cannot debug android

[nickblock]

hi

I cannot debug any cinder samples using android studio, breakpoints in native code do not get hit.

I can debug other native apps in android studio. The obvious google answers don't seem to help.

Can anyone else confirm this?

Thanks.

[richardeakin]

Hi,

The reason native debug doesn't work is that the build setup for cinder android was created when Android Studio was in its infancy and didn't support native anything too well. Basically, it currently relies on a custom gradle plug-in. The entire android build system will need to be revamped for the current way of doing things with Android Studio and native + java projects, and we would very much encourage contributions from community members interested in cinder + android towards this.

More information in this forum post.

[nickblock]

Ok, I do have a bit of experience with this sort of thing, I'll see where that geokan guy got to. Cheers.

[nickblock]

Hi there.

I created a pull request. I've updated the build files for the android samples, enabling debugging in androidstudio. Not all the samples seem to work, but a lot more do now.
There's quite a lot of changes there, but it's nearly all to the androidstudio build files.

[nickblock]

oh, and i wanted to add, I only had a couple of devices handy to try them on. But i think things should be more up to date. God knows about legacy stuff though.