platform connect fails with "Invalid URL" when using remote-android, despite Help docs stating URL syntax.

[Versirity]

Hi, thanks for maintaining CodeLLDB. I ran into an issue with remote-android platform connect and would appreciate any guidance.

OS: ubuntu24.04
VSCode version: 1.107.1
CodeLLDB version: 1.21.1
Compiler: rustc 1.92.0 (targeting aarch64-linux-android) (flutter jni)
Debuggee: aarch64-linux-android (Native Rust library .so loaded in an Android APK)

Hello

The platform connect command fails with an "Invalid URL" error when using the remote-android platform, even though the provided URL is valid and works perfectly with the remote-gdb-server platform. The documentation (help platform connect) implies that connect:// syntax should be supported generally.

Steps to Reproduce:

Setup an Android device and forward a debug port locally: adb forward tcp:5039 tcp:5039.

Start lldb-server on the device listening on port 5039.

In the CodeLLDB Debug Console, execute the following:

platform select remote-android
platform connect connect://localhost:5039

Actual Behavior: The command fails immediately with: error: Invalid URL:

Expected Behavior: It should connect to the target listening on localhost:5039 (just like other remote platforms), or the help documentation should explicitly state that remote-android does not support URL syntax.

Additional Context: If I simply switch the platform to remote-gdb-server, the exact same connection command works:

platform select remote-gdb-server
platform connect connect://localhost:5039
# Result: Connected: yes

This suggests the issue is specific to the argument parsing logic within the remote-android plugin.

Platform: remote-android
Connected: no

platform connect connect://localhost:5039
error: Invalid URL: 

platform connect connect://127.0.0.1:5039
error: Invalid URL:

[vadimcn]

Does quoting work?

[Versirity]

Does quoting work?

No, quoting does not work. I tried both platform connect "connect://localhost:5039" and 'connect://localhost:5039', but I still get the same error: Invalid URL: message.

platform select remote-android
  Platform: remote-android
 Connected: no
platform connect connect://localhost:5039
error: Invalid URL:
platform connect "connect://localhost:5039"
error: Invalid URL:
platform connect 'connect://localhost:5039'
error: Invalid URL:
platform connect 'connect://127.0.0.1:5039'
error: Invalid URL:

[vadimcn]

Sorry, I've no idea then. FWIW, regular cli lldb produces the same error.

[Versirity]

Sorry, I've no idea then. FWIW, regular cli lldb produces the same error.

Understood. Thanks for looking into this anyway. Since it seems to be an upstream issue with lldb or my environment, I'll try to investigate it from that angle.

If I find a solution or the root cause, I'll update here in case it helps others.

[muasim]

This is definitely a bug in the LLDB Platform Remote-Android plugin. A workaround is to set the ANDROID_PLATFORM_LOCAL_PORT environment variable to any valid port when launching LLDB (not the server).