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Catcher 2

This project is a continuation of catcher by Jakub Homlala with many new features and bug fixes.

Catcher 2 is a Flutter plugin which automatically catches errors/exceptions and offers multiple ways to handle them. It is heavily inspired from ACRA: https://github.com/ACRA/acra. It supports Android, iOS, Web, Linux, Windows and MacOS platforms.

Install

Add this line to your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  catcher_2: ^2.0.0-alpha.0

Then run this command:

$ flutter packages get

Then add this import:

import 'package:catcher_2/catcher_2.dart';

And now you can use all the features as demonstrated below!

Upgrading from `catcher`

If you used catcher correctly (and without extra hackage) before, it should be sufficient to replace the following strings everywhere:

Catcher -> Catcher2
catcher -> catcher_2 (only in very few places you need to use catcher2 instead)

Also note the following:

HttpHandler had some breaking changes due to the upgrade to dio 5.x

If you are still unsure or something is not working as well as before, please open a new issue.

Platform support
Basic example
Catcher 2 usage Adding navigator key
Catcher 2 configuration
Report caught exception
Localization

Report modes

Silent Report Mode
Notification Report Mode
Dialog Report Mode
Page Report Mode

Handlers

Console Handler
Email Manual Handler
Email Auto Handler
Http Handler
File Handler
Toast Handler
Sentry Handler
Slack Handler
Discord Handler
Snackbar Handler
Crashlytics Handler

Test Exception
Explicit exception report handler map
Explicit exception report mode map
Error widget
Current config
Update config
Screenshots

Platform support

To check which features of Catcher 2 are available in given platform visit this page: Platform support

Basic example

Basic example utilizes debug config with Dialog Report Mode and Console Handler and release config with Dialog Report Mode and Email Manual Handler.

To start using Catcher 2, you have to:

Create Catcher 2 configuration (you can use only debug config at start)
Create Catcher 2 instance and pass your root widget along with its configuration
Add navigator key to MaterialApp or CupertinoApp

Here is complete example:

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:catcher_2/catcher_2.dart';

main() {
  /// STEP 1. Create Catcher 2 configuration. 
  /// Debug configuration with dialog report mode and console handler. It will show dialog and once user accepts it, error will be shown   /// in console.
  Catcher2Options debugOptions =
      Catcher2Options(DialogReportMode(), [ConsoleHandler()]);
      
  /// Release configuration. Same as above, but once user accepts dialog, user will be prompted to send email with crash to support.
  Catcher2Options releaseOptions = Catcher2Options(DialogReportMode(), [
    EmailManualHandler(["support@email.com"])
  ]);

  /// STEP 2. Pass your root widget (MyApp) along with Catcher 2 configuration:
  Catcher2(rootWidget: MyApp(), debugConfig: debugOptions, releaseConfig: releaseOptions);
}

class MyApp extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _MyAppState createState() => _MyAppState();
}

class _MyAppState extends State<MyApp> {
  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      /// STEP 3. Add navigator key from Catcher 2. It will be used to navigate user to report page or to show dialog.
      navigatorKey: Catcher2.navigatorKey,
      home: Scaffold(
          appBar: AppBar(
            title: const Text('Plugin example app'),
          ),
          body: ChildWidget()),
    );
  }
}

class ChildWidget extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Container(
            child: TextButton(
                child: Text("Generate error"),
                onPressed: () => generateError()));
  }

  generateError() async {
    throw "Test exception";
  }
}

If you run this code you will see screen with "Generate error" button on the screen. After clicking on it, it will generate test exception, which will be handled by Catcher 2. Before Catcher 2 process exception to handler, it will show dialog with information for user. This dialog is shown because we have used DialogReportHandler. Once user confirms action in this dialog, report will be send to console handler which will log to console error information.

