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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"@DebugView annotation to enable HierarchyView using ViewServer","articleBody":"@romainguy recently told me about `ViewServer`, a utility class he open sourced, which can be used to enable HierarchyViewer on your apps even if you don't have a rooted / engineer build phone.\n\nThe source is here: https://github.com/romainguy/ViewServer/tree/master/src/com/android/debug/hv\n\nI think it could be nice to bake such a feature into AndroidAnnotations using a specific annotation (such as `@DebugView`), e.g. :\n\n``` java\n@DebugView\n@EActivity\npublic class MyActivity extends Activity {\n\n}\n```\n\nThis would automatically enable the ViewServer on the activity, ie doing this :\n\n``` java\n    @Override\n    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {\n        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);\n        // Set content view, etc.\n        ViewServer.get(this).addWindow(this);\n    }\n\n    @Override\n    public void onDestroy() {\n        super.onDestroy();\n        ViewServer.get(this).removeWindow(this);\n    }\n\n    @Override\n    public void onResume() {\n        super.onResume();\n        ViewServer.get(this).setFocusedWindow(this);\n    }\n```\n\nAlso note that `android:debuggable` must be set to true in the `AndroidManifest.xml` for the `ViewServer` to work. \n\nShould we issue a compile warning on a `ViewServer` annotation if `android:debuggable` is false ?\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/pyricau","@type":"Person","name":"pyricau"},"datePublished":"2012-04-21T08:00:36.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":5},"url":"https://github.com/169/androidannotations/issues/169"}