From 0eef5f6b501ca9d2fb105d276ef86c896671e9cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Meeks Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:08:01 +0000 Subject: android: Add debugging tips --- README.Android | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) (limited to 'README.Android') diff --git a/README.Android b/README.Android index 555f09374c2c..aae65317d78d 100644 --- a/README.Android +++ b/README.Android @@ -28,6 +28,22 @@ this point: and continue onwards & upwards. +* Debugging + + Debugging is fun, the default NDK gdb (in v7) is busted, you +need to download a new one from: + + http://code.google.com/p/mingw-and-ndk/ + + Even this 'fixed' gdb is broken in the way that it can see +symbols only for shlibs that were already loaded when the debuggee was +attached, so you need to carefully guess where to put: + + fprintf(stderr, "Sleeping NOW!\n"); ::sleep(20); + + into the code; and when you see that in logcat, you have time +to run: ndk-gdb and it will attach the process. + * Detailed explanation Unit tests are the first thing we want to run on Android, to get some -- cgit v1.2.3