 <p>Like TGMCians says, a <code>Toast</code> will do the trick.</p> <p>If you want to write it to the LogCat instead, then you can use</p> <pre><code>Log.i(tag, message) </code></pre> <p>You can then view this in the LogCat in Eclipse by going to Window > Show View > Other > Android > LogCat</p>