Runtime.exec() bug: hangs without providing a Process object

Question

Whether I use this:

process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(\"logcat -d time\");

or that:

process = new ProcessBuilder()
               


        

Answer 1

I have the same problem on ICS (seem to works fine on Android < 4). Did you find a solution?

A simple workaround could be to call the "exec" method in a dedicated thread with a timeout-join so that this situation could be "detected" (yes I know it's not very elegant...)