Android writing log to the file

Question

By default, Log class in android writes logs to console (logcat). Is there any simple way to write logs f.e. in some file?

Answer 1

A simple Log class (development/testing purpose only) similar to android.util.Log, but logs to sdcard. Only modification to the existing code will be to change the import android.util.Log to import com.example.Log. Also add permission as

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

package com.example.logger;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;  

import android.os.Environment;

public class Log {
    private static final String NEW_LINE =  System.getProperty("line.separator") ; 
    public static boolean mLogcatAppender = true;
    final static File mLogFile;

    static {
        mLogFile = new File( Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),  "logs.log" ); 
        if ( !mLogFile.exists() ) {
            try {
                mLogFile.createNewFile();
            }
            catch (final IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        logDeviceInfo();
    }

    public static void i( String TAG, String message ){
        appendLog( TAG + " : " + message );
        if ( mLogcatAppender ) {
            android.util.Log.i( TAG, message );
        }
    }

    public static void d( String TAG, String message ){
        appendLog( TAG + " : " + message );
        if ( mLogcatAppender ) {
            android.util.Log.d( TAG, message );
        }
    }

    public static void e( String TAG, String message ){
        appendLog( TAG + " : " + message );
        if ( mLogcatAppender ) {
            android.util.Log.e( TAG, message );
        }
    }

    public static void v(String TAG, String message ){
        appendLog(TAG + " : " + message);
        if ( mLogcatAppender ) {
            android.util.Log.v( TAG, message );
        }
    }

    public static void w( String TAG, String message ) {
        appendLog( TAG + " : " + message );
        if ( mLogcatAppender ) {
            android.util.Log.w( TAG, message ); 
        }
    }

    private static synchronized void appendLog( String text ) {
        final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS");

        try {
            final FileWriter fileOut = new FileWriter( mLogFile, true );
            fileOut.append( sdf.format(new Date()) + " : " + text + NEW_LINE ); 
            fileOut.close();
        }
        catch ( final IOException e ) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    private static void logDeviceInfo() {
        appendLog("Model : " + android.os.Build.MODEL);
        appendLog("Brand : " + android.os.Build.BRAND);
        appendLog("Product : " + android.os.Build.PRODUCT);
        appendLog("Device : " + android.os.Build.DEVICE);
        appendLog("Codename : " + android.os.Build.VERSION.CODENAME);
        appendLog("Release : " + android.os.Build.VERSION.RELEASE);
    }

}