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Published inJul 2023
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Madona S. Wambua
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Madona S. Wambua is a Google Developer Expert in the Android category, an Android Engineer programming in Kotlin, and the founder and Chief Technology Officer of Jibu Labs. She is also a Women Tech Makers Ambassador and Co-Chair of AnitaB. She has over ten years of experience in the field and has worked on consumer-facing applications and building software development kits for developers. She has also worked on the famous Google Glass during her tenure at a startup and got an opportunity to work on interactive AR videos to transform lives through machine learning and computer vision. Madona is also a Keynote Speaker and the host of Tech Talks with Madona, a podcast geared towards supporting women and allies in tech.
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Debugging your code

As an Android developer, debugging is an essential part of the software development process because it helps identify and fix errors in your code. When debugging, you can quickly identify and fix errors or bugs in your code that can cause your application to crash, behave unexpectedly, or produce incorrect results.

In this recipe, we will explore how you can easily add a breakpoint and debug your code.

Getting ready

To get started with this recipe, you need to have a project open and run the project on your emulator. You do not need to create a new project and can use the GUIAlert project.

How to do it…

We will be trying to debug our code and ensure when we click the items in the menu, we select the correct item. For instance, if we select item 2, when we evaluate the item, we should see the result being 2:

  1. First, you need to ensure your app is running; then, click the icon shown in Figure 12.9.
Figure 12.9 – The debugger icon

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Madona S. Wambua

Madona S. Wambua is a Google Developer Expert in the Android category, an Android Engineer programming in Kotlin, and the founder and Chief Technology Officer of Jibu Labs. She is also a Women Tech Makers Ambassador and Co-Chair of AnitaB. She has over ten years of experience in the field and has worked on consumer-facing applications and building software development kits for developers. She has also worked on the famous Google Glass during her tenure at a startup and got an opportunity to work on interactive AR videos to transform lives through machine learning and computer vision. Madona is also a Keynote Speaker and the host of Tech Talks with Madona, a podcast geared towards supporting women and allies in tech.
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