page.title=Traceview
parent.title=Tools
parent.link=index.html
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<p>Traceview is a graphical viewer for execution logs saved by your application.
Traceview can help you debug your application and profile its performance.</p>

<p>To start the Traceview tool:</p>

<ul>
 <li>Start the <a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/monitor.html">Android Device Monitor</a>. </li>
 <li>In the Android Device Monitor tool bar, click <strong>DDMS</strong> and select a process. </li>
 <li>Click the <strong>Start Method Profiling</strong> icon to start method profiling. </li>
 <li>After the profiling is complete, click the <strong>Stop Method Profiling</strong> icon to
   display the traceview. </li>
</ul>


<p>For more information on how to use Traceview, see
<a href="{@docRoot}tools/debugging/debugging-tracing.html">Profiling with Traceview and
dmtracedump</a>.
</p>

<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> Running <code>traceview</code> from the command line
has been deprecated. </p>