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThexXTURBOXx/catcher_2/master/screenshots/6.png" width="250px"> Dialog with default confirmation message

I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.075029 | Catcher 2 | INFO] ============================== CATCHER 2 LOG ==============================
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.075175 | Catcher 2 | INFO] Crash occurred on 2023-09-26 20:40:57.818695
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.075220 | Catcher 2 | INFO]
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.075378 | Catcher 2 | INFO] ------- DEVICE INFO -------
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.075755 | Catcher 2 | INFO] id: TQ3A.230705.001.B4
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.075830 | Catcher 2 | INFO] board: windows
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.075874 | Catcher 2 | INFO] bootloader: unknown
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.075901 | Catcher 2 | INFO] brand: Windows
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.075940 | Catcher 2 | INFO] device: windows_x86_64
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.075966 | Catcher 2 | INFO] display: TQ3A.230705.001.B4
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076003 | Catcher 2 | INFO] fingerprint: Windows/windows_x86_64/windows_x86_64:13/TQ3A.230705.001.B4/2307.40000.6.0:user/release-keys
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076047 | Catcher 2 | INFO] hardware: windows_x86_64
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076089 | Catcher 2 | INFO] host: bba7b442c000000
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076169 | Catcher 2 | INFO] isPhysicalDevice: true
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076224 | Catcher 2 | INFO] manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076269 | Catcher 2 | INFO] model: Subsystem for Android(TM)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076310 | Catcher 2 | INFO] product: windows_x86_64
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076346 | Catcher 2 | INFO] tags: release-keys
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076371 | Catcher 2 | INFO] type: user
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076404 | Catcher 2 | INFO] versionBaseOs:
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076430 | Catcher 2 | INFO] versionCodename: REL
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076462 | Catcher 2 | INFO] versionIncremental: 2307.40000.6.0
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076487 | Catcher 2 | INFO] versionPreviewSdk: 0
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076521 | Catcher 2 | INFO] versionRelease: 13
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076573 | Catcher 2 | INFO] versionSdk: 33
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076611 | Catcher 2 | INFO] versionSecurityPatch: 2023-07-05
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076640 | Catcher 2 | INFO]
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076759 | Catcher 2 | INFO] ------- APP INFO -------
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076829 | Catcher 2 | INFO] environment: debug
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076867 | Catcher 2 | INFO] version: 1.0.0
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076903 | Catcher 2 | INFO] appName: catcher_2_example
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076941 | Catcher 2 | INFO] buildNumber: 1
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.076978 | Catcher 2 | INFO] packageName: com.jhomlala.catcher_2_example
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.077006 | Catcher 2 | INFO]
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.077040 | Catcher 2 | INFO] ---------- ERROR ----------
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.077079 | Catcher 2 | INFO] FormatException: Test exception generated by Catcher 2
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.077125 | Catcher 2 | INFO]
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.077267 | Catcher 2 | INFO] ------- STACK TRACE -------
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.077461 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #0      Catcher2.sendTestException (package:catcher_2/core/catcher_2.dart:706:5)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.077523 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #1      ChildWidget.generateError (package:catcher_2_example/main.dart:89:14)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.077562 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #2      _InkResponseState.handleTap (package:flutter/src/material/ink_well.dart:1154:21)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.077588 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #3      GestureRecognizer.invokeCallback (package:flutter/src/gestures/recognizer.dart:275:24)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.077611 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #4      TapGestureRecognizer.handleTapUp (package:flutter/src/gestures/tap.dart:654:11)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.077643 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #5      BaseTapGestureRecognizer._checkUp (package:flutter/src/gestures/tap.dart:311:5)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.077690 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #6      BaseTapGestureRecognizer.handlePrimaryPointer (package:flutter/src/gestures/tap.dart:244:7)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.077719 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #7      PrimaryPointerGestureRecognizer.handleEvent (package:flutter/src/gestures/recognizer.dart:630:9)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.077761 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #8      PointerRouter._dispatch (package:flutter/src/gestures/pointer_router.dart:98:12)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.077811 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #9      PointerRouter._dispatchEventToRoutes.<anonymous closure> (package:flutter/src/gestures/pointer_router.dart:143:9)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.077869 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #10     _LinkedHashMapMixin.forEach (dart:collection-patch/compact_hash.dart:625:13)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.077908 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #11     PointerRouter._dispatchEventToRoutes (package:flutter/src/gestures/pointer_router.dart:141:18)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.077945 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #12     PointerRouter.route (package:flutter/src/gestures/pointer_router.dart:127:7)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.077969 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #13     GestureBinding.handleEvent (package:flutter/src/gestures/binding.dart:488:19)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.078002 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #14     GestureBinding.dispatchEvent (package:flutter/src/gestures/binding.dart:468:22)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.078036 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #15     RendererBinding.dispatchEvent (package:flutter/src/rendering/binding.dart:333:11)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.078077 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #16     GestureBinding._handlePointerEventImmediately (package:flutter/src/gestures/binding.dart:413:7)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.078123 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #17     GestureBinding.handlePointerEvent (package:flutter/src/gestures/binding.dart:376:5)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.078174 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #18     GestureBinding._flushPointerEventQueue (package:flutter/src/gestures/binding.dart:323:7)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.078209 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #19     GestureBinding._handlePointerDataPacket (package:flutter/src/gestures/binding.dart:292:9)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.078250 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #20     _invoke1 (dart:ui/hooks.dart:186:13)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.078286 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #21     PlatformDispatcher._dispatchPointerDataPacket (dart:ui/platform_dispatcher.dart:424:7)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.078310 | Catcher 2 | INFO] #22     _dispatchPointerDataPacket (dart:ui/hooks.dart:119:31)
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.078340 | Catcher 2 | INFO]
I/flutter ( 1792): [2023-09-26 20:40:59.078397 | Catcher 2 | INFO] ======================================================================

