diff --git a/include/binder/TextOutput.h b/include/binder/TextOutput.h
index 0e9975a..851e01f 100644
--- a/include/binder/TextOutput.h
+++ b/include/binder/TextOutput.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #define ANDROID_TEXTOUTPUT_H
 
 #include <utils/Errors.h>
+#include <utils/String8.h>
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -26,9 +27,6 @@
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 namespace android {
 
-class String8;
-class String16;
-
 class TextOutput
 {
 public:
@@ -121,6 +119,32 @@
 };
 
 TextOutput& operator<<(TextOutput& to, const HexDump& val);
+inline TextOutput& operator<<(TextOutput& to,
+                              decltype(std::endl<char,
+                                       std::char_traits<char>>)
+                              /*val*/) {
+    endl(to);
+    return to;
+}
+
+inline TextOutput& operator<<(TextOutput& to, const char &c)
+{
+    to.print(&c, 1);
+    return to;
+}
+
+inline TextOutput& operator<<(TextOutput& to, const bool &val)
+{
+    if (val) to.print("true", 4);
+    else to.print("false", 5);
+    return to;
+}
+
+inline TextOutput& operator<<(TextOutput& to, const String16& val)
+{
+    to << String8(val).string();
+    return to;
+}
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // No user servicable parts below.
diff --git a/libs/binder/tests/Android.bp b/libs/binder/tests/Android.bp
index 4f77eed..2152206 100644
--- a/libs/binder/tests/Android.bp
+++ b/libs/binder/tests/Android.bp
@@ -51,3 +51,13 @@
         "-O3",
     ],
 }
+
+cc_test {
+    name: "binderTextOutputTest",
+    srcs: ["binderTextOutputTest.cpp"],
+    shared_libs: [
+        "libbinder",
+        "libutils",
+        "libbase",
+    ],
+}
diff --git a/libs/binder/tests/binderDriverInterfaceTest.cpp b/libs/binder/tests/binderDriverInterfaceTest.cpp
index e02844e..ff5912f 100644
--- a/libs/binder/tests/binderDriverInterfaceTest.cpp
+++ b/libs/binder/tests/binderDriverInterfaceTest.cpp
@@ -229,7 +229,9 @@
             .sender_euid = 0,
             .data_size = 0,
             .offsets_size = 0,
-            .data = {0, 0},
+            .data = {
+                .ptr = {0, 0},
+            },
         },
     };
     struct {
@@ -350,4 +352,3 @@
 
