Crash Reporting & Monitoring

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Overview

Crash reporting and application monitoring are essential components of any production-ready mobile application. They help you maintain app stability, improve user experience, and quickly resolve issues before they impact your users.

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Why It’s Important

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1. Proactive Issue Detection

• Identify crashes and errors in real-time
• Spot performance bottlenecks before users complain
• Monitor app stability across different devices and OS versions

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2. Enhanced User Experience

• Reduce crash rates and app freezes
• Improve app performance
• Maintain high app store ratings

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3. Efficient Development

• Get detailed stack traces and error contexts
• Reproduce issues with session replay
• Track release adoption and stability

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4. Business Impact

• Minimize user churn due to technical issues
• Reduce time to resolution for critical bugs
• Make data-driven decisions for app improvements

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Available Providers in Launchtoday

Launchtoday comes pre-configured with three industry-leading monitoring solutions:

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1. Sentry

• Specialized in error tracking and crash reporting
• Detailed stack traces and breadcrumbs
• Performance monitoring
• Release health tracking

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2. Highlight.io

• Focus on session replay capabilities
• Visual bug reproduction
• Network request monitoring
• Console log tracking
• Error monitoring

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3. Datadog

• Comprehensive APM solution
• Real User Monitoring (RUM)
• Advanced analytics and dashboards
• Custom metric tracking
• Log management

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Choosing the Right Provider

Each provider has its strengths:

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Getting Started

1. Choose your preferred monitoring provider
2. Follow the provider-specific setup guide:
   • Sentry Setup Guide
   • Highlight.io Setup Guide
   • Datadog Setup Guide
3. Configure environment variables
4. Test error reporting in development

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Best Practices

1. Error Handling

   • Implement global error boundaries
   • Track both handled and unhandled exceptions
   • Add user context when possible

2. Performance

   • Monitor key user interactions
   • Track API response times
   • Set up performance baselines

3. Privacy

   • Configure data scrubbing rules
   • Mask sensitive information
   • Follow data protection regulations

4. Alerts

   • Set up error rate thresholds
   • Configure performance alerts
   • Establish notification channels

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Support

If you need help setting up or choosing between monitoring solutions, our support team is available:

• Join our Discord community
• Email us at support@launchtoday.dev
• Create a GitHub issue for technical problems