Console handler output

Catcher 2 usage

Adding navigator key

In order to make Page Report Mode and Dialog Report Mode work, you must include navigator key. Catcher 2 plugin exposes the key which must be included in your MaterialApp or WidgetApp:

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      //********************************************
      navigatorKey: Catcher2.navigatorKey,
      //********************************************
      home: Scaffold(
          appBar: AppBar(
            title: const Text('Plugin example app'),
          ),
          body: ChildWidget()),
    );
  }

You need to provide this key, because Catcher 2 needs context of navigator to show dialogs/pages. There is no need to include this navigator key if you won't use Page/Dialog Report Mode. You can also provide your own navigator key if need to. You can provide it with Catcher 2 constructor (see below). Please check custom navigator key example to see basic example.

Catcher 2 configuration

Catcher 2 instance needs rootWidget or runAppFunction in setup time. Please provide one of it.

rootWidget (optional) - instance of your root application widget
runAppFunction (optional) - function where runApp() will be called
debugConfig (optional) - config used when Catcher 2 detects that application runs in debug mode
releaseConfig (optional) - config used when Catcher 2 detects that application runs in release mode
profileConfig (optional) - config used when Catcher 2 detects that application runs in profile mode
enableLogger (optional) - enable/disable internal Catcher 2 logs
navigatorKey (optional) - provide optional navigator key from outside of Catcher 2
ensureInitialized (optional) - should Catcher 2 run WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized() during initialization

main() {
  Catcher2Options debugOptions =
  Catcher2Options(DialogReportMode(), [ConsoleHandler()]);
  Catcher2Options releaseOptions = Catcher2Options(DialogReportMode(), [
    EmailManualHandler(["recipient@email.com"])
  ]);
  Catcher2Options profileOptions = Catcher2Options(
    NotificationReportMode(), [ConsoleHandler(), ToastHandler()],
    handlerTimeout: 10000, customParameters: {"example"c: "example_parameter"},);
  Catcher2(rootWidget: MyApp(), debugConfig: debugOptions, releaseConfig: releaseOptions, profileConfig: profileOptions, enableLogger: false, navigatorKey: navigatorKey);
}

