Debug native code in Android Studio

Question

Google I/O 2015 promised debugging native code in Android Studio. To do this, you need to install ndk-bundle through SDK manager and update Android Studio to the latest version (Canary branch). And what to do next? How setup? Here is a link to the source. Source

Answer 1

Update June 2016 : In Android Studio 2.1 the default run configuration supports native debugging so there should be no need to do the below unless you're using an older version.

For older versions : Here's how to debug native code in Android Studio:

• Go to Run->Edit configurations
• Click the + sign
• Choose 'Android Native' as the configuration type
• In the Module dropdown choose your app's module
• Add breakpoints to your C/C++ code
• Run->Debug...

The app should be deployed and the lldb debugger will attach after ~10s.

Note : When creating the debug configuration under the 'Native Debugger' section you can choose gdb , however this is less well supported than lldb and known to be buggy. Use at your own risk.

Answer 2

Actually, the advertised NDK support isn't available yet, even if you download the ndk-bundle and update Android Studio to the latest version in the canary channel (1.3-preview3 as of now).

The SDK tools team said that the NDK support wasn't part of the first previews of Android Studio 1.3. However it should be out soon - they recently mentioned mid-June as a target.

update : the debugging support is out now. It wasn't the case at the time of the initial question - thanks for all the downvotes since then :) please look at donturner's answer below.