bevy/examples/app/log_layers.rs
Jean Mertz 3b24f520b9
feat(log): support customizing default log formatting (#17722)
The LogPlugin now allows overriding the default
`tracing_subscriber::fmt::Layer` through a new `fmt_layer` option. This
enables customization of the default log output format without having to
replace the entire logging system.

For example, to disable timestamps in the log output:

```rust
fn fmt_layer(_app: &mut App) -> Option<bevy::log::BoxedFmtLayer> {
    Some(Box::new(
        bevy::log::tracing_subscriber::fmt::Layer::default()
            .without_time()
            .with_writer(std::io::stderr),
    ))
}

fn main() {
    App::new()
        .add_plugins(DefaultPlugins.set(bevy::log::LogPlugin {
            fmt_layer,
            ..default()
        }))
        .run();
}
```

This is different from the existing `custom_layer` option, because that
option _adds_ additional layers to the subscriber, but can't modify the
default formatter layer (at least, not to my knowledge).

I almost always disable timestamps in my Bevy logs, and usually also
tweak other default log formatting (such as `with_span_events`), which
made it so that I always had to disable the default logger. This allows
me to use everything the Bevy logger supports (including tracy support),
while still formatting the default logs the way I like them.

---------

Signed-off-by: Jean Mertz <git@jeanmertz.com>
2025-05-05 23:01:06 +00:00

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//! This example illustrates how to add custom log layers in bevy.
use bevy::{
log::{
tracing::{self, Subscriber},
tracing_subscriber::Layer,
BoxedFmtLayer, BoxedLayer,
},
prelude::*,
};
struct CustomLayer;
impl<S: Subscriber> Layer<S> for CustomLayer {
fn on_event(
&self,
event: &tracing::Event<'_>,
_ctx: bevy::log::tracing_subscriber::layer::Context<'_, S>,
) {
println!("Got event!");
println!(" level={}", event.metadata().level());
println!(" target={}", event.metadata().target());
println!(" name={}", event.metadata().name());
}
}
// We don't need App for this example, as we are just printing log information.
// For an example that uses App, see log_layers_ecs.
fn custom_layer(_app: &mut App) -> Option<BoxedLayer> {
// You can provide multiple layers like this, since Vec<Layer> is also a layer:
Some(Box::new(vec![
bevy::log::tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
.with_file(true)
.boxed(),
CustomLayer.boxed(),
]))
}
// While `custom_layer` allows you to add _additional_ layers, it won't allow you to override the
// default `tracing_subscriber::fmt::Layer` added by `LogPlugin`. To do that, you can use the
// `fmt_layer` option.
//
// In this example, we're disabling the timestamp in the log output.
fn fmt_layer(_app: &mut App) -> Option<BoxedFmtLayer> {
Some(Box::new(
bevy::log::tracing_subscriber::fmt::Layer::default()
.without_time()
.with_writer(std::io::stderr),
))
}
fn main() {
App::new()
.add_plugins(DefaultPlugins.set(bevy::log::LogPlugin {
custom_layer,
fmt_layer,
..default()
}))
.add_systems(Update, log_system)
.run();
}
fn log_system() {
// here is how you write new logs at each "log level" (in "most important" to
// "least important" order)
error!("something failed");
warn!("something bad happened that isn't a failure, but thats worth calling out");
info!("helpful information that is worth printing by default");
debug!("helpful for debugging");
trace!("very noisy");
}