# Layout Inspector

> powerful tool for Android developers and UI designers

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.b8a3.layoutview](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.b8a3.layoutview)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.b8a3.layoutview`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** B8A3
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 535
- **Version:** 3.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-03
- **First published:** 2025-07-01
- **Publisher country:** CN
- **Size:** 11 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.b8a3.layoutview)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sites.google.com/view/layoutview-privacy/%E9%A6%96%E9%A1%B5](https://sites.google.com/view/layoutview-privacy/%E9%A6%96%E9%A1%B5)

## Description

1. Layout Inspector is a tool for debugging and analyzing Android application interface layouts, which can display the hierarchy, properties, and performance data of views or Compose components in real time. Its main values include:<br><br>Problem localization: Check layout nesting depth, property errors, or rendering exceptions.<br>Performance optimization: Identify overdrawing, over-recomposition (Compose), or redundant views.<br>Design verification: Compare deviations between design drafts and actual layouts.<br><br>2. Operation process:<br><br>Device boots normally and runs.<br>Start Layout Inspector, allow Layout Inspector to obtain accessibility permissions and floating window permissions.<br>Click the floating window on the screen and select layout analysis:<br>    1 Layout range analysis<br>    2 Layout hierarchy analysis<br>Click on views in the generated drawing grid to view control information: id; layout; width and height; text, etc.<br>View the hierarchy of controls in the entire screen position in the layout hierarchy<br><br>  Permission Statement:<br> 1. Implementation through Google Accessibility API:<br> Capture the screen control tree structure in real time;<br> Highlight the UI elements operated by the user;<br> Generate interface layout analysis report (for developers to debug).<br> 2. Permission control<br> User active authorization: For the first use, you need to enter the system to set the accessibility service permissions of this application manually;<br> Permission scope limitation: Only \&quot;View interface content\&quot;, no device control rights (such as simulated clicks, tampering operations).<br> 3. We promise not to collect any information about you

## Rankings

- #1,357,995 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW`
- `android.permission.SYSTEM_OVERLAY_WINDOW`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.b8a3.layoutview.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.b8a3.layoutview)