Crash Reporting & Monitoring
Crash Reporting & Monitoring
Understanding crash reporting and application monitoring in React Native
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.Why It’s Important
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
2. Enhanced User Experience
- Reduce crash rates and app freezes
- Improve app performance
- Maintain high app store ratings
3. Efficient Development
- Get detailed stack traces and error contexts
- Reproduce issues with session replay
- Track release adoption and stability
4. Business Impact
- Minimize user churn due to technical issues
- Reduce time to resolution for critical bugs
- Make data-driven decisions for app improvements
Available Providers in Launchtoday
Launchtoday comes pre-configured with three industry-leading monitoring solutions:1. Sentry
- Specialized in error tracking and crash reporting
- Detailed stack traces and breadcrumbs
- Performance monitoring
- Release health tracking
2. Highlight.io
- Focus on session replay capabilities
- Visual bug reproduction
- Network request monitoring
- Console log tracking
- Error monitoring
3. Datadog
- Comprehensive APM solution
- Real User Monitoring (RUM)
- Advanced analytics and dashboards
- Custom metric tracking
- Log management
Choosing the Right Provider
Each provider has its strengths:| Provider | Best For | Key Features |
|---|---|---|
| Sentry | Error Tracking | Stack traces, Release tracking, Performance monitoring |
| Highlight.io | Visual Debugging | Session replay, Network monitoring, Error tracking |
| Datadog | Enterprise Monitoring | APM, RUM, Custom metrics, Advanced analytics |
Getting Started
- Choose your preferred monitoring provider
- Follow the provider-specific setup guide:
- Configure environment variables
- Test error reporting in development
While you can use multiple monitoring solutions simultaneously, we recommend
starting with one provider to avoid complexity and potential performance
impacts.
Best Practices
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Error Handling
- Implement global error boundaries
- Track both handled and unhandled exceptions
- Add user context when possible
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Performance
- Monitor key user interactions
- Track API response times
- Set up performance baselines
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Privacy
- Configure data scrubbing rules
- Mask sensitive information
- Follow data protection regulations
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Alerts
- Set up error rate thresholds
- Configure performance alerts
- Establish notification channels
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