Discover the steps to seamlessly add Firebase Crashlytics to your Android app. Effortlessly log, watch, and address non-fatal errors. Boost app stability and enhance user experience for your users.
When creating Android apps, keeping a close eye on errors is key to good quality and happy users. Firebase Crashlytics provides a solid tool for logging non-fatal errors, helping developers spot and study issues that don’t break the app but can still mess with the user experience. Adding Firebase Crashlytics to an Android project lets developers use its great reporting tools to find, understand, and resolve non-fatal problems quickly, boosting app stability and performance.
google-services.json
file.google-services.json
file into the app
directory of your Android project.Open up the project-level build.gradle
file and add this classpath in the dependencies
section:
```gradle
classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.10'
```
Now, open the app-level build.gradle
file and apply the Google Services plugin at the bottom:
```gradle
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
```
Add the Crashlytics dependency:
\`\`\`gradle
dependencies {
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics:18.2.10'
}
\`\`\`
Open your application
class (or create one if it doesn't exist) and extend Application
.
Initialize Firebase and Crashlytics:
```java
import android.app.Application;
import com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp;
import com.google.firebase.crashlytics.FirebaseCrashlytics;
public class MyApplication extends Application {
@Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
// Initialize Firebase
FirebaseApp.initializeApp(this);
// Optionally enable Crashlytics debug mode
FirebaseCrashlytics.getInstance().setCrashlyticsCollectionEnabled(true);
}
}
```
Register the application class in your AndroidManifest.xml
file:
```xml
<application
android:name=".MyApplication"
... >
```
To log non-fatal errors or exceptions, use this code wherever an error needs to be logged:
```java
try {
// code that may throw an exception
} catch (Exception e) {
FirebaseCrashlytics.getInstance().recordException(e);
}
```
This will record caught exceptions as non-fatal errors in Crashlytics.
For custom logs, use:
```java
try {
// custom log message
FirebaseCrashlytics.getInstance().log("Your custom log message");
} catch (Exception e) {
FirebaseCrashlytics.getInstance().recordException(e);
}
```
Add this code in an activity and launch the app. Check for the reported non-fatal error in the Firebase Console under Crashlytics.
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