How to enable Firebase Crash Reporting - Android

Question

I followed all the steps on the docs to use Firebase Crash Reporting in my Android app (I use Android Studio and everything is up-to-date).

I used their own code to throw an exception to see if it works:

try {
    throw new NullPointerException();
} catch (NullPointerException ex) {
    FirebaseCrash.logcat(Log.ERROR, TAG, "NPE caught");
    FirebaseCrash.report(ex);
}

And the console gives me this log:

E/MainActivity: NPE caught

V/FirebaseCrash: Firebase Crash Reporting is disabled.

Here is one build.gradle

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.0'

        // Firebase - Google Services 3.0.0
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.0.0'

        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}

Here is the other build.gradle

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 'android-N'
    buildToolsVersion '24.0.0-rc2'

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.app.test"
        minSdkVersion 19
        targetSdkVersion 'N'
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled true
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
            useProguard true
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:24.0.0-alpha1'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.0.0-alpha1'
    compile 'com.android.support:design:24.0.0-alpha1'
    compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:9.0.0'
    compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:9.0.0'
    compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crash:9.0.0'
    compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:9.0.0'
    compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-config:9.0.0'
    compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-invites:9.0.0'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-appindexing:9.0.0'
}

apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

I also use:

mFirebaseAnalytics = FirebaseAnalytics.getInstance(this);
FirebaseMessaging.getInstance().subscribeToTopic("news");
Log.d(TAG, "Subscribed to news topic");

I added all dependencies that I'll need, but I'm adding one by one and testing one by one, and Notifications works, Analytics: no idea, it takes about 24 hours to update, so until it does, I don't know if is working...

So, the thing is how can I enable it?

NOTE: I have all of the dependencies added including the crash and core ones, also the plugin and the classpath

Thank you in advanced.

Answer 1

Please note the following:

• After adding the SDK you can try using:

  FirebaseCrash.report(new Exception("My first Android non-fatal error"));

• Errors take up to 20 minutes to show up in the Crash Reporting console. Check back to see your report there.

• (It may seem obvious but) make sure you have:INTERNET and ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE permission.