IDEA.
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How can I read my database from DDMS

In android how can I read database which is in DDMS? I want to see the data of my database which is stored in DDMS can I do this?
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DDMS Source / Extending DDMS

Anyone know where to find DDMS source code? I want to extend its functionality. Or is there a CLI for this tool instead of the eclipse plugin?
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Device Monitor is not showing in Android Studio 3.1

I cannot open Device Monitor in my Android Studio SDK because its icon literally disappeared from the drop-down list in the tools menu option. I do not know if there's any other access point or icon or term in the menus to open the Device Monitor. I…
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Android DDMS - send calls to actual device

Does anyone know how (or if it's possible) to simulate a call to an actual device (i.e. USB debugging) using the DDMS in eclipse? I have no problems simulating calls to the emulator and the app I'm writing runs fine in both the emulator or the…
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DDMS throwing ADB error since SDK API 9 upgrade

I upgraded to Gingerbreak 2.3 SDK today and started receiving this error when I try to run DDMS: Failed to get adb version: Cannot run program "adb": CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified. How can I fix this? Running…
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Device manager file manager is Empty for Nougat emulator

In my PC file manager of ddms is working fine, it's showing all the folder from devices, but for emulator which is working on Lollipop or below version, but for Nougat version file manager doesn't showing any data, it's always empty for Nougat…
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DDMS not able to send location to emulator

DDMS is not able to send location to the emulator. I have tried sending just the location from DDMS but still the emulator is not able to receive location. The application works properly in the device but its not able to capture location data in the…
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Unable to open DDMS in Android Studio. Mysterious Eclipse error pops up

So here I go again with yet another Android Studio tools error. I don't think this one has been reported before, I can't find any posts on it. I am trying to open the Device Monitor (DDMS) in Android Studio by clicking on the following…
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How to connect Android to PC

I'm trying to connect my Samsung Galaxy to PC but ddms tool does not recognize my phone. USB debugging is enabled. What can cause a problem? PS. I'm using Ubuntu 9.10 OS. Thanks.
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Android Eclipse DDMS > Heap > Cause GC greyed out

I'm unable to click the Cause GC button in the Heap tab under the DDMS Perspective in Eclipse because it is greyed out. I'm using ADT v22 (the Eclipse/Android/ADT package) on OS X. Device I'm using is an S3. Steps followed: 1. Deployed app from…
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Android DDMS Cannot start network statistics with emulator

As soon as the start button is clicked, Error dialog is shown. Problem reading stats Reason: Problem reading xt_qtaguid network statistics from selected device. I am testing with newest 4.2.2 emulator. (I've read about network stats not being…