This is a logger with a small, extensible API which provides utility on top of Android's normal
Log
class.
I copy this class into all the little apps I make. I'm tired of doing it. Now it's a library.
Behavior is added through Tree
instances. You can install an instance by calling Timber.plant
.
Installation of Tree
s should be done as early as possible. The onCreate
of your application is
the most logical choice.
The DebugTree
implementation will automatically figure out from which class it's being called and
use that class name as its tag. Since the tags vary, it works really well when coupled with a log
reader like Pidcat.
There are no Tree
implementations installed by default because every time you log in production, a
puppy dies.
Two easy steps:
- Install any
Tree
instances you want in theonCreate
of your application class. - Call
Timber
's static methods everywhere throughout your app.
Check out the sample app in timber-sample/
to see it in action.
Timber ships with embedded lint rules to detect problems in your app.
-
TimberArgCount (Error) - Detects an incorrect number of arguments passed to a
Timber
call for the specified format string.Example.java:35: Error: Wrong argument count, format string Hello %s %s! requires 2 but format call supplies 1 [TimberArgCount] Timber.d("Hello %s %s!", firstName); ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
TimberArgTypes (Error) - Detects arguments which are of the wrong type for the specified format string.
Example.java:35: Error: Wrong argument type for formatting argument '#0' in success = %b: conversion is 'b', received String (argument #2 in method call) [TimberArgTypes] Timber.d("success = %b", taskName); ~~~~~~~~
-
TimberTagLength (Error) - Detects the use of tags which are longer than Android's maximum length of 23.
Example.java:35: Error: The logging tag can be at most 23 characters, was 35 (TagNameThatIsReallyReallyReallyLong) [TimberTagLength] Timber.tag("TagNameThatIsReallyReallyReallyLong").d("Hello %s %s!", firstName, lastName); ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
LogNotTimber (Warning) - Detects usages of Android's
Log
that should be usingTimber
.Example.java:35: Warning: Using 'Log' instead of 'Timber' [LogNotTimber] Log.d("Greeting", "Hello " + firstName + " " + lastName + "!"); ~
-
StringFormatInTimber (Warning) - Detects
String.format
used inside of aTimber
call. Timber handles string formatting automatically.Example.java:35: Warning: Using 'String#format' inside of 'Timber' [StringFormatInTimber] Timber.d(String.format("Hello, %s %s", firstName, lastName)); ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
BinaryOperationInTimber (Warning) - Detects string concatenation inside of a
Timber
call. Timber handles string formatting automatically and should be preferred over manual concatenation.Example.java:35: Warning: Replace String concatenation with Timber's string formatting [BinaryOperationInTimber] Timber.d("Hello " + firstName + " " + lastName + "!"); ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
TimberExceptionLogging (Warning) - Detects the use of null or empty messages, or using the exception message when logging an exception.
Example.java:35: Warning: Explicitly logging exception message is redundant [TimberExceptionLogging] Timber.d(e, e.getMessage()); ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
implementation 'com.jakewharton.timber:timber:4.7.1'
Snapshots of the development version are available in Sonatype's snapshots
repository.
Copyright 2013 Jake Wharton
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