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# Enable Debug Logging for the Android SDK

SDK logs are disabled by default. To enable logging, you add a sink and then specify a log level.

Call [`addSink`](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/service/service-sdk-android/guide/%3Chttps://forcedotcom.github.io/ServiceSDK-Android/releases/common/8.0.5/api/reference/com/salesforce/android/service/common/utilities/logging/ServiceLogging.html#addSink(com.salesforce.android.service.common.utilities.logging.ServiceLoggingSink)>) to direct the debug logs to the specified sink. `LOG_CAT_SINK` directs all log messages to the Android logcat using the standard `Log.<level>` calls. Set the log level with [`setLogLevel`](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/service/service-sdk-android/guide/%3Chttps://forcedotcom.github.io/ServiceSDK-Android/releases/common/8.0.5/api/reference/com/salesforce/android/service/common/utilities/logging/ServiceLogging.html#setLogLevel(int)>). For example:

```java
ServiceLogging.addSink(ServiceLogging.LOG_CAT_SINK);
ServiceLogging.setLogLevel(ServiceLogging.LEVEL_TRACE);
```

To direct the logs somewhere other than logcat, implement your own [`ServiceLoggingSink`](https://forcedotcom.github.io/ServiceSDK-Android/releases/common/8.0.5/api/reference/com/salesforce/android/service/common/utilities/logging/ServiceLoggingSink.html).

To learn more about Android logging, see [Write and View Logs](https://developer.android.com/studio/debug/am-logcat.html).