Guides / Android logs
Android logcat and bugreport guides.
Practical, step-by-step guides for capturing live logcat with screen video, reading a saved logcat .txt, opening an adb bugreport .zip from QA, or explaining an ANR. Each guide shows where Indagium, a free desktop log viewer and logcat analyzer, shortens the path.
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Capture Android logcat and screen video through a reboot
Connect by USB or Android 11+ wireless debugging, investigate live, and keep the same capture waiting for the original device through a restart. Review the outage interval and save synchronized evidence as a ZIP by default or an Indagium Compact (.ind) archive. Compare the capture formats →
- 02
Record and run AI tests on Android
Review recorded device actions as editable test steps, run a case with a selected AI agent, and inspect the log and screen evidence.
- 03
View a saved logcat file without Android Studio
Install platform-tools, capture with
adb logcat, and open the saved .txt or .log file in a desktop log viewer. - 04
Analyze Android logcat step by step
A repeatable five-step trail: open the evidence, narrow the signal with filters, fold repeating sequences, check the source, and export the record.
- 05
Open an Android bugreport
Capture with
adb bugreportor Developer options, open the .zip or .7z directly, choose what to load, and find crashes and ANRs inside it. - 06
Read an ANR in logcat
Why ANRs fire, where the evidence lives in logcat and the thread dump, and a reading method for finding what blocked the main thread.
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Create a sequence diagram from Android logcat
Turn selected rows or a filtered view into an editable interaction diagram, inspect unresolved messages, and keep the source evidence close.
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