how can eclipse tell me in which activity i'm currently in?

Question

I try to debug my android app and I see a redundant blank activity sometimes.

However I cannot understand the flow which leads me to that blank activity.

How can eclipse help me understand which Activity is displayed?

I have looked at the DDMS perspective and have found no answer.

Also tried to press "pause" run (debug play, stop and pause buttons)

and i couldn't see where to read the current active activity.

Does someone know?

update

I have tried

adb logcat | grep "ActivityManager"

    D/dalvikvm(28517): Note: class Landroid/app/ActivityManagerNative; has 192 unimplemented (abstract) methods
    W/ApplicationsProvider(27925):  at android.app.ActivityManager.getAllPackageUsageStats(ActivityManager.java:2520)
    D/dalvikvm(28691): Note: class Landroid/app/ActivityManagerNative; has 192 unimplemented (abstract) methods
    W/ApplicationsProvider(27925):  at android.app.ActivityManager.getAllPackageUsageStats(ActivityManager.java:2520)
    W/ApplicationsProvider(27925):  at android.app.ActivityManager.getAllPackageUsageStats(ActivityManager.java:2520)
    E/Parcel  (27354):  at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.startActivityAsUser(ActivityManagerService.java:4066)
    E/Parcel  (27354):  at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.startActivity(ActivityManagerService.java:3964)
    E/Parcel  (27354):  at android.app.ActivityManagerNative.onTransact(ActivityManagerNative.java:159)
    E/Parcel  (27354):  at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.onTransact(ActivityManagerService.java:2645)

but where do I see the Activity name?

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update 2

I have tried to open hierarchy view but it has an error inspecting my app:

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update 3

I cannot see it even in the log cat

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KOTIOS · Answer 1 · 2014-08-11T04:52:28.997

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yes u can log ur activity which you are currently IN :

adb logcat | grep "ActivityManager"

Below is ScreenShot showing activity with package name :

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edited Aug 11 '14 at 04:52

answered Aug 11 '14 at 04:43

KOTIOS

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yes. using mac. where should I have used it otherwise? – Elad Benda2 Aug 11 '14 at 04:50
hmm , what comes when u do adb devices in ur mac command propmt? – KOTIOS Aug 11 '14 at 04:51
List of devices attached 4df1250c1d449f4d device – Elad Benda2 Aug 11 '14 at 04:52
I see, but it's different than mine – Elad Benda2 Aug 11 '14 at 05:02
once u navigate on device u can see logcat populating with ur package name followed by activity name – KOTIOS Aug 11 '14 at 05:07
"navigate towards u app" what does that mean? – Elad Benda2 Aug 11 '14 at 06:33
`W/ActivityManager(14561): Unable to start service Intent { cmp=com.example.manyexampleapp/com.zoomer.ifs.AppService } U=0: not found` – Elad Benda2 Aug 11 '14 at 07:29
i navigate through my app but see nothing in the logcat – Elad Benda2 Aug 11 '14 at 07:30
hmm u doing something wronfg i guess – KOTIOS Aug 11 '14 at 07:33

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 11 '14 at 04:50

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use hierarchy viewer and observe the bold text which describes currently visible activity.To open hierarchy viewer from eclipse,select Window -> Open Perspective -> Hierarchy View.

using hierarchy viewer for currently visible activity

To learn more about hierarchy viewer refer this link

answered Aug 11 '14 at 04:50

rupesh jain

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hierarchy viewer is part of eclipse? – Elad Benda2 Aug 11 '14 at 04:51
@user1065869 edited the answer.Let me know if it works. – rupesh jain Aug 11 '14 at 04:56
I have tried to open hierarchy view but it has an error inspecting my app – Elad Benda2 Aug 11 '14 at 05:05
@user1065869 refer https://forums.pragprog.com/forums/152/topics/12024 and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4626767/android-hierarchyviewer-unable-to-load-window-data and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20325051/android-emulator-in-adt-plugin-not-running to solve this issue – rupesh jain Aug 11 '14 at 13:03

how can eclipse tell me in which activity i'm currently in?

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