Monday, May 17, 2010

[android-developers] Re: Application Crash Reporting made easy - needs testers

Thanks Kevin this should be useful

On May 17, 11:39 am, Kevin Gaudin <kevin.gau...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to introduce you to a library called ACRA (Application
> Crash Reporting for Android).http://acra.googlecode.com
>
> The goal of this library is to provide android applications developers
> with a tool to let their applications send them crash reports the
> easiest possible way.
>
> One of the main issue when implementing crash reporting tools is...
> where do I send my reports ? ACRA solves this problem with a simple
> solution : reports are sent to a Google Docs Form ! So you don't need
> to code your own reports receiver scripts and you don't have to find
> dedicated hosting for that... let's use Google's servers ! :)
>
> A first version of ACRA has been successfully used in a few apps
> already on the market, and we are now preparing to publish a v2 which
> allows developers to replace the annoying "force close" dialog with
> fully configurable notification systems :
> * Silent : the user experience is not altered compared to standard
> android apps. The force close dialog is displayed, but ACRA tries to
> send a report. If it fails, reports will be sent on application
> restart in a separate Thread.
> * Toast notification to inform the user that a crash report has been
> sent (and you may add that it can be disabled in the preferences
> screen)
> * Status bar notification which leads to a dialog asking the user if
> he's ok to send a report. You can even add an input field to let him
> comment the issue.
>
> We are now looking for devs who would like to test the library and
> it's different notification modes. All the information, screenshots
> and step-by-step usage guide are available in that Wiki page :http://code.google.com/p/acra/wiki/ACRAHowTo2
>
> Devs who would like to use the v1 and it's basic (but working)
> functionnality can follow this link :http://code.google.com/p/acra/wiki/ACRAHowTo2
>
> Any comment/discussion is open about ACRA, we really want your opinion
> about it.
>
> Kevin
>
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