void InitializeLogging() { // Wraps Android's native log framework. LogWrapper logWrapper = new LogWrapper(); // Using Log, front-end to the logging chain, emulates android.util.log method signatures. Log.LogNode = logWrapper; // Filter strips out everything except the message text. MessageOnlyLogFilter msgFilter = new MessageOnlyLogFilter(); logWrapper.NextNode = msgFilter; // On screen logging via a customized TextView. LogView logView = FindViewById <LogView>(Resource.Id.sample_logview); logView.SetTextAppearance(this, Resource.Style.Log); logView.SetBackgroundColor(Color.White); msgFilter.NextNode = logView; Log.Info(TAG, "Ready"); }