AppDevNext/Logcat

Show Logcat in release buildtype and Timber log when it logs to a file

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Step 1. Add the JitPack repository to your build file

Add it in your root settings.gradle at the end of repositories:

	dependencyResolutionManagement {
		repositoriesMode.set(RepositoriesMode.FAIL_ON_PROJECT_REPOS)
		repositories {
			mavenCentral()
			maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
		}
	}

Add it in your settings.gradle.kts at the end of repositories:

	dependencyResolutionManagement {
		repositoriesMode.set(RepositoriesMode.FAIL_ON_PROJECT_REPOS)
		repositories {
			mavenCentral()
			maven { url = uri("https://jitpack.io") }
		}
	}

Add to pom.xml

	<repositories>
		<repository>
		    <id>jitpack.io</id>
		    <url>https://jitpack.io</url>
		</repository>
	</repositories>

Add it in your build.sbt at the end of resolvers:

 
    resolvers += "jitpack" at "https://jitpack.io"

Add it in your project.clj at the end of repositories:

 
    :repositories [["jitpack" "https://jitpack.io"]]

Step 2. Add the dependency

	dependencies {
		implementation 'com.github.hannesa2:logcat:3.3.1'
	}
	dependencies {
		implementation("com.github.hannesa2:logcat:3.3.1")
	}
	<dependency>
	    <groupId>com.github.hannesa2</groupId>
	    <artifactId>logcat</artifactId>
	    <version>3.3.1</version>
	</dependency>

                            
    libraryDependencies += "com.github.hannesa2" % "logcat" % "3.3.1"
        
        

                            
    :dependencies [[com.github.hannesa2/logcat "3.3.1"]]

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Show Logcat in release buildtype and Timber log when it logs to a file

This library provides an easy way to show Logcat in release ! and Timber history, which was written to file. Right Timber FileLoggingTree.kt is provided too

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Include the library

The easiest way to add Logcat to your project is via Gradle. Just add the following lines to your build.gradle:

dependencies {
    implementation "com.github.AppDevNext.Logcat:LogcatCoreLib:$latest_version"
    implementation "com.github.AppDevNext.Logcat:LogcatCoreUI:$latest_version" // UI related classes like Activity, Fragment
    implementation 'com.github.AppDevNext.Logcat:LogcatCrashlyticLib:$latest_version'
}

To tell Gradle where to find the library, make sure build.gradle also contains this:

allprojects {
    repositories {
        ...
        maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
    }
}

In AndroidManifest.xml

    <application
        android:name="info.hannes.logcat.LoggingApplication"

or for file logging

    <application
        android:name="info.hannes.logcat.FileLoggingApplication"

Crashlytic integration

Features

  • Get crash reports
  • Get non-fatal errors into Firebase Crashlytics dashboard in an easy way with Timber
  • Disable sending the reports to Firebase Crashlytics in DEBUG mode
  • A crash will be reported automatically

  • Logs a non-fatal via Timber.e() or Timber.w()

      externalCacheDir?.let {
      Timber.plant(FileLoggingTree(it, this))
  }

  FirebaseCrashlytics.getInstance().setCustomKey("VERSION_NAME", BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME)
  Timber.plant(CrashlyticsTree(Settings.Secure.getString(applicationContext.contentResolver, Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID)))

Styling

  1. Define theme in styles.xml or themes.xml something like
<style name="CustomDetailTheme" parent="DetailTheme">
    <item name="colorAssertLine">#ff0000</item>
    <item name="colorDebugLine">#00ff00</item>
    <item name="colorErrorLine">#ff0000</item>
    <item name="colorInfoLine">?android:attr/textColorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorVerboseLine">#0000ff</item>
    <item name="colorWarningLine">#ffff00</item>
</style>
  1. Define activity with custom theme in AndroidManifest.xml
<activity
    android:name="info.hannes.logcat.LogfileActivity"
    android:label="Timber"
    android:theme="@style/CustomDetailTheme" />

Using newest version of the lib in a Kotlin 1.3.xx project

To avoid build failure due to higher version of kotlinx-coroutines-android (you are then responsible for loading the excluded required dependencies)

    implementation('com.github.AppDevNext.Logcat:LogcatCore:$latest_version') {
        exclude group: 'androidx.lifecycle'
        exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin'
        exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlinx'
    }

License

Copyright (C) 2025 AppDevNext

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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