Catcher2Options parameters: handlers - list of handlers, which will process report, see handlers to get more information.
handlerTimeout - timeout in milliseconds, this parameter describes max time of handling report by handler.
reportMode - describes how error report will be shown to user, see report modes to get more information.
localizationOptions - translations used by report modes nad report handlers.
explicitExceptionReportModesMap - explicit report modes map which will be used to trigger specific report mode for specific error.
explicitExceptionHandlersMap - Explicit report handler map which will be used to trigger specific report report handler for specific error.
customParameters - map of additional parameters that will be included in report (for example user id or user name).
handleSilentError - should handle silent errors reported, see FlutterErrorDetails.silent for more details.
screenshotsPath - path where screenshots will be saved.
excludedParameters - parameters which will be excluded from report.
filterFunction - function used to filter errors which shouldn't be handled.
onFlutterError - additional error handler for Flutter errors. Set this to FlutterError.onError when using Catcher 2 within test suites. onPlatformError - additional error handler for platform errors. Set this to PlatformDispatcher.instance.onError when using Catcher 2 within test suites.

Report caught exception

Catcher 2 won't process exceptions caught in try/catch block. You can send exception from try catch block to Catcher 2:

try {
  ...
} catch (error,stackTrace) {
  Catcher2.reportCheckedError(error, stackTrace);
}

Localization

Catcher 2 allows to create localizations for Report modes. To add localization support, you need setup few things:

Add navigatorKey in your MaterialApp:

 navigatorKey: Catcher2.navigatorKey,

Add Flutter localizations delegates and locales in your MaterialApp:

 localizationsDelegates: [
        GlobalMaterialLocalizations.delegate,
        GlobalWidgetsLocalizations.delegate,
      ],
      supportedLocales: [
        const Locale('en', 'US'),
        const Locale('pl', 'PL'),
      ],

Add localizationOptions in Catcher2Options:

Catcher2Options(
...
    localizationOptions: [
        LocalizationOptions("pl", notificationReportModeTitle: "My translation" ...),
        LocalizationOptions("de", notificationReportModeTitle: "My translation" ...),
    ]
)

You can add translate for given parameters:

notificationReportModeTitle - notification report mode title
notificationReportModeContent - notification report mode subtitle
dialogReportModeTitle - dialog report mode title
dialogReportModeDescription - dialog report mode description
dialogReportModeAccept - dialog report mode accept button
dialogReportModeCancel - dialog report mode cancel button
pageReportModeTitle - page report mode toolbar title
pageReportModeDescription - page report mode description
pageReportModeAccept - page report mode accept button
pageReportModeCancel - page report mode cancel button
toastHandlerDescription - toast handler message

If you want to override default English texts, just simply add localization options for "en" language.

There are build in support for languages:

english

LocalizationOptions.buildDefaultEnglishOptions();

chinese

LocalizationOptions.buildDefaultChineseOptions();

hindi

LocalizationOptions.buildDefaultHindiOptions();

spanish

LocalizationOptions.buildDefaultSpanishOptions();

malay

LocalizationOptions.buildDefaultMalayOptions();

russian

LocalizationOptions.buildDefaultRussianOptions();

portuguese

LocalizationOptions.buildDefaultPortugueseOptions();

french

LocalizationOptions.buildDefaultFrenchOptions();

polish

LocalizationOptions.buildDefaultPolishOptions();

italian

LocalizationOptions.buildDefaultItalianOptions();

korean

LocalizationOptions.buildDefaultKoreanOptions();

german

LocalizationOptions.buildDefaultGermanOptions();

dutch

LocalizationOptions.buildDefaultDutchOptions();

arabic

LocalizationOptions.buildDefaultArabicOptions();

turkish

LocalizationOptions.buildDefaultTurkishOptions();

Complete Example:

