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What is the diffrence between diamond and circular breakpoints in android studio?

Today when I was working like every day I have noticed something odd in the android studio. The 2 kinds of breakpoints I have never seen it before. I want to know what is the differences and why?

The picture of breakpoints.

Thanks.

Solution

  • copied from IntelliJ

    a circular breakpoint is a line breakpoint, while a diamond breakpoint is a method breakpoint.

    Line breakpoints: suspend the program upon reaching the line of code where the breakpoint was set. This type of breakpoints can be set on any executable line of code.

    Method breakpoints: suspend the program upon entering or exiting the specified method or one of its implementations, allowing you to check the method's entry/exit conditions.

    for more info about breakpoints and their types check this link