Intro
I'm developing an application for android and it seems that there're some persistent logging enabled in the mighty system, see some examples below. I'm debugging from Eclipse on my Galaxy S4 device (4.2.2).
Here's a list of types of log messages I see in the LogCat
view:
I/System.out
: it's the debuggers output, signs the start of the app, usefulD/dalvikvm
:GC_FOR_ALLOC
,GC_CONCURRENT
are useful to see I produced too much garbage with my codeD/AbsListView
,I/endeffect
: every time a ListView is created, i.e. mostly when I navigate between activitiesI/CustomFrequencyManager
,D/GestureDetector
: every time I touch the screenW/IInputConnectionWrapper
: don't know, but definitely not my fault, i.e. spam- others: don't mind, as they're mostly errors
Question
How can I disable specific log messages which are not produced by my code? To get rid of the listview creation logs, I've already tried:
adb shell setprop log.tag.AbsListView INFO
from Windows cmdSystem.setProperties("log.tag.AbsListView", "INFO")
inApplication.onCreate
I'm looking for a solution which
- I can embed in my app's code/configuration, so I don't have to execute it every time I restart the phone (as it would be the case with
adb setprop
). - is not setting the log level to WARN in the LogCat view, because that would mean I'm stuck with about WARN, ERROR and FATAL for my own application (which, you must admit is not the optimal way communicating debug messages; plus it would hide important stuff like GC!)
And the log
10-26 18:45:36.387: W/ActivityThread(10956): Application com.example.android.apis is waiting for the debugger on port 8100...
10-26 18:45:36.437: I/System.out(10956): Sending WAIT chunk
10-26 18:45:36.447: I/dalvikvm(10956): Debugger is active
10-26 18:45:36.638: I/System.out(10956): Debugger has connected
10-26 18:45:36.638: I/System.out(10956): waiting for debugger to settle...
10-26 18:45:36.838: I/System.out(10956): waiting for debugger to settle...
10-26 18:45:37.038: I/System.out(10956): waiting for debugger to settle...
10-26 18:45:37.839: I/System.out(10956): debugger has settled (1325)
10-26 18:45:38.610: E/MoreInfoHPW_ViewGroup(10956): Parent view is not a TextView
10-26 18:45:38.680: D/dalvikvm(10956): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 767K, 9% free 17300K/18984K, paused 17ms, total 20ms
10-26 18:45:38.690: I/dalvikvm-heap(10956): Grow heap (frag case) to 20.036MB for 2359312-byte allocation
10-26 18:45:38.700: D/dalvikvm(10956): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 3K, 8% free 19600K/21292K, paused 13ms, total 13ms
10-26 18:45:38.720: D/dalvikvm(10956): GC_CONCURRENT freed <1K, 8% free 19601K/21292K, paused 3ms+5ms, total 17ms
10-26 18:45:38.760: D/AbsListView(10956): Get MotionRecognitionManager
10-26 18:45:38.770: D/AbsListView(10956): onVisibilityChanged() is called, visibility : 4
10-26 18:45:38.770: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:45:38.890: D/AbsListView(10956): onVisibilityChanged() is called, visibility : 0
10-26 18:45:38.890: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:45:38.920: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:45:38.950: I/endeffect(10956): AbsListView.onMeasure(), getWidth()=0, getHeight()=0, this=android.widget.ListView{424124d8 VFED.VC. .F....I. 0,0-0,0 #102000a android:id/list}
10-26 18:45:38.960: D/libEGL(10956): loaded /system/lib/egl/libEGL_adreno200.so
10-26 18:45:38.960: D/libEGL(10956): loaded /system/lib/egl/libGLESv1_CM_adreno200.so
10-26 18:45:38.970: D/libEGL(10956): loaded /system/lib/egl/libGLESv2_adreno200.so
10-26 18:45:38.970: I/Adreno200-EGL(10956): <qeglDrvAPI_eglInitialize:265>: EGL 1.4 QUALCOMM build: (CL3579225)
10-26 18:45:38.970: I/Adreno200-EGL(10956): Build Date: 04/22/13 Mon
10-26 18:45:38.970: I/Adreno200-EGL(10956): Local Branch: adreno_sba_20130419
10-26 18:45:38.970: I/Adreno200-EGL(10956): Remote Branch:
10-26 18:45:38.970: I/Adreno200-EGL(10956): Local Patches:
10-26 18:45:38.970: I/Adreno200-EGL(10956): Reconstruct Branch:
10-26 18:45:39.040: D/OpenGLRenderer(10956): Enabling debug mode 0
10-26 18:45:39.150: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:45:39.150: I/endeffect(10956): AbsListView.onLayout(), getWidth()=1080, getHeight()=1701, this=android.widget.ListView{424124d8 VFED.VC. .F....ID 0,0-1080,1701 #102000a android:id/list}
10-26 18:45:39.320: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:45:39.480: I/endeffect(10956): AbsListView.onMeasure(), getWidth()=1080, getHeight()=1701, this=android.widget.ListView{424124d8 VFED.VC. .F....I. 0,0-1080,1701 #102000a android:id/list}
