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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en