What can I do to prevent Android Studio from automatically clearing my log

Question

I've got an activity that when it launches, it crashes but it leaves no trace of what went wrong in the console. I can see a very brief moment of red text before its cleared. The dropdown which shows the currently debugged app quickly switches from my app to "no debuggable applications" and back in the blink of an eye.

Is there a way to prevent this behavior?

Answer 1

You have to disable the ADB integration:

Tools -> Android -> Enable ADB integration

There should be no icon before this menu item.

Your LogCat now keeps the log output after your application closes or the application crashes.

Answer 2

Look at the Android Studio console and find the drop down list which states 'Show only selected application'. Change it to 'No Filters' to see all log output from the Android device. You'll have to navigate to find your crash, but your class names, etc. and log tags will all be there so it won't be too difficult.