10-26 18:45:39.490: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:45:39.490: I/endeffect(10956): AbsListView.onLayout(), getWidth()=1080, getHeight()=1701, this=android.widget.ListView{424124d8 VFED.VC. .F....ID 0,0-1080,1701 #102000a android:id/list}
10-26 18:45:56.757: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): newFrequencyRequest - mFrequency = 1566000, mTimeoutMs = -1, mPkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER@1
10-26 18:45:56.757: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): Boost Request from package = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER@1 frequency : 1566000type = 6
10-26 18:45:56.767: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): !! pkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER@1
10-26 18:45:56.767: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): Request from package name pkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER@1
10-26 18:45:56.767: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): mContext is Not Null mContext.pkgName = com.example.android.apis
10-26 18:45:56.767: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): mToken is Null....Creating New Binder!
10-26 18:45:56.767: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): CPUDVFSControlRequest : doFrequencyRequest:: = 1566000 Timeout : -1
10-26 18:45:56.767: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): newFrequencyRequest - mFrequency = 2, mTimeoutMs = -1, mPkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER_CORE@2
10-26 18:45:56.767: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): Boost Request from package = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER_CORE@2 frequency : 2type = 4
10-26 18:45:56.767: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): !! pkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER_CORE@2
10-26 18:45:56.767: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): Request from package name pkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER_CORE@2
10-26 18:45:56.777: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): mContext is Not Null mContext.pkgName = com.example.android.apis
10-26 18:45:56.777: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): mToken is Null....Creating New Binder!
10-26 18:45:56.777: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): CPUCoreControlRequest : doFrequencyRequest:: = 2 Timeout : -1
10-26 18:45:56.807: D/GestureDetector(10956): [Surface Touch Event] mSweepDown False, mLRSDCnt : -1 mTouchCnt : 8 mFalseSizeCnt:0
10-26 18:45:57.908: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): newFrequencyRequest - mFrequency = 1566000, mTimeoutMs = -1, mPkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER@1
10-26 18:45:57.908: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): Boost Request from package = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER@1 frequency : 1566000type = 6
10-26 18:45:57.908: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): !! pkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER@1
10-26 18:45:57.908: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): Request from package name pkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER@1
10-26 18:45:57.908: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): mContext is Not Null mContext.pkgName = com.example.android.apis
10-26 18:45:57.908: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): mToken is Null....Creating New Binder!
10-26 18:45:57.908: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): CPUDVFSControlRequest : doFrequencyRequest:: = 1566000 Timeout : -1
10-26 18:45:57.918: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): newFrequencyRequest - mFrequency = 2, mTimeoutMs = -1, mPkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER_CORE@2
10-26 18:45:57.918: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): Boost Request from package = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER_CORE@2 frequency : 2type = 4
10-26 18:45:57.918: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): !! pkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER_CORE@2
10-26 18:45:57.918: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): Request from package name pkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER_CORE@2
10-26 18:45:57.928: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): mContext is Not Null mContext.pkgName = com.example.android.apis
10-26 18:45:57.928: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): mToken is Null....Creating New Binder!
