How do I obtain crash-data from my Android application?

Question

How can I get crash data (stack traces at least) from my Android application? At least when working on my own device being retrieved by cable, but ideally from any instance

Answer 1

You can also use a whole (simple) service for it rather than only library. Our company just released a service just for that: http://apphance.com.

It has a simple .jar library (for Android) that you add and integrate in 5 minutes and then the library gathers not only crash information but also logs from running application, as well as it lets your testers report problems straight from device - including the whole context (device rotation, whether it is connected to a wifi or not and more). You can look at the logs using a very nice and useful web panel, where you can track sessions with your application, crashes, logs, statistics and more. The service is in closed beta test phase now, but you can request access and we give it to you very quickly.

Disclaimer: I am CTO of Polidea, and co-creator of the service.