Questions tagged [android-studio-dolphin]
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Where has the "Terminate Application" button gone in the new logcat (Android Studio Dolphin 2022)
The current docs do not mention that this very important button has been removed. I imagine it's to do with the way it's tracking processes differently now. Where is it? Do we have to kill processes ourselves via adb now? Why has it moved? Why is no…

Daniel Wilson
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Android Studio Dolphin Filter with Verbose, Info, Debug, Warn and Error in Logcat
How to filter logs on basis of different filter sections like Error, and Debug as we did before Android Studio Dolphin logcat

Salman khan
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Android Studio xml preview issue failed to initialize editor
After Update android studio dolphin my old projects xml preview not showing views. Is anyone facing same issue? And have done solution then please share it here.
It's run perfectly fine but preview not working.
What I did tried?
File -> Invalidate…

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How to enable android studio new logcat in Dolphin | 2021.3.1 Canary 6?
In Dolphin | 2021.3.1 Canary 6 version Android studio updated with new logcat, by default not getting enabled(after the updated to Dolphin), How to enable that?

FGH
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Timber logs are not being shown in Android Studio Dolphin 2021.3.1
Timber logs are not visible in Android Studio Dolphin 2021.3.1
Log Statements
Timber.d("onCreateViewCalled using Timber")
Log.d("Login", "onCreateViewCalled using Log")
OUTPUT
Only the Log library logs are visible and not the Timber ones.

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After updating Android Studio to Dolphin update it does not show layout preview
I have updated my Android studio to new Dolphin, 2021.3.1 version. But after updating the Android studio layout preview is not working. it showing blank screen.
If anyone solve this issue please help me to solve this.

Abhishek Solanki
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Android Studio dolphin 2021.3.21 - app:l8DexDesugarLib FAILED -java.lang.IllegalStateException: This is not a JSON Array
I recently upgraded Android studio to Dolphin 2021.3.21 with following settings.
kotlin G plugin:1.7.10
com.android.tools:r8:3.3.75
Android G plugin : 7.2.2
and using Java 11
When I rebuild my project it's failing and the reason is:
Task…

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Run specific instrumentation test suite with Gradle Managed Devices - Android
So with the release of Android Studio Dolphin & Beta of Electric Eel, I wanted to try the instrumentation tests in gradle. I do however want to exclude some of the tests being run, in order to be able to run specific test suites one at a time.
So…

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Some issues were found when trying to render this preview - Android Studio Dolphin
Today, I upgraded my Android Studio from Chipmunk to Dolphin, and most of my Composable Previews have stopped working and are giving the error Some issues were found when trying to render this preview.
On clicking the Show Exception button in the…

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Exception during working with external system: java.lang.AssertionError in Android Studio Dolphin | 2021.3.1
I updated the Android Studio to Dolphin | 2021.3.1 and built a Java Project, I got the below error, when I was creating the Java Project, How to resolve this ?
Exception during working with external system: java.lang.AssertionError
at…

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Android Studio Dolphin (2021.3.1) XML not showing
Does anyone know how to solve this?
All my layouts are just blank. i tried solutions suggested here but no luck.
There is also no problem showing in issue panel.

Siege Elevate
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New logcat Android Studio Dolphin: how to show errors only for My app
With the new Logcat for AS Dolphin, I'm using the filter:
level:error
and it shows me the errors in the logcat, however, it shows all errors that are happing in the phone,but I just want the errors for my app, I have tried also this:
package:mine…

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Android Studio Dolphin's Logcat stopped working for the filter?
With 'Android Studio Dolphin | 2021.3.1', I am trying to get logs for my application with the Classname (which is used as TAG for Logs) but nothing is showing up.
Sometimes, it doesn't show any logs with the filter package:mine or…

Sumit T
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Android Studio Dolphin: Where is the Terminate Application Icon in the new Logcat?
In Android Studio Dolphin, there's a new Logcat for experiments. When I turn it on, I notice the Terminate Application icon is missing as shown in the diagram below.
The Termination Application icon is very useful as shared in this article. It is…

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Can I have the Android Emulator without the Window Frame?
In the past, the Android Emulator is always a standalone nice Emulator not attached to Android Studio. It is very helpful for a quick snapshot for documentation purpose, as it looks like a real device without the Window Frame.
However, after…

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