Kevin— Thanks very much for your clear and quick response. I was able to extend CrashReportingApplication and override the necessary methods.
I'm running a Cliq still on 1.5; I'll be sure to send in thoughts/"features". Thanks— Garen On May 24, 3:43 pm, Kevin Gaudin <kevin.gau...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Garen, > > You should be able to make your existing Application class extend > org.acra.CrashReportingApplication in replacement of extending Application. > Just make sure to call super.onCreate() at the beginning of your own > existing onCreate() override, and add other needed methods like getFormId() > (required) and getCrashResources() (if you want to configure user > notifications in acra v2). > > The limitation of this configuration system requiring to extend a custom > Application class is when you need to use another lib which has the same > requirement. As you wrote before, we can only extend one class. I might add > some documentation later on how to enable crash reporting "manually" in your > application class if you are in this very special case. > > Please contact me directly by email or file an issue on the project page if > you still have problems with ACRA. We solved an issue with Mathias Lin today > which occurred when the manifest doesn't use the android:versionName > attribute. There's a new acra-2.0.2 version with the fix. > > Kevin > > > > > > On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 2:04 AM, GJTorikian <gjtorik...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Kevin— > > > My app already has a class that extends Application, which is defined > > in android:name in the Manifest. It seems that if I try to replace it > > with the ACRA-created class (I called it CrashReporter), the app > > crashes on first run, then runs fine after that. > > > If I make CrashReporter an inner class, I lose all the ACRA > > functionality. > > > Any plans to make ACRA work for apps that already have a "main" > > Activity class defined? It's really the extends org.* bit that's > > throwing it off, since classes can only extend from one other class... > > > Thanks— > > Garen > > > On May 17, 9:39 am, Kevin Gaudin <kevin.gau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I would like to introduce you to a library calledACRA(Application > > > Crash Reporting for Android).http://acra.googlecode.com > > > > The goal of this library is to provide android applications developers > > > with a tool to let their applications send them crash reports the > > > easiest possible way. > > > > One of the main issue when implementing crash reporting tools is... > > > where do I send my reports ?ACRAsolves this problem with a simple > > > solution : reports are sent to a Google Docs Form ! So you don't need > > > to code your own reports receiver scripts and you don't have to find > > > dedicated hosting for that... let's use Google's servers ! :) > > > > A first version ofACRAhas been successfully used in a few apps > > > already on the market, and we are now preparing to publish a v2 which > > > allows developers to replace the annoying "force close" dialog with > > > fully configurable notification systems : > > > * Silent : the user experience is not altered compared to standard > > > android apps. The force close dialog is displayed, butACRAtries to > > > send a report. If it fails, reports will be sent on application > > > restart in a separate Thread. > > > * Toast notification to inform the user that a crash report has been > > > sent (and you may add that it can be disabled in the preferences > > > screen) > > > * Status bar notification which leads to a dialog asking the user if > > > he's ok to send a report. You can even add an input field to let him > > > comment the issue. > > > > We are now looking for devs who would like to test the library and > > > it's different notification modes. All the information, screenshots > > > and step-by-step usage guide are available in that Wiki page : > >http://code.google.com/p/acra/wiki/ACRAHowTo2 > > > > Devs who would like to use the v1 and it's basic (but working) > > > functionnality can follow this link : > >http://code.google.com/p/acra/wiki/ACRAHowTo2 > > > > Any comment/discussion is open aboutACRA, we really want your opinion > > > about it. > > > > Kevin > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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