[Solved] Android, Logcat and BufferedReader – no logs

What is this logcat -c> this will Clears (flushes) the entire log and exits.

There are only V,D,I,W,E & WTF 🙂 Six type of logcat category

change it to Runtime.getRuntime().exec("logcat -e");
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EDIT:
There is an problem in Reading in jelly bean
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READ_LOGS permission on Jelly Beans (Android 4.1) will not be granted anymore to normal apps.

Apps are only allow to read their own logs.

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You could try to implement a function to grant yourself READ_LOGS permission with for users with rooted devices.