====== Android tips ======
===== HowTo take a screenshot on Android device =====
On Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) or above, press the Volume Down and Power buttons at the same time and hold them for a second.
===== Deploying Android SDK on Ubuntu (32bit) =====
  * Download ADT Bundle from **http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-linux-x86.zip**
  * Install ADT Bundle
<code>
$ mkdir ~/projects/android
$ cd ~/projects/android/
$ cp ~/Downloads/Android/adt-bundle-linux-x86.zip ./
$ unzip adt-bundle-linux-x86.zip
</code>
  * Install JDK (copy jre directory) into ./eclipse subdirectory
  * Install necessary packages for building project from command line
<code>
$ sudo apt-get install ant
$ sudo sudo apt-get install default-jdk
</code>
  * Make sure binaries are accessible
<code>
$ echo $PATH
/home/dambi/bin:...
$ ls -l /home/dambi/bin/android
lrwxrwxrwx 1 dambi dambi 58 Dec 24 09:36 /home/dambi/bin/android -> ../projects/android/adt-bundle-linux-x86/sdk/tools/android
$ ls -l /home/dambi/bin/adb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 dambi dambi 63 Dec  5 16:57 /home/dambi/bin/adb -> ../projects/android/adt-bundle-linux-x86/sdk/platform-tools/adb
$
</code>
===== Managing Android project =====
  * Create project
<code>
$ android create project --target 1 --path ~/projects/CarMon/sw/app/android/ObdLogger --activity ObdLogger --package cz.tio.android.obdlogger
</code>
  * Build debug version and install it into device
<code>
$ ant debug install
</code>
===== Debugging =====
  * display whole log
<code>
$ adb logcat
</code>
  * filter out irrelevant messages
<code>
$ adb logcat -s ObdLogger:*
</code>
===== Devices =====
==== Enable logging on Huawei Ascent G300 ====
Logging feature is disabled by default on that device.
<code>
$ adb logcat
Unable to open log device '/dev/log/main': No such file or directory
$
</code>
Though logging can be enabled from hidden service menu.
  * Activate hidden menu by dialing ***#*#2846579#*#***
  * Enable logging: **ProjectMenu -> Background setting -> Log setting -> Log switch -> LOG on**
  * Set desired log level: **ProjectMenu -> Background setting -> Log setting -> Log level setting**
  * Reboot device