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Toggling to your Debug Activity

Toggling to your Debug/Diagnostic Activity made easy.
android:taskAffinity=”com.handstandsam.app.diagnostic”

AndroidManifest.xml, Activity declaration, add a taskAffinity property…

<activity
    android:name="com.handstandsam.app.diagnostic.DiagnosticActivity"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher_diagnostic"
    android:label="Diagnostic"
    android:launchMode="singleTask"
    android:taskAffinity="com.handstandsam.app.diagnostic"
    android:screenOrientation="portrait"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
    </intent-filter>
</activity>

I just had a breakthrough regarding the definition of debug activities in your app. If you specify a different taskAffinity for your debug activity, it’ll show appear in your task launcher like a separate app allowing you to toggle back and forth, making it super easy to jump around.

Thanks to the library Chuck for using this method so I was able to figure out! https://github.com/jgilfelt/chuck/blob/master/library/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

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