How to insert a log in LogCat that when I click on it jumps to its line in code?

Question

I want to insert a log in LogCat that when I click on it jumps to its line like some error logs that are generated by system.

Is it possible?

Answer 1

The important thing is to insert "(X:Y)" in your log message, while X is your desired file name and Y is your desired line number in X. (I learned it from @breceivemail's answer). So try:

public static void log(final String tag, final String msg) {
    final StackTraceElement stackTrace = new Exception().getStackTrace()[1];

    String fileName = stackTrace.getFileName();
    if (fileName == null) fileName="";  // It is necessary if you want to use proguard obfuscation.

    final String info = stackTrace.getMethodName() + " (" + fileName + ":"
            + stackTrace.getLineNumber() + ")";

    Log.LEVEL(tag, info + ": " + msg);
}

Note: The LEVEL is the log level and can be v, d, i, w, e or wtf.

Now you can use log(tag, msg) instead of Log.LEVEL(tag, msg).

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Example:

MainActivity.java:

...
public class MainActivity extends BaseActivity {
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        log("Test Tag", "Hello World!");

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        ...
    ...

The output:

12-30 14:24:45.343 ? I/Test Tag: onCreate (MainActivity.java:10): Hello World!

And MainActivity.java:10 automatically would be a link and you can click on it!

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You can also assign following value to info variable if you want more verbose log:

final String info = stackTrace.getClassName() + "." + stackTrace.getMethodName() + " ("
            + fileName + ":" + stackTrace.getLineNumber() + ")\n";

So the output of above example would be:

12-30 14:33:07.360 ? I/Test Tag: com.example.myapp.MainActivity.onCreate (MainActivity.java:11)
                                 Hello World!