Error Tracking Android

PostHog error tracking for Android

This skill helps you add PostHog error tracking to Android applications.

Reference files

• references/android.md - Android error tracking installation - docs
• references/fingerprints.md - Fingerprints - docs
• references/alerts.md - Send error tracking alerts - docs
• references/monitoring.md - Monitor and search issues - docs
• references/assigning-issues.md - Assign issues to teammates - docs
• references/upload-source-maps.md - Upload source maps - docs

Consult the documentation for API details and framework-specific patterns.

Key principles

• Environment variables: Always use environment variables for PostHog keys and host URLs. Never hardcode them.
• Minimal changes: Add error tracking alongside existing error handling. Don’t replace or restructure existing error handling code.
• Autocapture first: Enable exception autocapture in the SDK initialization before adding manual captures.
• Source maps: Upload source maps so stack traces resolve to original source code, not minified bundles.
• Manual capture for boundaries: Use captureException() at error boundaries and catch blocks for errors that don’t propagate to the global handler.

Framework guidelines

• Adapt dependency configuration to the appropriate build.gradle(.kts) file according to the project gradle version
• Call PostHogAndroid.setup() only once in the Application class’s onCreate() method, so it’s initialized as early as possible and only once.
• Initialize PostHog in the Application class’s onCreate() method
• Ensure every activity has a android:label to accurately track screen views.