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:catcher_2/catcher_2.dart';
import 'package:flutter_localizations/flutter_localizations.dart';

main() {
  Catcher2Options debugOptions = Catcher2Options(DialogReportMode(), [
    ConsoleHandler(),
    HttpHandler(HttpRequestType.post, Uri.parse("https://httpstat.us/200"),
        printLogs: true)
  ], localizationOptions: [
    LocalizationOptions("pl",
        notificationReportModeTitle: "Wystąpił błąd aplikacji",
        notificationReportModeContent:
            "Naciśnij tutaj aby wysłać raport do zespołu wpsarcia",
        dialogReportModeTitle: "Błąd aplikacji",
        dialogReportModeDescription:
            "Wystąpił niespodziewany błąd aplikacji. Raport z błędem jest gotowy do wysłania do zespołu wsparcia. Naciśnij akceptuj aby wysłać raport lub odrzuć aby odrzucić raport.",
        dialogReportModeAccept: "Akceptuj",
        dialogReportModeCancel: "Odrzuć",
        pageReportModeTitle: "Błąd aplikacji",
        pageReportModeDescription:
            "Wystąpił niespodziewany błąd aplikacji. Raport z błędem jest gotowy do wysłania do zespołu wsparcia. Naciśnij akceptuj aby wysłać raport lub odrzuć aby odrzucić raport.",
        pageReportModeAccept: "Akceptuj",
        pageReportModeCancel: "Odrzuć",
        toastHandlerDescription: "Wystąpił błąd:",
    ) 
  ]);
  Catcher2Options releaseOptions = Catcher2Options(NotificationReportMode(), [
    EmailManualHandler(["recipient@email.com"])
  ]);

  Catcher2(rootWidget: MyApp(), debugConfig: debugOptions, releaseConfig: releaseOptions);
}

class MyApp extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _MyAppState createState() => _MyAppState();
}

class _MyAppState extends State<MyApp> {
  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      navigatorKey: Catcher2.navigatorKey,
      localizationsDelegates: [
        GlobalMaterialLocalizations.delegate,
        GlobalWidgetsLocalizations.delegate,
      ],
      supportedLocales: [
        const Locale('en', 'US'),
        const Locale('pl', 'PL'),
      ],
      home: Scaffold(
          appBar: AppBar(
            title: const Text('Plugin example app'),
          ),
          body: ChildWidget()),
    );
  }
}

class ChildWidget extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Container(
        child: TextButton(
            child: Text("Generate error"), onPressed: () => generateError()));
  }

  generateError() async {
    throw "Test exception";
  }
}

Report modes

Report mode is the process of gathering user permission to handle error. User can accept or deny permission to handle error. There are 4 types of report mode:

Silent Report Mode

Silent Report Mode is default report mode. This report mode doesn't ask user for permission to handle crash logs. It will push logs automatically to handlers.

ReportMode reportMode = SilentReportMode();

Notification Report Mode

Notification Report Mode has been removed because of incompatibility with firebase. Please check local_notifications_example to re-add local notifications to your app.

Dialog Report Mode

Dialog Report Mode shows dialog with information about error. Dialog has title, description and 2 buttons: Accept and Cancel. Once user clicks on Accept button, report will be pushed to handlers.

  ReportMode reportMode = DialogReportMode();

See localization options to change default texts.

<img width="250px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThexXTURBOXx/catcher_2/master/screenshots/6.png"> Dialog report mode

Page Report Mode

Page Report Mode shows new page with information about error. Page has title, description, stack trace view and 2 buttons: Accept and Cancel. Once user clicks on Accept button, report will be pushed to handlers.

  ReportMode reportMode = PageReportMode(showStackTrace: false);

Page Report Mode can be configured with optional parameters: showStackTrace (optional) - enables/disables stack trace view

See localization options to change default texts.

<img width="250px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThexXTURBOXx/catcher_2/master/screenshots/7.png"> Page report mode

Handlers

Handlers are an last point in error processing flow. They are doing specific tasks with error reports, for example logging report to console.

