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Added in API level 1

public class

ViewDebug

extends Object

java.lang.Object
↳	android.view.ViewDebug

Class Overview

Various debugging/tracing tools related to View and the view hierarchy.

Summary

Nested Classes
@interface	ViewDebug.CapturedViewProperty	This annotation can be used to mark fields and methods to be dumped when the view is captured.
@interface	ViewDebug.ExportedProperty	This annotation can be used to mark fields and methods to be dumped by the view server.
@interface	ViewDebug.FlagToString	Defines a mapping from a flag to a String.
enum	ViewDebug.HierarchyTraceType	This enum was deprecated in API level 16. This enum is now unused
@interface	ViewDebug.IntToString	Defines a mapping from an int value to a String.
enum	ViewDebug.RecyclerTraceType	This enum was deprecated in API level 16. This enum is now unused

Constants
boolean	TRACE_HIERARCHY	This constant was deprecated in API level 16. This flag is now unused
boolean	TRACE_RECYCLER	This constant was deprecated in API level 16. This flag is now unused

Public Constructors
	ViewDebug ()

Public Methods
static void	dumpCapturedView ( String tag, Object view) Dump view info for id based instrument test generation (and possibly further data analysis).
static void	startHierarchyTracing ( String prefix, View view) This method was deprecated in API level 16. This method is now unused and invoking it is a no-op
static void	startRecyclerTracing ( String prefix, View view) This method was deprecated in API level 16. This method is now unused and invoking it is a no-op
static void	stopHierarchyTracing () This method was deprecated in API level 16. This method is now unused and invoking it is a no-op
static void	stopRecyclerTracing () This method was deprecated in API level 16. This method is now unused and invoking it is a no-op
static void	trace ( View view, ViewDebug.RecyclerTraceType type, int... parameters) This method was deprecated in API level 16. This method is now unused and invoking it is a no-op
static void	trace ( View view, ViewDebug.HierarchyTraceType type) This method was deprecated in API level 16. This method is now unused and invoking it is a no-op

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Inherited Methods

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone () Creates and returns a copy of this `Object` .
boolean	equals ( Object o) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal.
void	finalize () Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable.
final Class <?>	getClass () Returns the unique instance of `Class` that represents this object's class.
int	hashCode () Returns an integer hash code for this object.
final void	notify () Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the `wait()` methods) to be woken up.
final void	notifyAll () Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the `wait()` methods) to be woken up.
String	toString () Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
final void	wait () Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object.
final void	wait (long millis, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait (long millis) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.

Constants

public static final boolean TRACE_HIERARCHY

Added in API level 1

This constant was deprecated in API level 16.
This flag is now unused

Constant Value: false

public static final boolean TRACE_RECYCLER

Added in API level 1

This constant was deprecated in API level 16.
This flag is now unused

Constant Value: false

Public Constructors

public ViewDebug ()

Added in API level 1

Public Methods

public static void dumpCapturedView ( String tag, Object view)

Added in API level 3

Dump view info for id based instrument test generation (and possibly further data analysis). The results are dumped to the log.