Datadog Logs is not showing for Android

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I'm using Datadog SDK v2.19.1 for my Android app and integrating it with Timber. I followed the guide here, but the logs aren't showing up.

Interestingly, RUM correctly displays user sessions without any issues. However, despite multiple attempts, I can't get the logs to appear. I even tried removing Timber, but the issue persists. Any ideas on what might be wrong?

Please take a look at my integration and let me know if some thing is wrong with it:

  private fun initializeDataDog(environment: Environment) {
    val variantName = BuildConfig.FLAVOR
    val configuration = Configuration.Builder(
      clientToken = BuildConfig.DATA_DOG_CLIENT_TOKEN,
      env = environment.dataDogEnv,
      variant = variantName
    )
      .useSite(DatadogSite.XXX)
      .build()

    // Initialize Datadog with consent granted
    Datadog.initialize(this, configuration, TrackingConsent.GRANTED)

    // Configure RUM (Real User Monitoring)
    val applicationId = BuildConfig.DATA_DOG_APP_ID
    val rumConfig = RumConfiguration.Builder(applicationId)
      .trackUserInteractions()
      .trackLongTasks()
      .build()
    Rum.enable(rumConfig)

    // Enhanced logger configuration
    val logger = Logger.Builder()
      .setName(environment.dataDogeLogName)
      .setNetworkInfoEnabled(true)
      .setLogcatLogsEnabled(true)
      .setRemoteSampleRate(100f)
      .setBundleWithRumEnabled(true)
      .build()

    val logsConfig = LogsConfiguration.Builder().build()
    Logs.enable(logsConfig)

    logger.i("DataDog initialized from Android")
    // Plant the Datadog tree
    Timber.plant(DatadogTree(logger))
  }

Then set the user information:

private fun setUserInfoToDataDog(user: User) {
    try {
      if (!Datadog.isInitialized()) return
      Timber.d("Setting user info to DataDog -- $user")
      Datadog.setUserInfo(
        id = user.id,
        name = user.fullName,
        email = user.email,
        extraInfo = mapOf("phone" to user.phone)
      )
    } catch (throwable: Throwable) {
      Timber.w(throwable, "Can't set user info to DataDog -- $user")
    }
  }

The log look correct:

Have you able to solve the issue? I am also facing the same issue now. — Kara
– Kara, Commented Aug 27 at 3:56
Hi Kara, please just use just datadoghq:dd-sdk-android:1.19.3 And Configure similar to the above config. You perhaps need to provide a costcenter, client token, site. etc.. But no need to Logs.enable. Just Configuration.builder, Credentials Object, Datadog init with the details and build a Logger with Builder. You might ste Datadog. setVerbosity(LOG.VERBOSE). — tooFastForSatan
– tooFastForSatan, Commented Sep 9 at 10:58

tooFastForSatan · Accepted Answer · 2025-09-09 11:00:48Z

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Please just use datadoghq:dd-sdk-android:1.19.3 and configure it similar to the above config. You perhaps need to provide a cost center, client token, site, etc. But no need to Logs.enable. Just use Configuration.builder, Credentials object, Datadog.initialize with the details, and build a Logger with Builder. You might set Datadog.setVerbosity(Log.VERBOSE).

answered Sep 9 at 11:00

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