Terrific work Aaron! Can't wait to use it :) On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 12:28 PM Aaron Klotz <akl...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> Hi everybody, > > I am pleased to announce that I have landed bug 1581971, which adds > support for using `mach run --debug` with GeckoView and jdb+lldb! > > To use it, you will need to re-bootstrap and re-configure your GeckoView > build. > > Furthermore, if you explicitly set the location of your Android NDK in > your mozconfig via `--with-android-ndk`, you will now need to point it > to a directory containing NDK r21d. > > I would also like to introduce a couple of GeckoView-specific flags that > are now available when executing `mach run --debug`: > > By default, `mach run --debug` kills any existing instances of the app, > and then starts a new app instance for debugging. The > `--use-existing-process` flag tells mach not to kill any existing > processes belonging to the app, and instead attach to a pre-existing > process. This is useful when you have the app in a specific state and > would then like to attach to the app while it is in that state. mach > will prompt the user to select a target process if necessary. > > The `--no-attach` flag tells mach to set up the requisite debugger > listeners on your device/emulator without starting the debugger clients > themselves. Instead, mach will print the required connection information > to stdout. This is intended for users who prefer to start and configure > jdb/lldb manually instead of having mach do it for them. > > I intentionally did not implement support for gdb -- I wanted to > implement the mach equivalent of what Android Studio uses, which is > lldb. If you want gdb support, you're welcome to file a bug for it, but > be advised that do not personally intend to implement that. Patches > welcome! ;-) > > - Aaron > > _______________________________________________ > mobile-firefox-dev mailing list > mobile-firefox-dev@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mobile-firefox-dev >
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