This is tool for analyzing method trace files .trace
files like Android Profiler but works faster, has convenient control, user bookmarks and custom highlighting.
For Russian speaking developers there is a video guide
- Find YAMP plugin and install
- Start through the
Tools->Launch YAMP
menu or by searching for "Launch YAMP" in "Find Actions" (osx: cmd+shift+a, windows/linux: ctrl+shift+a)
https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/16167-yamp
- Open DMG file
- Drag Android Methods Profiler icon into Applications shurtcut
- Open Applications and right mouse click on Android Methods Profiler and select "Open" (only first launch)
Open terminal and execute sudo dpkg -i android-methods-profiler_{YOUR_VERSION}_all.deb
If some older files cannot be overwritten, try sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite android-methods-profiler_{YOUR_VERSION}_all.deb
To launch type in terminal andoid-methods-profiler
or yamp
. Or you can open in menu by pressing Meta
Read about keymap there
Helps to mark some methods in trace.
Bookmarks are saved automatically after you add new one.
Bookmarks are stored in $HOME/android-profile-viewer/markers
folder.
The easiest way to add bookmark is to click on the method and press m key.
In the opened dialog enter bookmark name and select color.
You can share current opened trace file with your bookmarks in single
file by File -> Export trace with bookmarks
or Ctrl + Shift + e ,
then select new file name and send single *.twb
file to anyone
who has AndroidMethodsProfiler v20.06.22.0 or newer.
*.twb
file is zip archive with .trace
and .marker
files
After first launch you will see Setup android sdk home dialog, please
enter path to Android SDK Home like $ANDROID_HOME
and it will be stored in settings file
After clicking on New Trace icon or pressing Ctrl + n record new trace dialog will be opened.
Saved .trace
files will be placed in $HOME/android-profile-viewer/trace
folder
In the opened dialog package field is required, activity name is optional.
If you entered activity name then application will start after clicking Start
button.
If activity field is empty - you need to start application manually, or it can already be running.
Sampling parameter: The lower the value, the more accurate the report will be, but the greater the load on the mobile phone CPU. For old device, like nexus 5X I prefer 1000 microseconds.
You can select two record mode:
- Sample Java Methods : Captures your app’s call stack at frequent intervals during your app’s Java-based code execution.
- Trace Java Methods : Instruments your app at runtime to record a timestamp at the beginning and end of each method call.
More information about recording modes
Generates flat list of methods with duration. Can be filtered by duration and/or is current method constructor.
Also you can add custom highlighting:
highlighting mapping placed in $HOME/android-methods-profiler/colors.json
for example:
[
{
"filter": "com.example",
"color": "FF9595"
}
]
will highlight all methods of classes started with com.example
.
colors.json
will be created automatically with sample highlighting
To find class or method you should press Ctrl + f or manually click to searching field. Type class name and/or method name for example SomeClass.someMethod and press Enter.
If current thread data contains any matches to the mask "*.SomeClass.someMethod.*" then these elements will be highlighted and the focus will be on the first element found.
If you want to find methods that ends with SomeClass.someMethod then type SomeClass.someMethod() and profiler will find any matches to the mask "*.SomeClass.someMethod".
If there is no results in current thread, profiler will search it in another threads and ask you to switch to another thread if threre is any results - this can be very useful!
Settings are stored in $HOME/android-methods-profiler/.android-methods-profiler-settings.json
If you entered activity name in New trace dialog and see "Wait for application..." status, but application is started - try to close Android Studio and record again.
To scale application on hi-res displays on linux, try to edit /opt/android-methods-profiler/app/android-methods-profiler.cfg
and enter -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=2
below [JVMOptions]
YAMP is released under the Apache License, Version 2.0.