What is LogCat in Eclipse?

Question

What does LogCat do in Eclipse?

How do I use it? I have never used the log cat before in Eclipse, so I don\'t understand.

Answer 1

The Android logging system provides a mechanism for collecting and viewing system debug output. Logs from various applications and portions of the system are collected in a series of circular buffers.

Logcat can be accessed using the command line. More information is in logcat (at Android Developers).

If you're using Eclipse and the Android plugin for Eclipse, it's available in the Debug perspective. More (unofficial) information about this is in Debugging in Android using Eclipse.