I'm new to this android world and I'm finding that eclipse 3.5.2 is crashing constantly. There is no real rhyme or reason that I can see. Sometimes the crash occurs with the layout manager, sometimes when I try to search, other times when I attach a debugger.
I thought that there might be log files that could help me track down the problem.
Are there such things?
eclipse 3.5.2 with the latest android sdk.
http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/platform-core/documents/3.1/debug.html
Where is my Log?
Eclipse has a log file where problems are recorded and usually this is the first thing that an Eclipse developer asks for when you report a problem. The log file can be found in a couple of places:
Workspace log - This is the most common location for the log file, It is stored in your workspace in the meta-data directory. Check out workspace/.metadata/.log.
Configuration log - Sometimes information is recored in the configuration log file instead of the workspace log. (especially if the workspace hasn't been created yet, there isn't one, or it cannot be created). Check your configuration area for a configuration log file. (configuration/.log)
Startup - Occasionally problems happen in the system really early before there is a workspace and before there is a configuration area. This means that there is nowhere to write the log file so information is written to the console, See the notes below on running with a console to get these messages.
Check your VM: Sun/Oracle's jre 1.6 update 21 crashes due to running out of Permgen space. See this explanation. This kind of crash may not generate any logs.
I like checking the logs usings Dalvik Debug Monitor. If the android-sdk is under your path, you can type 'ddms' from your terminal to access it. If it is not, go to < android-sdk >/toosl/ddms