I have developed an app and want to make sure that whenever an unexpected crash occurs, the user is able to send a crash report.
From Android 2.2 onward I read that Android has something build in for this. However, in my case, the application crashes in one special situation, but only the "Force close" button is shown.
The button is not shown in the app downloaded from the Market as well as when I install it directly on my telephone.
Must I perform some programmatic effort to achieve this?
Crash report options are given to users of Android >= 2.2. As a developer you don't need to do anything with your code just monitor your developer account for crash/freeze reports.
See this blog
You can add Crash Report SDK in your project. If an unexpected crash occurs, it will be reported to the crashlog.org platform. You can view the crash log on this platform, where offers Stack traces, Memory, Storage, Thread and Process information for debugging.
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My android app has entered beta and a tester is encountering the android reporting the app has crashed. Is there a recommended approach for collecting logcat entries and emailing or moving the event off device? Testers have no access to the source code or android dev studio.
Have seen android report crash dumps and offer the choice to download the dump off device. Any pointers to an approach for this?
Use an analytics tool like crashlytics. When crashes occur they are logged in its dashboard, here you can view the stacktrace for the crash just like you would in the logcat.
I want to add a Bug Report/Report Problem option to my app, which sends device and app info and a user's comment to the developer. I was wondering if there are any "standard" things to report? I am reporting OS Version, Device Name and App Version. Is there anything important I'm missing out and should include? What are you guys normally including ?
You could avoid sending out this data manually by integrating with a service like Instabug
which allows the user to report bugs through your preferred method, but mainly through shaking the device.
It will display a screenshot of the current view that the user can draw on for visual bug identification. What gets reported along is (but not only) the following:
App version
Device type
OS version
Location
CPU load
Memory usage
Storage
Connectivity
Battery
Orientation
Network and console logs
Visual reproduction steps
UI view hierarchy inspection
users can further describe the bug using text, extra screenshots, voice notes, or screen recordings.
All reports arrive in your Instabug dashboard containing various details such as:
Network and console logs
Complete Device details
Reproduction steps
Crash stack trace (In case of a crash report)
It only takes a line of code to integrate.
For full disclosure, I work at Instabug. Let me know if I can help.
Check out the free service
http://www.crashlytics.com/
you can get the features what is mentioned above.
I hope title itself says what my question is.
My app is crashing at very rare scenarios like nearly 1 out of 100 times.
I am not using any crash log tools and not logging exception causes.
I want to know does Android system maintains any crash log report when the app is crashed either in System level or in App level.
Thanks
Android system maintains a crash report and sends to the developer but the user has to allow this.
And then you can check it here in Android Developer Console:
As an alternative you can use third-party loggers like Liquid, Crashlytics (mention in another answer), Splunk MINT Express (ex-Bugsense) or any other from this links
I don't think so, if you can't debug it in real time with the IDE (DDMS and LogCat), you must use Crashlytics or any other similar tool.
I use it in all my apps, it is very useful.
I am developing android application for client. Now client testing my application in various device. While testing, my application is crash at times. Now I need to know when and where the application crash.
How can I get the crash report from the device? Since my client does not have sdk and eclipse to view logcat error report.
There are mechanisms like ACRA that will let you obtain the crash reports from Android apps.
Instabug is a bug & crash reporting service and it’s just what you’re looking for.
It automatically sends a report containing all crash and device details once a crash occurs, plus it only takes a line of code to integrate in your app.
For full disclosure, I work at Instabug. Let me know if I can help.
By adding the Crash Report SDK in the project, You can view the released application crash log, which will help to locate problems.
Here is a demo page
I have an App available in the Android Market.
From time to time i get error reports in the Developer Console. For about 6 month there have been no more stack-traces visible. At first I though no more post-froyo bugs: 'yay'!
Recently I did some testing using a droid 2 which I am sure is not pre-froyo, I ran into an error, reported it, and never received this report in the Console.
Did I miss some configuration or option that enables me to receive stacktraces?
Is there something I can do about it?
I have no idea why you don't receive stack traces anymore nor how could you enable them. I have always felt Android Market is a somewhat unreliable service: reports are not accurate, downloads/active counts randomly change at times, crash reports not received, and so on.
However, I have suggestions how to implement similar functionality yourself and with a more reliable fashion: How do I obtain crash-data from my Android application?
Basically there are two options:
Use an existing component (like acra)
DIY by catching all uncaught exceptions.
(So you would have an option should you fail to receive a real solution)
I'd suggest you to stop listening to android market and work with other tools.
You should consider using a crash report tool like http://www.bugsense.com/ which is simple effective and meaningful
NOTE: i am not linked nor affiliated in any way with bugsense owners. I am just a simple user.