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12. DDMS perspective and important views

12.1. DDMS - Dalvik Debug Monitor Server

Eclipse provides a perspective for interacting with your device and program. Open it to see the possible options. This perspective includes the following views which can also be used independently and allows to place calls and send SMS to the device. It also allow to set the current geo position and to perform a performance trace of your application.

12.2. LogCat View

You can see the log (including System.out.print() statements) via the LogCat view.

12.3. File explorer

The file explorer allows to see the files on the android simulator.