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An Android view for showing logs in realtime - useful for debugging
import android.annotation.TargetApi;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Build;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.widget.ScrollView;
import android.widget.TextView;
import java.util.Locale;
public class LogView extends ScrollView {
private long mCreationTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
private TextView mTextView;
public LogView(Context context) {
super(context);
init();
}
public LogView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
init();
}
public LogView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
init();
}
@TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP)
public LogView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr, int defStyleRes) {
super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr, defStyleRes);
init();
}
private void init() {
mTextView = new TextView(getContext());
addView(mTextView);
}
public void log(String message) {
long elapsedTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - mCreationTime;
long seconds = elapsedTime / 1000;
long milliseconds = elapsedTime % 1000;
if (mTextView.getText().length() > 0) {
mTextView.append("\n");
}
String formattedLog = String.format(Locale.getDefault(), "T+%d.%03d: %s", seconds, milliseconds, message);
mTextView.append(formattedLog);
}
@Override
protected void onLayout(boolean changed, int l, int t, int r, int b) {
super.onLayout(changed, l, t, r, b);
smoothScrollTo(0, mTextView.getHeight());
}
}
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