How to debug Dalvik executable on Android using GDB?

Question

I want to debug an Android application using GDB, I have no source code, and I'm used to GDB. Does anyone know how to do this? It seems I will need to connect to the application process and use gdbserver, but I really have not found a good tutorial on how to do this ...

Thanks!

Answer 1

There may not be walkthroughs, but people use gdbserver to debug JNI applications. Check out the following links:

http://honeypod.blogspot.com/2008/01/debug-native-application-for-android.html

http://vilimpoc.org/blog/2010/09/23/hello-gdbserver-a-debuggable-jni-example-for-android/

http://developer.download.nvidia.com/tegra/docs/android_gdb_debugging.pdf

http://www.omappedia.org/wiki/Android_Debugging#GDB_.28the_GNU_Debugger.29