Appcelerator Studio comes with a built-in error reporting tool
that can be used to identify problems within Studio and automatically upload
problems to the Appcelerator analytics server which will provide key insights
as to where problems may exist in Studio and how they can be improved.
At present, errors identified in Studio are often shown with a dialog to
the end user or simply written to a log (visible with Help > Studio
> View Log File). Often these problems go ignored or unreported.
To improve the end user experience, the Error Reporting Tool can now automatically upload error reports for committers so that they can be able to identify and fix. This often solves the problem of users not having appropriate credentials for Appcelerator's bug reporting site (https://jira.appcelerator.org) as well as inclination to do so.
When the first error is logged, a dialog window will appear asking the user whether they want to take part in improving the code base, in much the same way that mobile phones have an opt-in for sending reports to the server:
Here, the user can choose to enable or disable the error reporting service from the notification dialog.
If enabled, Studio will send errors as they occur by asking permission from the user.
Error reporting configuration
Even the error messages hidden in the stack trace can be anonymized if needed. The Automated Error Reporting Configuration gives you the options to anonymize various report data. This dialog window will only appear once but it can be changed later from Studio's preferences.
Note: it is not required to anonymize the error report unless until it has some valuable information
User can view the error report and stack trace before studio send it to the server.
To view the error details, click on the View Details from the notification dialog. Here the user can provide the comments/reproducible steps in the comments section.
Click Send to submit the error to Appcelerator.
Disabling error reporting
- Go to Appcelerator Studio Preferences.
- Navigate to Studio > Error Reporting.
- From the Action list, select Never Send. This will turn off the error reporting service in Studio.
- Click on Apply and OK.
Send error reports silently from Appcelerator Studio
- Go to Appcelerator Studio Preferences
- Navigate to Studio > Error Reporting.
- From the Action list, select Always send silently. This will avoid asking the permission from the user.
- Click on Apply and OK.
Controlling error reporting actions
Error reporting action options
Error reporting notification configuration
