| page.title=Device Setup for Hierarchy Viewer |
| meta.tags="android, performance, profiling, tools, rendering, hierarchyviewer" |
| page.tags="android", "performance", "profiling", "tools", "rendering", "hierarchyviewer" |
| page.metaDescription=Set up your mobile device to work with Hierarchy Viewer. |
| page.image=tools/performance/thumbnails/tools_hierarchy_viewer.png |
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| <h2>You should also read</h2> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="{@docRoot}tools/performance/hierarchy-viewer/index.html"> |
| Hierarchy Viewer Walkthrough</a></li> |
| <li><a href="{@docRoot}tools/performance/hierarchy-viewer/profiling.html"> |
| Profiling with Hierarchy Viewer</a></li> |
| </ul> |
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| </div> |
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| <p>To run Hierarchy Viewer, you must enable Developer Options on your mobile device and perform |
| some setup on your computer.</p> |
| |
| <h2>Configuring Devices</h2> |
| |
| <ol> |
| <li><p>Enable <a href= |
| "http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html#developer-device-options">Developer Options</a> |
| on your mobile device.</p></li> |
| |
| <li>Depending on the type of device you have, do one of the following: |
| <ul> |
| <li>If you have a locked device running Android 4.0 or lower, follow the instructions |
| for <a href= |
| "https://github.com/romainguy/ViewServer">installing and configuring ViewServer</a>. |
| </li> |
| <li>If you have an unlocked device running Android 4.0 or lower, |
| no further configuration is needed.</li> |
| <li>If you have a device running Android 4.1 or higher, you must set an environment |
| variable on your development machine. For more information, |
| see <a href="#hvproto-variable">Setting the ANDROID_HVPROTO variable</a> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| |
| |
| <h2 id="hvproto-variable">Setting the ANDROID_HVPROTO variable</h2> |
| |
| <h3>Windows</h3> |
| |
| <ol> |
| <li>Click <b>My Computer > Property > Advanced > Environment Variables.</b></li> |
| |
| <li>Click <b>New.</b></li> |
| |
| <li>In variables name put: <code>ANDROID_HVPROTO</code></li> |
| |
| <li>In variable value put: <code>ddm</code></li> |
| |
| <li>Click <b>OK</b><./li> |
| </ol> |
| |
| <h3>Mac</h3> |
| |
| <ol> |
| <li>Edit <code>~/.bash_profile</code></li> |
| |
| <li>Add: |
| <br><code>#Hierarchy Viewer Variable |
| <br>export ANDROID_HVPROTO=ddm</code> |
| </li> |
| |
| <li><code>source ~/.bash_profile</code></li> |
| </ol> |
| |
| <h3>Linux</h3> |
| |
| <ol> |
| <li>Edit <code>~/.bash_profile</code></li> |
| |
| <li>Add: |
| |
| <br><code>#Hierarchy Viewer Variable |
| <br>export ANDROID_HVPROTO=ddm</code> |
| </li> |
| |
| <li><code>source ~/.bash_profile</code></li> |
| </ol> |