diff --git a/README.Android b/README.Android index 9ae7fd3ec04f..98a109d8d07e 100644 --- a/README.Android +++ b/README.Android @@ -46,27 +46,14 @@ know. But don't seem to be necessary on a real device anyway? * Debugging - Install the .apk to the device, start the application, and: + Install the .apk to the device, and: cd android/experimental/LOAndroid3 - /ndk-gdb --adb=/platform-tools/adb + /ndk-gdb --adb=/platform-tools/adb --start - Some versions of the NDK had a broken gdb in the way that it can see -symbols only for shlibs that were already loaded when the debuggee was -attached, so you need to carefully guess where to put: - - fprintf(stderr, "Sleeping NOW!\n"); ::sleep(20); - - into the code; and when you see that in logcat, you have time -to run: ndk-gdb and it will attach the process. - - thread 12 # or perhaps 13 - backtrace - - may show you the native code trace. - - In r8b the ndk-gdb seems to work a bit better, and I think it isn't -necessary to use the mingw-and-ndk ndb-gdb any longer. + It seems that the "have to start the app before gdb can connect to it" +and the "pending breakpoints do not work" problems are now resolved with the +current NDK. * Getting the symbols