Console Handler

Console Handler is the default and basic handler. It shows crash log in console. Console logger allows you to parametrize log output:

ConsoleHandler(
          enableApplicationParameters: true,
          enableDeviceParameters: true,
          enableCustomParameters: true,
          enableStackTrace: true,
          handleWhenRejected: false
          )

enableApplicationParameters (optional) - display in log section with application data:

I/flutter ( 4820): ------- APP INFO -------
I/flutter ( 4820): version: 1.0
I/flutter ( 4820): appName: catcher_2_example
I/flutter ( 4820): buildNumber: 1
I/flutter ( 4820): packageName: com.jhomlala.catcher_2_example
I/flutter ( 4820):

enableDeviceParameters (optional) - display in log section with device data (it will show android/ios data):

I/flutter ( 4820): ------- DEVICE INFO -------
I/flutter ( 4820): id: PSR1.180720.061
I/flutter ( 4820): androidId: fd97a76448e87410
I/flutter ( 4820): board: goldfish_x86
I/flutter ( 4820): bootloader: unknown
I/flutter ( 4820): brand: google
I/flutter ( 4820): device: generic_x86
I/flutter ( 4820): display: sdk_gphone_x86-userdebug 9 PSR1.180720.061 5075414 dev-keys
I/flutter ( 4820): fingerprint: google/sdk_gphone_x86/generic_x86:9/PSR1.180720.061/5075414:userdebug/dev-keys
I/flutter ( 4820): hardware: ranchu
I/flutter ( 4820): host: vped9.mtv.corp.google.com
I/flutter ( 4820): isPsychicalDevice: false
I/flutter ( 4820): manufacturer: Google
I/flutter ( 4820): model: Android SDK built for x86
I/flutter ( 4820): product: sdk_gphone_x86
I/flutter ( 4820): tags: dev-keys
I/flutter ( 4820): type: userdebug
I/flutter ( 4820): versionBaseOs: 
I/flutter ( 4820): versionCodename: REL
I/flutter ( 4820): versionIncremental: 5075414
I/flutter ( 4820): versionPreviewSdk: 0
I/flutter ( 4820): versionRelase: 9
I/flutter ( 4820): versionSdk: 28
I/flutter ( 4820): versionSecurityPatch: 2018-08-05

enableCustomParameters (optional) - display in log section with custom parameters passed to Catcher 2 constructor
enableStackTrace (optional) - display in log section with stack trace:

I/flutter ( 5073): ------- STACK TRACE -------
I/flutter ( 5073): #0      _MyAppState.generateError (package:catcher_2_example/main.dart:38:5)
I/flutter ( 5073): <asynchronous suspension>
I/flutter ( 5073): #1      _MyAppState.build.<anonymous closure> (package:catcher_2_example/main.dart:31:69)
I/flutter ( 5073): #2      _InkResponseState._handleTap (package:flutter/src/material/ink_well.dart:507:14)
I/flutter ( 5073): #3      _InkResponseState.build.<anonymous closure> (package:flutter/src/material/ink_well.dart:562:30)
I/flutter ( 5073): #4      GestureRecognizer.invokeCallback (package:flutter/src/gestures/recognizer.dart:102:24)
I/flutter ( 5073): #5      TapGestureRecognizer._checkUp (package:flutter/src/gestures/tap.dart:242:9)
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handleWhenRejected - should report be handled even if user rejects it

Email Manual Handler

Email manual handler can be used to send email manually by user. It opens default email application with prepared email.

EmailManualHandler(
      ["email1@email.com", "email2@email.com"],
      enableDeviceParameters: true,
      enableStackTrace: true,
      enableCustomParameters: true,
      enableApplicationParameters: true,
      sendHtml: true,
      emailTitle: "Sample Title",
      emailHeader: "Sample Header",
      printLogs: true)

Email Manual Handler parameters:

recipients (required) - list of email addresses of recipients
enableDeviceParameters (optional) - see Console Handler description
enableStackTrace (optional) - see Console Handler description
enableCustomParameters (optional) - see Console Handler description
enableApplicationParameters (optional) - see Console Handler description
sendHtml (optional) - enable/disable html email formatting
emailTitle (optional) - set custom email title
emailHeader (optional) - set additional email text header
printLogs (optional) - enable/disable debug logs

Email Auto Handler

Email handler can be used to send automatically email with error reports. Email handler has multiple configuration parameters. Few of them are required, other are optional. These parameters are required:

 EmailAutoHandler("smtp.gmail.com", 587, "somefakeemail@gmail.com", "Catcher 2",
          "FakePassword", ["myemail@gmail.com"])

We need to setup email smtp server, email account and recipient. Currently, only Gmail was tested and worked. You can try use other email providers, but there can be errors.

