Android Profiling is unavailable for the selected process, but advanced profiling is enabled

Question

I am developing an Android app with multiple modules. The app uses ProGuard, compileSdkVersion is set to 27 in all modules, and when I tried to enable Advanced Profiling I continue to get a message saying "Advanced profiling is unavailable for the selected process".

Solutions I've tried after searching other questions about the topic:

1. Enable Advanced Profiling (obviously) for the app as well as the default Run Configurations
2. Disable ProGuard in all modules using minifyEnabled false
3. Update Studio version to 3.1.3 and Gradle to 4.4
4. Rebuild project after the above changes

Am I missing something? Is there anything else I can do to enable Advanced Profiling?

Answer 1

I had the same problem and the solution was easy, in my case: set debuggable true in file build.gradle for the selected Build Variant.

Answer 2

If you are running API level < 26, enable the Profiler in Run -> Edit Configurations. From the list, choose your module. On the right hand side of the window, click Profiling. Enable the checkbox Enable advanced profiling.

Answer 3

Had the same problem with my phone Android api level 28: "Android Profiling is unavailable for the selected process".

Solution 1.

The following steps helped me temporarely - then after rebuild the problem appeared again:

1. clean the project
2. Removed .idea folder
3. Restarted the project
4. Now profiler works ,e.g., I can select Network Profiler range

Solution 2.

Use emulator api level 29. Advanced profiling always works fine for me there.

What didn't help me:

• debuggable true (already was)
• Edit Configuration > Profiling > enable .. (already was)

And such Android Studio tricks drive me crazy.