58.6 Testing the IntentService Example

The example IntentService based service is now complete and ready to be tested. Since the messages displayed by the service will appear in the Logcat panel, it is important that this is configured in the Android Studio environment.

Begin by displaying the Logcat tool window before clicking on the menu in the upper right-hand corner of the panel (which will probably currently read Show only selected application). From this menu, select the Edit Filter Configuration menu option.

In the Create New Logcat Filter dialog name the filter ServiceExample and, in the Log Tag field, enter the TAG value declared in MyIntentService.java (in the above code example this was ServiceExample).

When the changes are complete, click on the OK button to create the filter and dismiss the dialog. The newly created filter should now be selected in the Android tool window.

With the filter configured, run the application on a physical device or AVD emulator...