A proper way to Debug a Service in Android Studio?

Question

Is there a proper way to debug a service in Android Studio? Or Android Studio could not do this? When I try to debug, it will just disconnects the sockets. ("Disconnected from the Target VM, address:'localhost:8600',transport 'socket')

Hopefully you can assist me here..

What I have done as advice by some links here, I had place the .waitForDebugger but nothing happens. Please help me.. Thank you very much.

   @Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    Intent mainService = new Intent(this,MainPowerAndVolumeService.class);

    startService(mainService);
    android.os.Debug.waitForDebugger();

    finish();

}

Solution

There is a button next to "run in debug" (In version 1.1.0 looks like this: ) to attach the debugger to a running android process. Here is the official info (for IntelliJ, but it's the same in Android Studio): http://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2011/05/new-in-105-attach-debugger-to-a-running-android-process/

Comments

[The One]

Thank for the information. I'm testing it first for sudden disconnection.

[Virus721]

That's very nice, but how do you get it to run in the first place ? Using the adb shell to install and start the service manually everytime you change a byte in the code is a pain in the ass.