Android studio layout inspector doesn't work for emulator API <= 17

Question

I am using android studio, i run the app, in android monitor section, i click "layout inspector" button, i am getting this message

Capture view hierarchy : Unable to obtain list of windows used by "my app name"

I already tried with Android emulator api level 16, 17, i am getting the above. For emulators api >=18, things work as expected.

Is there something wrong with my setup, cause i find nothing document the specific behavior i am getting.

Thanks

Answer 1

It just doesn't work.

If you update Android Studio and try again, it will already show a better error message:

Layout inspector requires device API version to be 18 or greater.