Monitor network activity in Android Phones

Question

I would like to monitor network traffic of my Android Phone. I was thinking using tcpdump for Android, but I\'m not sure if I have to cross-compile for the phone.

An

Answer 1

The DDMS tool included in the Android SDK includes a tool for monitoring network traffic. It does not provide the kind of detail you get from tcpdump and similar low level tools, but it is still very useful.

Oficial documentation: http://developer.android.com/tools/debugging/ddms.html#network