Appcenter: Support logging of caught exceptions

[joshfriend]

Describe the solution you'd like
I want to be able to log caught exception objects to the crashes list, but be able to filter the list by fatal and non-fatal errors.

Describe alternatives you've considered
I currently have to use Crashlytics because it is the only service I know of that supports this

Additional context
The hockeyapp sdk let me log exceptions manually, but there was no way to tell which ones were actually causing fatal crashes in the app, so I had to stop reporting them. I often log some non-fatal exceptions that I caught to detect rare or hard to reproduce error behavior.

[joshfriend]

Here's a related thread from the hockeysdk for xamarin asking for this feature: https://github.com/bitstadium/HockeySDK-Xamarin/issues/27

[kuyazee]

Possible related #160

[maestersid]

Hi @joshfriend, what platform(s) are you working with this on? We are looking into this now.

[joshfriend]

@jwhiteDev we use native iOS (swift) and native Android (kotlin)

[danielwilson1702]

Was there an update on this? I believe this is the one missing piece Crashlytics has that App Center doesn't (I am using Android).

If I need to log a strange exception with some text, I can't see a way to do that (logging an event using trackEvent is a general bucket, so if 10 people have a non-fatal issue I track and I send the info I need as 10 "properties", there is no way to match that to each user

[winnie]

Hi @danielwilson1702! We have plans to support logging handled exceptions for Android in the upcoming months. No exact ETA yet but I'll post here when I have a better answer.

Thanks!

[kuyazee]

Hi @danielwilson1702! We have plans to support logging handled exceptions for Android in the upcoming months. No exact ETA yet but I'll post here when I have a better answer.

Thanks!

How about iOS?

[danielwilson1702]

@kuyazee looks like an API request for basically this is on the roadmap under https://github.com/microsoft/appcenter/issues/31.

The development ethos to things like road maps and being so active with github issues is great folks, keep up the good work!

[evanlws]

I see Android support was prioritized but are there any updates on adding support for non-fatal errors on iOS? This is the only thing I miss from Crashlytics https://firebase.google.com/docs/crashlytics/customize-crash-reports#log-excepts

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[joshfriend]

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