Logging to a file on Android

Question

Is there any way of retrieving log messages from an Android handset.

I\'m building an application which uses the GPS of my HTC Hero. I can run and debug the applicat

Answer 1

Log4j or slf4j can also be used as logging frameworks in Android together with logcat. See the project android-logging-log4j. Configuring logging to a (rotating) file(s) is very easy.

 static {
    final LogConfigurator logConfigurator = new LogConfigurator();

    logConfigurator.setFileName(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "myapp.log");
    logConfigurator.setRootLevel(Level.DEBUG);
    // Set log level of a specific logger
    logConfigurator.setLevel("org.apache", Level.ERROR);
    logConfigurator.configure();
}