Code assertion in android

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Are the code assertions really run in Android for the release builds? Assertion failures are not reported by my code. It leads to crashes. Is there a way to turn on Assertions for release mode?

Assertions are used to find programming errors. They are not* part of the logic of a program. The an assertion failed, you "failed at programming" … ;-) (* read = _must not be_) — Kijewski, Jul 17 '12 at 21:51

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 17 '12 at 21:48

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Even on Java assert is only for debug purpose, not being guaranteed to work on releases.

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:09

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I think using junit.framework.Assert instead of the Java assert keyword (which gets stripped by Dalvik) should do the trick.

If you insist on using the assert keyword, there are various workarounds.

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answered Jul 17 '12 at 19:31

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