How to automatically set breakpoints on all methods in Xcode?

Question

How do I automatically set breakpoints on all methods in Xcode? I want to know how my program works, and which methods invoke when I interact with the user interface.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9275195/how-to-automatically-set-breakpoints-on-all-methods-in-xcode

Answer 1

1. Run your app in Xcode.
2. Press ??Y (Debug -> Pause).
3. Go to the debugger console: ??C
4. Type breakpoint set -r . -s <PRODUCT_NAME> (insert your app's name).

lldb will answer with something like...

Breakpoint 1: 4345 locations

Now just press the Continue button.

breakpoint set is lldb's command to create breakpoints. The location is specified using a regular expression (-r) on function/method names, in this case . which matches any method. The -s option is used to limit the scope to your executable (needed to exclude frameworks).

When you run your app lldb will now break whenever the app hits a function from your main executable.

To disable the breakpoints type breakpoint delete 1 (insert proper breakpoint number).