Eclipse java breakpoints - what is the purpose?

Question

I am working with an Android tutorial and I just got to the debugging section and I wonder what the purpose of the breakpoint is. I can’t say it yet ... actually it stops the application, so I can be sure that it works up to this point, or I can set several breakpoints and use them as markers to “stop and jump” from the breakpoint before checking the breakpoint is my code?

Answer 1

A breakpoint is the place where execution stops, and you can start checking the current situation in your debugger. It includes:

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Answer 2

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