How to save LogCat contents to file?

Question

I\'ve added debug strings (using Log.d()) and want to see them in context from the contents of logCat. The \"save\" icon for LogCat has a \"Save selected items\" hint, but t

Answer 1

Additional tip for the programmatic approach:

String filePath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/logcat.txt";
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[]{"logcat", "-f", filepath, "MyAppTAG:V", "*:S"});

This opens a continuous output stream between logcat and the file provided. This can result in a deadlock if you then waitFor the Process returned by exec, or an exception if the provided file is prematurely disposed.

I found that including the "-d" flag simply dumps logcat and closes the connection, which prevents the above behavior.