{"id":92,"date":"2014-02-04T17:39:32","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T17:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/?p=92"},"modified":"2015-07-19T08:18:13","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T15:18:13","slug":"android-native-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/tutorials\/android\/native-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Debugging the native-activity project with Visual Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"

This tutorial shows how to build and debug the Native-activity<\/strong> sample provided with Android NDK.<\/p>\n

Before you begin, please install VisualGDB 2.0<\/a> or later (ensure that “Android Edition” is checked in the installer). If you are not familiar with VisualGDB, please first go through the Android Quickstart tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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  1. Start Visual Studio. Select Android->AVD Manager to start Android Emulator.\"01-avd\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. If you already have a virtual Android device based on version 2.3.3 or later, start it. Otherwise, create a new virtual device (versions before 2.3.3 do not support native activities!<\/strong>).<\/li>\n
  3. Go back to Visual Studio. Select File->New project->VisualGDB->Android Project Wizard.\"02-newprj\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Enter a path for the new project and specify an arbitrary project name. Press “OK”.<\/li>\n
  5. Select “Clone a sample from NDK” and press “Next”.\"03-clone\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Select “native-activity” from the sample list. Press “next”.\"04-native-activity\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Select “Android 2.3.3” from the platform list. Press “next”.\"05-platform\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Build your project by selecting “Build->Build Solution”.<\/li>\n
  9. Open the main.c file and set a breakpoint after the “Process the event” comment.<\/li>\n
  10. Start debugging by selecting Android -> Debug Android App.\"06-debug\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. Wait until VisualGDB deploys the app, launches it and attaches to it.\"07-launch\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. After VisualGDB attaches to the app, the breakpoint should hit. If this does not happen, go to the emulator and click on the screen. Then go back to Visual Studio.\"08-inspect\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. You can now use the usual Visual Studio windows (e.g. call stack<\/strong> or watch<\/strong>) and commands (e.g. step over<\/strong>) to debug your program.<\/li>\n
  14. To finish debugging, press Shift+F5.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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