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Debug Layout with Layout Inspector

Prerequisite:

Clone and Build Powerup application Github Repo

Steps:

  • Watch video to understand Layout Inspector
  • Run your app on a connected device or emulator.
  • Click Tools > Android > Layout Inspector.
  • In the Choose Process dialog that appears, select the app(Powerup) process you want to inspect and click OK.
  • Navigate to captures folder in Project View.
  • open .li saved file and understand it.

Resources:

  • Read about Layout Inspector 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:

  • Screenshot of opened .li file
  • Screenshot of /project-name/captures folder in project window

Task tags

  • android
  • beginner
  • quality assurance
  • layout-inspector

Students who completed this task

Yuvraj Dighe, Yuyuan Luo, JavaCafe01, Ceyda Sahin

Task type

  • web Design
  • done_all Quality Assurance

Level

Beginner
close

2017