I have Java Project with lot of files, which is using LOG4J. Now I am trying to Port it to Android platform. Is it possible to reuse the code as-it is, with LOG4J function calls?
Current understanding:
- Property configuration won't work (beans dependency)
- I tried with LOG4J for Android and SL4J Lib. No success.
Working. But no use
org.apache.log4j.Logger root = org.apache.log4j.Logger.getRootLogger();
final SocketAppender appender = new SocketAppender("192.168.123.123", 3333);
root.addAppender(appender);
// SLF4J - Not working
org.slf4j.Logger logger;
logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MyClass.class);
// LOG4J for Android - Not working
ConfigureLog4J.configure();
logger = Logger.getLogger( MyClass.class );
Am I missing something?? Pointer to any working examples?
Solved by using the android-logging-log4j.jar.
Here is sample code:
public class ALogger {
public static org.apache.log4j.Logger getLogger(Class clazz) {
final LogConfigurator logConfigurator = new LogConfigurator();
logConfigurator.setFileName(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + File.separator + "log/file.log");
logConfigurator.setRootLevel(Level.ALL);
logConfigurator.setLevel("org.apache", Level.ALL);
logConfigurator.setUseFileAppender(true);
logConfigurator.setFilePattern("%d %-5p [%c{2}]-[%L] %m%n");
logConfigurator.setMaxFileSize(1024 * 1024 * 5);
logConfigurator.setImmediateFlush(true);
logConfigurator.configure();
Logger log = Logger.getLogger(clazz);
return log;
}
}
In your code, replace the below lines:
PropertyConfigurator.configure(MY_PROP_FILE);
logger = Logger.getLogger( MyClaZZ.class );
With:
logger = ALogger.getLogger(MyClazz.class);
My answer, that presents a more future-proof and lateral-thinking approach ;-).
I was using android-logging-log4j myself for some time, but it was causing massive warnings (which actually looked like errors) while dexing.
The log4j jar also had a lot of unnecessary stuff in it, like the Chainsaw logging UI (written in Swing, thus useless on Android).
I've switched to logback via https://github.com/tony19/logback-android .
So far I'm happy.
No more massive spam while building.
Plus, looks like log4j 1.x is not developed anymore, look at https://github.com/apache/log4j/tree/trunk - last commit many years ago.
And logback seems to be the successor.