10-26 18:45:57.928: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): CPUCoreControlRequest : doFrequencyRequest:: = 2 Timeout : -1
10-26 18:45:58.099: D/GestureDetector(10956): [Surface Touch Event] mSweepDown False, mLRSDCnt : -1 mTouchCnt : 17 mFalseSizeCnt:0
10-26 18:46:09.209: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): newFrequencyRequest - mFrequency = 1566000, mTimeoutMs = -1, mPkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER@1
10-26 18:46:09.209: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): Boost Request from package = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER@1 frequency : 1566000type = 6
10-26 18:46:09.219: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): !! pkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER@1
10-26 18:46:09.219: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): Request from package name pkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER@1
10-26 18:46:09.219: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): mContext is Not Null mContext.pkgName = com.example.android.apis
10-26 18:46:09.219: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): mToken is Null....Creating New Binder!
10-26 18:46:09.219: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): CPUDVFSControlRequest : doFrequencyRequest:: = 1566000 Timeout : -1
10-26 18:46:09.219: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): newFrequencyRequest - mFrequency = 2, mTimeoutMs = -1, mPkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER_CORE@2
10-26 18:46:09.229: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): Boost Request from package = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER_CORE@2 frequency : 2type = 4
10-26 18:46:09.229: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): !! pkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER_CORE@2
10-26 18:46:09.229: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): Request from package name pkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER_CORE@2
10-26 18:46:09.229: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): mContext is Not Null mContext.pkgName = com.example.android.apis
10-26 18:46:09.229: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): mToken is Null....Creating New Binder!
10-26 18:46:09.229: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): CPUCoreControlRequest : doFrequencyRequest:: = 2 Timeout : -1
10-26 18:46:09.930: D/GestureDetector(10956): [Surface Touch Event] mSweepDown False, mLRSDCnt : -1 mTouchCnt : 51 mFalseSizeCnt:0
10-26 18:46:17.347: D/GestureDetector(10956): [Surface Touch Event] mSweepDown False, mLRSDCnt : -1 mTouchCnt : 9 mFalseSizeCnt:0
10-26 18:46:18.028: E/MoreInfoHPW_ViewGroup(10956): Parent view is not a TextView
10-26 18:46:18.058: D/AbsListView(10956): Get MotionRecognitionManager
10-26 18:46:18.068: D/AbsListView(10956): onVisibilityChanged() is called, visibility : 4
10-26 18:46:18.068: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:46:18.078: D/AbsListView(10956): onVisibilityChanged() is called, visibility : 0
10-26 18:46:18.078: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:46:18.078: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:46:18.098: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:46:18.128: I/endeffect(10956): AbsListView.onMeasure(), getWidth()=0, getHeight()=0, this=android.widget.ListView{427b2ca0 VFED.VC. .F....I. 0,0-0,0 #102000a android:id/list}
10-26 18:46:18.228: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:46:18.228: I/endeffect(10956): AbsListView.onLayout(), getWidth()=1080, getHeight()=1701, this=android.widget.ListView{427b2ca0 VFED.VC. .F....ID 0,0-1080,1701 #102000a android:id/list}
10-26 18:46:18.338: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:46:18.408: I/endeffect(10956): AbsListView.onMeasure(), getWidth()=1080, getHeight()=1701, this=android.widget.ListView{427b2ca0 VFED.VC. .F....I. 0,0-1080,1701 #102000a android:id/list}
10-26 18:46:18.418: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:46:18.418: I/endeffect(10956): AbsListView.onLayout(), getWidth()=1080, getHeight()=1701, this=android.widget.ListView{427b2ca0 VFED.VC. .F....ID 0,0-1080,1701 #102000a android:id/list}
10-26 18:46:18.549: W/IInputConnectionWrapper(10956): setComposingText on inactive InputConnection
10-26 18:46:18.559: D/AbsListView(10956): onVisibilityChanged() is called, visibility : 4
10-26 18:46:18.559: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:46:23.914: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): newFrequencyRequest - mFrequency = 1566000, mTimeoutMs = -1, mPkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER@3
10-26 18:46:23.914: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): Boost Request from package = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER@3 frequency : 1566000type = 6
10-26 18:46:23.914: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): !! pkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER@3
10-26 18:46:23.914: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): Request from package name pkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER@3
10-26 18:46:23.914: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): mContext is Not Null mContext.pkgName = com.example.android.apis
10-26 18:46:23.914: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): mToken is Null....Creating New Binder!
