Device Lens

Device Lens is a debugging tool that allows you to view logs on your mobile devices (presently Android only). This repository is currently for the documentation and for reporting issues

Installing Device Lens

NOTE: The installers that used to be in this repository have been removed.

The latest version of Device Lens is here.

Older versions are available here.

Just run the setup and follow the prompts!

Change history:

v2.1.0 (Oct 19th, 2023)

• A number of significant changes "under the hood"
• Added ability to save the image in screenshot feature
• Added "Auto Start" feature - starts logcat immediately when a device is detected
• Suppress system beep when applying of filter by application name when pressing enter
• Other minor fixes

v2.0.3 (Jun 12th, 2023)

• Fixed device selection when there are multiple devices
• Fixed applying of filter by application name when pressing enter

v2.0.2 (May 24th, 2023)

• Fixed parsing of log output - was broken for some devices including WSA

v2.0.1 (Apr 10th, 2023)

• Fixed behaviour when changing filters (logcat was being started when it should not be)

v2.0.0 (Feb 21st, 2023)

• Major revamp of the user interface
• Added support for a number of themes
• Added saving of log output to file
• Fixed font sizing in the log output for high DPI

v1.3.0 (May 13th, 2021)

• Added screenshot function
• Added download APK function
• Added uninstall package function
• Fixed another issue with process parsing

v1.2.2 (July 20th, 2020)

• Fixed process parsing - should now work on Android 11
• Fixed SDK Installer button
• Fixed issue with device explorer not clearing package info

v1.2.1 (June 3rd, 2020)

• Fixed issue with filtering on Text and Tag

v1.2.0 (May 9th, 2020)

• Added SDK Installer function
• Added Configure device for TCP/IP mode function
• Added filtering on Tag value (issue #5)
• Added memo below the grid to display the "text" portion of the selected row (issue #4)
• Fixed issue #6 - disable Explorer view function when no devices selected

v1.1.0 (January 2nd, 2020)

• Added Device Explorer
• Added simulation of "doze" mode
• Fixed auto search/config for location of SDK, adb executable etc so that Device Lens can run on a machine without Delphi installed

v1.0.1 (October 3rd, 2019)

• Fixed parsing of process list for (at least) Symbol TC70 and Lenovo Tab 3 devices

v1.0.0 (September 30th, 2019)

• Initial release

Help

Device Lens Documentation

The documentation starts here.

Tutorial Videos

• Introduction to Device Lens
• Using Device Lens to help debug Delphi apps (Coming soon!)

Slack channel

If you need help beyond the documentation/videos, please join the Delphi Worlds Slack team, and go to the #devicelens channel. Dave Nottage can usually answer questions from around 07:00 until 19:00 Australian Central Standard Time (GMT +9:30), however others may also be on hand.