How can I debug an Android application using ADB/AM?

Issue

I am using AIDE as an Android IDE. This application built my project successfully and produced the corresponding APK file.

I would like to debug my project. Currently I:

• open a terminal emulator

• move to my android project (# not necessary action as app was installed )

  $ cd /sdcard/AppProjects/myproject
  

• start adb

  $ adb shell
  

• launch my application with am

  $ am start --user 10 -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n org.package.app/org.package.app.MainActivity
  

But how do I debug this application?

Solution

According to the documentation, you should use start -D to enable debugging. So you would use something like this:

adb shell am start -D --user 10 -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n org.package.app/org.package.app.MainActivity

Also, your application needs to be set as debuggable in your manifest (AndroidManifest.xml):

android:debuggable="true"

Answered By - Micer