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@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ page.title=Debugging with Android Studio
<div id="qv">
<h2>In this document</h2>
<ol>
- <li><a href="#runDebug">Run your App in Debug Mode</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#runDebug">Run your App in Debug Mode</a>
+ <ol>
+ <li><a href="#attachDebug">Attach the debugger to a running process</a></li>
+ </ol>
+ </li>
<li><a href="#systemLog">Use the System Log</a>
<ol>
<li><a href="#systemLogWrite">Write log messages in your code</a></li>
@@ -94,6 +98,22 @@ window also provides other debugging tools covered in the following sections.</p
<p class="img-caption"><strong>Figure 2.</strong> The Debug tool window in Android Studio showing
the current thread and the object tree for a variable.</p>
+<h3 id="attachDebug">Attach the debugger to a running process</h3>
+
+<p>You don't always have to restart your app to debug it. To debug an app that you're already
+running:</p>
+
+<ol>
+<li>Click <strong>Attach debugger to Android proccess</strong>
+<img src="{@docRoot}images/tools/as-attach.png" alt=""
+style="vertical-align:bottom;margin:0;height:20px"/>.</li>
+<li>In the <em>Choose Process</em> window, select the device and app you want to attach the
+debugger to.</li>
+<li>To open the <em>Debug</em> tool window, click <strong>Debug</strong>
+<img src="{@docRoot}images/tools/as-debugwindowbutton.png"
+alt="" style="vertical-align:bottom;margin:0;height:20px"/>.</li>
+</ol>
+
<h2 id="systemLog">Use the System Log</h2>