Testing for Debugging Code and Verbose Error Logging
Overview¶
Static Analysis¶
To determine whether StrictMode is enabled, you can look for the StrictMode.setThreadPolicy or StrictMode.setVmPolicy methods. Most likely, they will be in the onCreate method.
The detection methods for the thread policy are
detectDiskWrites()
detectDiskReads()
detectNetwork()
The penalties for thread policy violation are
penaltyLog() // Logs a message to LogCat
penaltyDeath() // Crashes application, runs at the end of all enabled penalties
penaltyDialog() // Shows a dialog
Have a look at the best practices for using StrictMode.
Dynamic Analysis¶
There are several ways of detecting StrictMode; the best choice depends on how the policies' roles are implemented. They include
- Logcat,
- a warning dialog,
- application crash.