     return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
 }
-
diff --git a/libs/binder/tests/binderTextOutputTest.cpp b/libs/binder/tests/binderTextOutputTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6dd22d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/binder/tests/binderTextOutputTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <limits>
+#include <cstddef>
+
+#include "android-base/file.h"
+#include "android-base/test_utils.h"
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include <binder/Parcel.h>
+#include <binder/TextOutput.h>
+#include <binder/Debug.h>
+
+static void CheckMessage(const CapturedStderr& cap,
+                         const char* expected,
+                         bool singleline) {
+    std::string output;
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, lseek(cap.fd(), 0, SEEK_SET));
+    android::base::ReadFdToString(cap.fd(), &output);
+    if (singleline)
+        output.erase(std::remove(output.begin(), output.end(), '\n'));
+    ASSERT_STREQ(output.c_str(), expected);
+}
+
+#define CHECK_LOG_(input, expect, singleline)    \
+{                                                \
+    CapturedStderr cap;                          \
+    android::aerr << input << android::endl;     \
+    CheckMessage(cap, expect, singleline);       \
+}                                                \
+
+#define CHECK_VAL_(val, singleline)              \
+{                                                \
+    std::stringstream ss;                        \
+    ss << val;                                   \
+    std::string s = ss.str();                    \
+    CHECK_LOG_(val, s.c_str(), singleline);      \
+}                                                \
+
+#define CHECK_LOG(input, expect) CHECK_LOG_(input, expect, true)
+#define CHECK_VAL(val) CHECK_VAL_(val, true)
+
+TEST(TextOutput, HandlesStdEndl) {
+    CapturedStderr cap;
+    android::aerr << "foobar" << std::endl;
+    std::string output;
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, lseek(cap.fd(), 0, SEEK_SET));
+    android::base::ReadFdToString(cap.fd(), &output);
+    ASSERT_STREQ(output.c_str(), "foobar\n");
+}
+
+TEST(TextOutput, HandlesCEndl) {
+    CapturedStderr cap;
+    android::aerr << "foobar" << "\n";
+    std::string output;
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, lseek(cap.fd(), 0, SEEK_SET));
+    android::base::ReadFdToString(cap.fd(), &output);
+    ASSERT_STREQ(output.c_str(), "foobar\n");
+}
+
+TEST(TextOutput, HandlesAndroidEndl) {
+    CapturedStderr cap;
+    android::aerr << "foobar" << android::endl;
+    std::string output;
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, lseek(cap.fd(), 0, SEEK_SET));
+    android::base::ReadFdToString(cap.fd(), &output);
+    ASSERT_STREQ(output.c_str(), "foobar\n");
+}
+
+TEST(TextOutput, HandleEmptyString) {
+    CHECK_LOG("", "");
+}
+
+TEST(TextOutput, HandleString) {
+    CHECK_LOG("foobar", "foobar");
+}
+
+TEST(TextOutput, HandleNum) {
+    CHECK_LOG(12345, "12345");
+}
+
+TEST(TextOutput, HandleBool) {
+    CHECK_LOG(false, "false");
+}
+
+TEST(TextOutput, HandleChar) {
+    CHECK_LOG('T', "T");
+}
+
+TEST(TextOutput, HandleParcel) {
+    android::Parcel val;
+    CHECK_LOG(val, "Parcel(NULL)");
+}
+
+TEST(TextOutput, HandleHexDump) {
+    const char buf[16] = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15};
+    android::HexDump val(buf, sizeof(buf));
+    CHECK_LOG(val, "03020100 07060504 0b0a0908 0f0e0d0c '................'");
+}
+
+TEST(TextOutput, HandleHexDumpCustom) {
+    const char buf[4] = {0x11,0x22,0x33,0x44};
+    android::HexDump val(buf, sizeof(buf), 4);
+    CHECK_LOG(val, "11 22 33 44 '.\"3D'");
+}
+
+TEST(TextOutput, HandleTypeCode) {
+    android::TypeCode val(1234);
+    CHECK_LOG(val, "'\\x04\\xd2'");
+}
+
+TEST(TextOutput, HandleCookie) {
+    int32_t val = 321; //0x141
+    CHECK_LOG((void*)(long)val, "0x141");
+}
+
+TEST(TextOutput, HandleString8) {
+    android::String8 val("foobar");
+    CHECK_LOG(val, "foobar");
+}
+
+TEST(TextOutput, HandleString16) {
+    android::String16 val("foobar");
+    CHECK_LOG(val, "foobar");
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+class TextTest : public testing::Test {};
+
+typedef testing::Types<short, unsigned short,
+                       int, unsigned int,
+                       long, unsigned long,
+                       long long, unsigned long long,
+                       float, double, long double> TestTypes;
+TYPED_TEST_CASE(TextTest, TestTypes);
+
+TYPED_TEST(TextTest, TextMax)
+{
+    TypeParam max = std::numeric_limits<TypeParam>::max();
+    CHECK_VAL(max);
+}
+
+TYPED_TEST(TextTest, TestMin)
+{
+    TypeParam min = std::numeric_limits<TypeParam>::min();
+    CHECK_VAL(min);
+}
+
+TYPED_TEST(TextTest, TestDenom)
+{
+    TypeParam min = std::numeric_limits<TypeParam>::denorm_min();
+    CHECK_VAL(min);
+}
+
+TYPED_TEST(TextTest, TestEpsilon)
+{
+    TypeParam eps = std::numeric_limits<TypeParam>::epsilon();
+    CHECK_VAL(eps);
+}