android debugger does not stop at breakpoints

Question

I am seeing debug statements in the console but the debugger does not stop on any breakpoints. I tried clearing all breakpoints and adding them back in. Not sure how this can happen but it is.

Answer 1

According to this answer, Inside build.gradle for your app module, disable minifyEnable for your build variant and change it to false. Then, it should be:

minifyEnabled false

othewise you will see Line number not available in class xxxx when you hover over breakpoint markers and they will be looked with a cross on them

Answer 2

Solution that worked for me:

• Simply uninstall the app from the device (manually on the device) and try debugging again(!)

Answer 3

Did you do "Debug As --> Android Application" instead of "Run As"?

Only if you do "Debug As", eclipse will stop at breakpoints.

Answer 4

If you use Android studio, click debug app instead of run app:

Answer 5

I had the same issue and resolved it by increasing the debugger timeout values. The emulator is slow as a dog on my Dev box and that is what prevented the debugger to catch and stop on breakpoints. I changed the timeout values respectively from 3000 to 10000 and 20000 to 60000 and all is fine now.

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Answer 6

In my case, click the "Attach debugger to Android process"

And it will shows a window said "Choose Process" Select the device you are using, and select the project that you want to debug. And it works.

Sometimes the debugger need to re-attach to the devices when you open the debugger at the first time.