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Start Hierachy viewer for Android application

Prerequisite:

Clone and Build Powerup application Github Repo

Steps:

  • Enable Developer Options on your device.(This step is only needed for physical devices)
  • Set up your device for Hierarchy viewer
  • From Android Studio, start the Android Device Monitor: Tools > Android > Android Device Monitor.
  • Connect your device to your computer. If prompted by a dialog on the device that asks, Allow USB debugging?, tap OK.
  • In Android Device Monitor (ADM), in the menu bar, choose Window > Open Perspective, and in the popup click Hierarchy View.
  • Double-click your app's package name in the Windows tab on the left. This populates the panes with the view hierarchy of your app

Resources:

  • Research about Hierarchy Viewer at this link
  • Ask any questions or directions in the #powerup on Systers Open Source Slack. Mention @geekanamika if you need help on this task

Work Submission:

Task tags

  • android
  • quality assurance

Students who completed this task

Fidella, Abhijeet Manohar, Valentun, Arun Sarma, Mu'aaz Kasker

Task type

  • web Design
  • done_all Quality Assurance
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2017