This document explains how to gather ‘logcat’ logs from android devices for the purpose of debugging issues.

Pre-requisits:
Have developer options unlocks on the android device
Have Android studio installed with SDK’s and Tools See our tutorial for setting up Android here

-enable usb debugging

-open up the PC or Mac command terminal

-enter into the terminal the folder where adb is installed ex) cd /Users/<username>/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools

-run ./adb for a list of available commands
-For the list of attached device id’s run ./adb devices
-copy your android device id
-to attach the logger to the device run ./adb -s “<device id>” logcat
-you will see a live recording of your devices logcat. You may now run your application and gather log data from the android device.

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