Dianne, Thanks, that's exactly the kind of answer I was looking for,
-John Coryat On Jul 27, 11:12 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > Please do remove them. They make your app larger, slower to run (can be > SIGNIFICANTLY slower because of the work Java ends up doing building > strings), and... for people working on the platform having an app spewing > logs is super annoying, since it buries any -interesting- messages that > other parts of the system print. > > Actually if I see an app I have installed spewing logs, I will often > uninstall it because it is so annoying and greatly reduces the amount of > information available in the log if I need to track down something going > wrong with my device. > > Fyi, it is very easy to conditionally compile them -- just define a static > final boolean DOLOG = false value, and check that before each log. The Java > compiler will strip all of that code out when the constant is false. > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I've been working on an app for a couple of months, it's loaded with > > log statements (android.util.Log) now and they are very useful. > > > Question: Is it better to remove log statements before deploying to > > the market or can they be left in? Are there good reasons to remove > > them regardless? > > > Thanks in advance. > > > -John Coryat > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
