What is DDMS and what can you do with it?

Technology CommunityCategory: AndroidWhat is DDMS and what can you do with it?
VietMX Staff asked 3 years ago

The Dalvik Debug Monitor Service (DDMS) is a debugging tool used in the Android platform. The Dalvik Debug Monitor Service is downloaded as part of the Android SDK. Some of the services provided by the DDMS are port forwarding, on-device screen capture, on-device thread and heap monitoring, and radio state information.

The main services provided by Dalvik Debug Monitor Server are:

  • App memory usage statistics (total heap and object allocation statistics)
  • App thread statistics
  • Device screen capture
  • Device file explorer
  • Incoming call and SMS spoofing
  • Location data spoofing
  • Logcat