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Fixes ADFA-2648: the debug toolbar, and the tooltip its drag handle shows, stayed visible after switching to another app.

Cause. BaseEditorActivity unbinds DebuggerService 60 s after binding if the app has not attached yet. onDestroy() cancels the only collector that hides the overlay on a foreground change. unbindService() never fires onServiceDisconnected, so the activity kept its reference; on ATTACHED it drove the destroyed instance, which could still add a window and could never remove it.

Change.

  • unbindDebuggerService() clears the reference, so ATTACHED binds a fresh service.
  • onServiceConnected seeds targetPackage, and onInstallationResult sets the debugee package before binding, so a re-bound service still shows the toolbar over the app being debugged.
  • DebuggerService.onDestroy() nulls overlayManager, so a stale caller cannot orphan a window.

Verified. Reproduced and re-tested on an arm64 emulator with the same >60 s gap: before, the overlay stayed over the launcher and Settings; after, it hides on Home and returns in CoGo and the debuggee. DebuggerServiceDestroyTest fails without the onDestroy change. DebuggerServiceUnbindTest covers the reference clear.

QA. Start the debugger, wait more than 60 s on the "launch the app?" prompt, launch, then press Home. The toolbar must disappear.

One trailing comma in DebuggerService.createOverlayManagerIfNeeded, pulled under
the file-level ratchet by the ADFA-2648 change to the same file.
…rlay

The debug toolbar, and the tooltip its drag handle shows, stayed on screen after
switching to another app. Reproduced on an arm64 emulator (Android 16) and
traced from the log timeline, not inferred:

  onCreate()   bound when the debug run began
  onDestroy()  exactly 60 s later: the idle-stop timer, app not yet attached
  ATTACHED     showOverlay() on the DESTROYED instance
  ...          every later foreground broadcast received, never acted on

BaseEditorActivity unbinds DebuggerService 60 s after binding if the debuggee has
not attached, which a real build plus the install prompts routinely exceeds.
onDestroy() cancels serviceScope, the only collector of the foreground-app flow
that hides the overlay. But unbindService() never fires onServiceDisconnected,
so the activity's reference kept pointing at the dead instance; on ATTACHED,
ensureDebuggerServiceBound() saw it non-null and returned, and the state update
went to a service that could still add a window and could never remove it.

Three changes at the source of that path:

- unbindDebuggerService() drops the reference and the starting flag, so ATTACHED
  binds a fresh service whose onCreate() starts a live collector.
- onServiceConnected seeds the new instance's targetPackage from
  debugeePackageFlow.value; the existing collector only pushes changes, so a
  service bound after the package was chosen would hide the toolbar over the
  very app being debugged.
- DebuggerService.onDestroy() nulls overlayManager, so a stale caller's
  showOverlay() is a no-op rather than an orphaned window. Safety net.

Shizuku is not the cause: its broadcasts were sent and received throughout, and
with a live collector the gate hid the overlay correctly. Not changed here, for
a follow-up: isEditorActivityInForeground is true for a backgrounded-but-alive
activity, and foregroundActivityState never emits on backgrounding.

DebuggerServiceDestroyTest pins the service-side invariant and fails without the
onDestroy line (AssertionError at :51). The activity-side half is verified on
device: after the fix, Home hides the overlay and a second onCreate() follows
ATTACHED; before it, neither happened.
The rationale stays in 2a85fe8's message and in the PR.

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📝 Summary
  • Pass the current debugee package to DebuggerService before showing the overlay.
  • Assign the installed package before starting the debugger connection flow.
  • Clear overlayManager when DebuggerService is destroyed.
  • Add tests for overlay cleanup and debugger service reference cleanup.
  • Risk: Debugger lifecycle changes could prevent overlays from appearing or leave stale references.

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The editor now initializes the debugger package before startup and passes it before showing the overlay. Unbinding clears the service reference. Service destruction clears the overlay manager, with Robolectric coverage.

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Debugger service lifecycle

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Editor debugger service state
app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/activities/editor/BaseEditorActivity.kt, app/src/test/java/com/itsaky/androidide/activities/editor/DebuggerServiceUnbindTest.kt
The editor assigns the debugee package before debugger startup and passes it before overlay display. Unbinding clears the service reference without resetting the startup flag.
Overlay lifecycle and destruction validation
app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/services/debug/DebuggerService.kt, app/src/test/java/com/itsaky/androidide/services/debug/DebuggerServiceDestroyTest.kt
The service exposes overlay manager availability and clears the manager during destruction. The test verifies that later overlay display does not recreate it.

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Switching directly between debug installations can leave the debugger overlay tied to the previous application instead of the newly installed target. Update the bound service's target package before starting the debugger flow.

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app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/activities/editor/BaseEditorActivity.kt (1)

416-418: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add coverage for editor-side unbind cleanup.

The new test covers DebuggerService.onDestroy(), but it does not exercise unbindDebuggerService() when unbindService() succeeds or fails. Add tests that verify debuggerService and isDebuggerStarting are cleared in both paths.

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In
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around lines 416 - 418, Extend test coverage for
BaseEditorActivity.unbindDebuggerService so both successful and failing
unbindService paths verify that debuggerService is cleared and
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- Line 385: Ensure the debugee package is assigned before the debugger service
connection callback can read it, specifically before the binding/connection flow
that triggers onServiceConnected() and showOverlay(). Update the
startDebuggerAndDo() path to propagate the pending packageName or set
debuggerViewModel.debugeePackage before binding, while preserving correct
updates when switching packages; add regression coverage for the first launch
and a subsequent different-package launch.

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- Around line 416-418: Extend test coverage for
BaseEditorActivity.unbindDebuggerService so both successful and failing
unbindService paths verify that debuggerService is cleared and
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…I on unbind

onInstallationResult knows the package before it binds, so assign
debuggerViewModel.debugeePackage there rather than only inside doLaunchApp,
which runs after onServiceConnected. The seed in onServiceConnected then reads
the right value on the first connection as well as on a re-bind. Previously the
debugeePackageFlow collector corrected targetPackage as soon as doLaunchApp
assigned it, before the app launched, so the window was transient; this removes
it rather than relying on that ordering.

unbindDebuggerService no longer resets isDebuggerStarting. Its setter drives the
progress bar through the view binding, and onDestroy nulls that binding before
it calls unbindDebuggerService, so the reset threw "Activity destroyed; binding
not accessible" on teardown. It was also redundant: the stop timer only unbinds
once debuggerService is non-null, which onServiceConnected sets in the same
step that clears the flag. DebuggerServiceUnbindTest is what surfaced this.

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debuggerViewModel.debugeePackage = packageName

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Refresh DebuggerService.targetPackage for an already bound service.

If a second debug installation runs while debuggerService is already bound, startDebuggerAndDo skips onServiceConnected() and invokes the action directly. Line 680 updates only debuggerViewModel.debugeePackage; DebuggerService.targetPackage remains the previous package. DebuggerService.onForegroundAppChanged() uses that field to decide overlay visibility, so switching applications can leave the overlay associated with the old package.

Set debuggerService?.targetPackage = packageName before startDebuggerAndDo. Keep the existing ViewModel assignment for the initial connection.

Proposed fix
 		debuggerViewModel.debugeePackage = packageName
+		debuggerService?.targetPackage = packageName
 		startDebuggerAndDo {
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debuggerViewModel.debugeePackage = packageName
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