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This library ensures that logged messages do not overflow Android log message limits
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by efficiently splitting messages into chunks.
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+ ## Consistent log filtering in mixed Rust/C/C++ apps
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+ Android's C logging API determines the effective log level based on [ a
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+ combination] ( https://cs.android.com/android/platform/superproject/main/+/main:system/logging/liblog/properties.cpp;l=243;drc=b74a506c1b69f5b295a8cdfd7e2da3b16db15934 ) ,
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+ of a process-wide global variable, [ system-wide
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+ properties] ( https://cs.android.com/android/platform/superproject/main/+/main:system/logging/logd/README.property;l=45;drc=99c545d3098018a544cb292e1501daca694bee0f ) ,
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+ and call-specific default. ` log ` + ` android_logger ` crates add another layer of
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+ log filtering on top of that, independent from the C API.
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+
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+ ```
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+ .-----.
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+ | app |
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+ '-----' Rust
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+ C/C++ | '--------------.
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+ | v
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+ | .-----------. filter by log::STATIC_MAX_LEVEL +
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+ | | log crate | - log::MAX_LOG_LEVEL_FILTER,
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+ | '-----------' overrideable via log::set_max_level
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+ | |
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+ | v
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+ | .----------------------.
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+ | | android_logger crate | - filter by Config::max_level
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+ | '----------------------'
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+ | |
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+ | .------------'
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+ v v
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+ .--------.
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+ | liblog | - filter by global state or system-wide properties
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+ '--------'
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+ ```
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+ ` liblog ` APIs introduced in Android API 30 let ` android_logger ` delegate log
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+ filtering decision to ` liblog ` , making the log level consistent across C, C++
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+ and Rust calls.
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+ If you build ` android_logger ` with ` android-api-30 ` feature enabled, the logger
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+ will consider the process-wide global state (set via
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+ [ ` __android_log_set_minimum_priority ` ] ( https://cs.android.com/android/platform/superproject/main/+/main:prebuilts/runtime/mainline/runtime/sdk/common_os/include/system/logging/liblog/include/android/log.h;l=364;drc=4cf460634134d51dba174f8af60dffb10f703f51 )
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+ and Android system properties when deciding if a message should be logged or
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+ not. In this case, the effective log level is the _ least verbose_ of the levels
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+ set between those and Rust log facilities.
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## License
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Licensed under either of
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