June 2013
Intermediate to advanced
216 pages
6h 3m
English
In this chapter, we’ll look at two interesting tools you can use to create an Android application.
If your application is making requests to a server, you might be using some type of log to check whether or not your requests are successful. Unfortunately, those logs don’t get removed when you build the final APK (Android application package file). Removing logs is important to keep the logcat output as clean as possible. Leaving log statements in could also expose you to unintentional disclosure of sensitive information. In this hack, I’ll show you how easy it is to remove logs for your market release.
Developers have their own technique preferences for removing ...