facebook/flipper

Add a way to easily only see logs of the selected app

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#326 opened on Nov 14, 2018

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Description

What is shown in the logs screen by default is pretty much useless: there are so many logs that the logs of your app quickly scroll away.

This is easily fixed in Android Studio: select the package of your app, and select the Regex "Show only selected application". In Flipper, not so much. With a right click, you can select PID, find a log by your app and click on this PID.

This isn't very user friendly. Another problem is that the PID of your app isn't consistent, so after a reboot or when plugging in another device, you'll have to find the correct PID again.

Therefore: please add a way to easily see the logs of a specific app which has the Flipper SDK installed.

Contributor guide

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
desktopdeveloper experience
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Basic TypeScriptReactLog filtering concepts
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
65
Research direction
Investigate the Flipper log viewer component, likely in the `flipper ui` package, to understand how logs are displayed and filtered. Review the existing comments on issue #326 for any additional requirements or suggestions. Look for how the Flipper SDK identifies apps to infer a filtering mechanism.