Systrace on android emulator

Question

I am trying to use systrace on an android 4.2 (avd 17) emulator

I have enabled usb debuggimg and activated webview in the tracing options and folloed this guide here http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q8m9sHdyXnE#t=31m15s

But when I attempt to start tracing using ./systrace.py in android tools directory I see the following output

error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/options/overwrite: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_switch/enable: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/enable: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/power/cpu_frequency/enable: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/power/cpu_idle/enable: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_clock: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/workqueue/enable: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/ext4/ext4_sync_file_enter/enable: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/ext4/ext4_sync_file_exit/enable: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/block_rq_issue/enable: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/block_rq_complete/enable: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_on: No such file or directory (2)
error: unable to start trace
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_on: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/options/overwrite: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_switch/enable: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/enable: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/power/cpu_frequency/enable: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_clock: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/workqueue/enable: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/ext4/ext4_sync_file_enter/enable: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/ext4/ext4_sync_file_exit/enable: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/block_rq_issue/enable: No such file or directory (2)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/block_rq_complete/enable: No such file or directory (2)
unable to start tracing
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb: No such file or directory (2)

Anyone know what I need to do to get tracing working ?

Answer 1

systrace does not support on emulator. it support only for devices.

more details:

Unable to run systrace tool on android emulator

Error running systrace tool in ADB using a Jelly Bean 4.1 emulator on Windows 7

For devices Update you sdk to the latest version.

the systrace file path is android-sdk\tools\systrace\systrace.py. latest android 4.2+ android-sdk\platform-tools\systrace\systrace.py.

root and remount the device using following command.

adb root
adb remount