Hi guys, any clue on the stop button in the new lo...

# android-studio

[Francescos]

Hi guys, any clue on the stop button in the new logcat feature of Eel? I was used to simulate process death through that button but I can’t find it in Eel. Has it been moved or removed?

[Chris Sinco [G]]

It was removed as we didn't realize it simulates process death. We are adding the feature back but it may not be in Logcat necessarily since it wasn't the most discoverable feature (<5% used)

[Francescos]

I’d be great to have it back in any place you think is the most discoverable. Thank you very much.

[Colton Idle]

yeah. its one of those buttons that if you used it. you loved it because it was the only easy way to simulate real process death. all other dev options on the device itself are kinda wonky (process limit, activity limit, etc)

In the meantime I've been using the venom library as it has a notification where you can click to kill your process.

its kinda funny. i took a bunch of courses on android dev, and even the udacity google/android courses. and all of them let you know about process death and how you can't guarantee that your app will survive once its backgrounded. and like. someone no one cares that this is a thing. maybe i shouldn't either? /shruggie

[Colton Idle]

same like google photos up vs back is implemented incorrectly. 😭

[Francescos]

Same feeling here, I personally have been caring about the correct handling of process death for several years, when I started noticing strange bugs traced by Firebase. Now it’s part of the development cycle to check if the feature is able to restart itself correctly from PD. Anyway I didn’t know about the venom library and I’m going to give it a glance 😉, thanks!