debugging native Android apps as simple as debugging web pages
using Chrome’s Developer Tools. Allows you to inspect the View
hierarchy verify Layout Style preview Translations and more.
Everything can be done directly from the mobile device. Best suited
for apps based on Views and Fragments with limited support of
technologies like Android Compose Flutter and Web apps.
Developer Assistant uses a mixture of official Assist and
Accessibility API augmented by sophisticated heuristics. This
combination helps to show at runtime more than possible for other
tools. It’s tailored to increase productivity of professionals like
Developers Testers Designers and Power Users in their day to day
geeky tasks.
Developer Assistant is… right the assistant app you can invoke it
at any time by a simple gesture like long pressing the home
button.
INSPECT NATIVE AND HYBRID ANDROID APPS
Developer Assistant can inspect Android applications based on the
official Android SDK. It is best suited for apps based on Views and
Fragments. Has also limited support for Android Compose Flutter
Web-based apps and webpages.
KEEP CALM & PRIVACY
Developer Assistant DOES NOT require root. It respects system
security and user privacy. Any data collected from the screen is
processed locally (offline) and only on explicit user request –
when the assist function is invoked. For basic operation Developer
Assistant needs to be chosen as the default Digital Assistant app.
Optionally it may be granted with Accessibility Service permission
(which increases accuracy of inspection for non standard apps).
WHAT YOU GET FOR FREE
A 30 day trial of probably the most advanced assistant app
dedicated to Android Developers Testers Designers and Power Users.
After this period decide: get a professional license or stay with
free a bit limited however still usable application.
CHECK CURRENT ACTIVITY
Developers can check the class name of a current activity
especially helpful for larger projects. Testers will appreciate a
unified solution to access the app version name version code along
with common actions like ‘app info’ or ‘uninstall’.
INSPECT VIEW HIERARCHY
Testers writing automation tests and developers chasing bugs can
inspect the hierarchy of elements displayed on the screen directly
from the mobile device. The concept is similar to the inspection of
web pages with well-known dev tools shipped with the leading web
browsers.
✔ Inspect view identifiers class names text style or color.
✔ Preview the best matching layout resources displayed next to
their root views.
VERIFY LAYOUT
Designers testers and developers can finally check the size and
position of various elements presented directly on the mobile
device. Did you ever wonder what is the exact distance of a given
button to a given text label on a particular device? Or maybe what
is the size of a particular element in density points? Developer
Assistant provides a toolkit to help verify and satisfy
requirements from designers like the pixel or rather the DP perfect
design.
SEE CONTEXT OF TRANSLATIONS
Developer Assistant gives translation offices the possibility to
display translation keys next to text elements directly on a mobile
device. Translators get what’s the most important in order to
provide a quality translation: the context where a given text is
used.
✔ Translation keys displayed next to text elements.
✔ Translations for other languages can be previewed (no need to
change the language of a mobile device).
✔ Minimum and maximum length among existing translations.
AND MORE…
Stay tuned for new features to come!
LINKS
✔ The project home page:
https://appsisle.com/project/developer-assistant/
✔ The wiki addressing common questions:
https://github.com/jwisniewski/android-developer-assistant/wiki
✔ Example usage on a video tutorial for designers (made by Design
Pilot): https://youtu.be/SnzXf91b8C4