10-26 18:46:23.914: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): CPUDVFSControlRequest : doFrequencyRequest:: = 1566000 Timeout : -1
10-26 18:46:23.924: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): newFrequencyRequest - mFrequency = 2, mTimeoutMs = -1, mPkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER_CORE@4
10-26 18:46:23.924: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): Boost Request from package = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER_CORE@4 frequency : 2type = 4
10-26 18:46:23.924: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): !! pkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER_CORE@4
10-26 18:46:23.924: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): Request from package name pkgName = LIST_SCROLL_BOOSTER_CORE@4
10-26 18:46:23.924: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): mContext is Not Null mContext.pkgName = com.example.android.apis
10-26 18:46:23.924: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): mToken is Null....Creating New Binder!
10-26 18:46:23.924: I/CustomFrequencyManager(10956): CPUCoreControlRequest : doFrequencyRequest:: = 2 Timeout : -1
10-26 18:46:24.835: D/GestureDetector(10956): [Surface Touch Event] mSweepDown False, mLRSDCnt : -1 mTouchCnt : 61 mFalseSizeCnt:0
10-26 18:46:26.676: D/GestureDetector(10956): [Surface Touch Event] mSweepDown False, mLRSDCnt : -1 mTouchCnt : 11 mFalseSizeCnt:0
10-26 18:46:27.307: E/MoreInfoHPW_ViewGroup(10956): Parent view is not a TextView
10-26 18:46:27.337: D/AbsListView(10956): Get MotionRecognitionManager
10-26 18:46:27.347: D/AbsListView(10956): onVisibilityChanged() is called, visibility : 4
10-26 18:46:27.347: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:46:27.357: D/AbsListView(10956): onVisibilityChanged() is called, visibility : 0
10-26 18:46:27.357: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:46:27.357: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:46:27.387: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:46:27.407: I/endeffect(10956): AbsListView.onMeasure(), getWidth()=0, getHeight()=0, this=android.widget.ListView{4286ddf8 VFED.VC. .F....I. 0,0-0,0 #102000a android:id/list}
10-26 18:46:27.517: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:46:27.517: I/endeffect(10956): AbsListView.onLayout(), getWidth()=1080, getHeight()=1701, this=android.widget.ListView{4286ddf8 VFED.VC. .F....ID 0,0-1080,1701 #102000a android:id/list}
10-26 18:46:27.627: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:46:27.727: I/endeffect(10956): AbsListView.onMeasure(), getWidth()=1080, getHeight()=1701, this=android.widget.ListView{4286ddf8 VFED.VC. .F....I. 0,0-1080,1701 #102000a android:id/list}
10-26 18:46:27.738: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
10-26 18:46:27.738: I/endeffect(10956): AbsListView.onLayout(), getWidth()=1080, getHeight()=1701, this=android.widget.ListView{4286ddf8 VFED.VC. .F....ID 0,0-1080,1701 #102000a android:id/list}
10-26 18:46:27.808: W/IInputConnectionWrapper(10956): setComposingText on inactive InputConnection
10-26 18:46:27.818: D/AbsListView(10956): onVisibilityChanged() is called, visibility : 4
10-26 18:46:27.818: D/AbsListView(10956): unregisterIRListener() is called
Here's a fun fact: all of the above was generated by the Android ApiDemos application started in Debug mode and going to Views/Lists and back.
if you are using Eclipse you can only show logs produced by your application by defining a filter. On the bottom left of the LogCat window click the plus icon to create a new filter. "By Application name" field needs the following format:
com.yourpackage.yourapp
. After saving this filter you can just click it to see only message related to your app