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Debugging Android Code

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Can any one please guide me to debug Android code. I tried to use GDB and GDBServer for this but couldn't succeed.

posted Aug 23, 2013 by Sheetal Chauhan

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you can use gdb and gdbserver. Please Google.
commented Aug 23, 2013 by Sumit Pokharna
I already googled and tried _gdb_ and _gdbserver_ to debug aosp code. Like I attach gdb server with _NETD_ process on mobile device and from remote gdb client the source path of android _NETD_ code locations. but from (GDB) TARGET REMOTE X.X.X.X:XXXX command can't debug it as running binary doesn't have debugging symbol details. Even (GDB) FILE \'ANDROID/ROOT/LOCATION/SYSTEM/NETD\' couldn't help.

While googling found some pointers to debug ndk/jni apps, but not aosp code. Can you tell me what I am missing here?
commented Aug 23, 2013 by Bob Wise

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Easy answer is to use gdbclient function defined in envsetup.sh. you must source in it before building android. To have symbols, you need to define so-search-path in gdb. libraries and binaries at out/target/product/armv9/system/ are all stripped. check out out/target/product/armv9/symbols instead.

answer Aug 23, 2013 by Meenal Mishra
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