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Adding the Android Embrace SDK

Add Embrace as a dependency​

Add the following to your settings.gradle:

pluginManagement {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }

    plugins {
        id 'io.embrace.swazzler' version "${swazzler_version}" apply false
    }
}

Include swazzler_version in your gradle.properties file:

swazzler_version=6.13.0

Then add the following at the top of your app/build.gradle:

plugins {
    id 'io.embrace.swazzler'
}

Legacy approach​

tip

If you use Gradle's legacy Plugins DSL follow this approach instead.

Alter the build.gradle at your project's root as shown below:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
        google()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'io.embrace:embrace-swazzler:6.13.0'
    }
}

Then apply the plugin in your app/build.gradle file & ensure you specify Java 8 in compileOptions:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'embrace-swazzler'

android {
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
}

The Swazzler gradle plugin performs a few key functions:

  • Adds the Embrace SDK to your app's dependency list.
  • Injects configuration info the SDK reads at run time.
  • Instruments bytecode to insert SDK hooks that capture telemetry.
  • Uploads mapping files to get human-readable stacktraces in production.
Note on Permissions

Embrace automatically adds the following permissions so that it can make HTTP requests to deliver captured data.

  • android.permission.INTERNET
  • android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

Add a dependency to modules or libraries you want to call Embrace from (optional)​

If you have an app that uses internal modules or libraries, you must specify the Embrace SDK dependency directly in your module's Gradle file

implementation 'io.embrace:embrace-android-sdk:6.13.0'

You still need to apply the Swazzler plugin in the app's Gradle file (apply plugin: 'embrace-swazzler') and verify that the Swazzler version set in your project Gradle file is the same as the version set for the SDK in the module’s Gradle file.

Add the config file​

Add a file at app/src/main/embrace-config.json with the following contents:

{
  "app_id": "xxxxx",
  "api_token": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
}
info

Further configuration options are documented here.

warning

It's not recommended to directly hardcode access tokens into your source code. Instead, you can add it as an environment variable like EMBRACE_API_TOKEN and reference that.

info

Your app ID and API token are available on the Embrace dashboard.

NDK crash capture​

If you want to capture NDK crash reports from your app add the ndk_enabled setting to your config file:

{
  "app_id": "xxxxx",
  "api_token": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "ndk_enabled": true
}

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