android tutorial for beginners

DDMS perspective and important views

DDMS – Dalvik Debug Monitor Server

A perspective for the interaction between your Android (virtual) devices and your Android Application program.

Select window–>Open perspective –>other–> DDMS to open this perspective several ‘Views’ are being included in this which can also be used independently. It also allows the application to set the current geo position and allow you to perform a performance trace of your application.

Logcat View

You can see the log (including system outprint() statements) through the Logcat View.

File Explorer

The File explorer allows seeing the files on the Android Simulation.