List of all parameters:

smtpHost (required) - host address of your email, for example host for gmail is smtp.gmail.com
smtpPort (required) - smtp port of your email, for example port for gmail is 587
senderEmail (required) - email from which Catcher 2 will send email (it will be sender of error emails)
senderName (required) - name of sender email
senderPassword (required) - password for sender email
recipients (required) - list which contains recipient emails
senderUsername (optional) - set an explicit username for the SMTP authentication
enableSSL (optional) - if your email provider supports SSL, you can enable this option
enableDeviceParameters (optional) - please look in console handler description
enableApplicationParameters (optional) - please look in console handler description
enableStackTrace (optional) - please look in console handler description
enableCustomParameters (optional) - please look in console handler description
emailTitle (optional) - custom title of report email, if not set then title will be: Handled Error: >> [Error name] <<
emailHeader (optional)- custom header message before report data
sendHtml (optional) - enable/disable html data in your email, if enabled then html will be sent and your report will look much better
printLog (optional) - enable/disable debug logs

Example email:

Http Handler

Http Handler provides feature for sending report to external server. Data will be encoded in JSON and sent to specified server. Currently only POST request can be send. Minimal example:

HttpHandler(HttpRequestType.post, Uri.parse("http://logs.server.com")

All parameters list:

requestType (required) - type of request, currently only POST is supported
endpointUri (required) - uri address of server
headers (optional) - map of additional headers that can be send in http request
requestTimeout (optional) - request time in milliseconds
printLogs (optional) - show debug logs
enableDeviceParameters (optional) - please look in console handler description
enableApplicationParameters (optional) - please look in console handler description
enableStackTrace (optional) - please look in console handler description
enableCustomParameters (optional) - please look in console handler description

You can try using example backend server which handles logs. It's written in Java 8 and Spring Framework and uses material design. You can find code of backend server here: https://github.com/ThexXTURBOXx/catcher_2/tree/master/backend

Note: Remember to add Internet permission in Android Manifest:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

File Handler

File handler allows to store logs in file. Minimal example:

main() {
  String path = "/storage/emulated/0/log.txt";
  Catcher2Options debugOptions = Catcher2Options(
      DialogReportMode(), [FileHandler(File(path), printLogs: true)]);
  Catcher2Options releaseOptions =
      Catcher2Options(DialogReportMode(), [FileHandler(File(path))]);

  Catcher2(rootWidget: MyApp(), debugConfig: debugOptions, releaseConfig: releaseOptions);
}

All parameters list:

file (required) - the file where you want to store your logs
enableDeviceParameters (optional) - please look in console handler description
enableApplicationParameters (optional) - please look in console handler description
enableStackTrace (optional) - please look in console handler description
enableCustomParameters (optional) - please look in console handler description
printLogs (optional) - enable/disable debug logs
handleWhenRejected - please look in console handler description

Example of logging to file in external directory: https://github.com/ThexXTURBOXx/catcher_2/blob/master/example/lib/file_example.dart

If you want to get file path with path_provider lib, you need to call Catcher 2 constructor with ensureInitialized = true. Then you need to pass your catcher 2 config with updateConfig. This is required because WidgetBindings ensureInitialized must be called first before accessing path_provider methods. See example here: https://github.com/ThexXTURBOXx/catcher_2/blob/master/example/lib/file_example.dart

Toast Handler

Toast handler allows to show short message in toast. Minimal example:

All parameters list:

gravity (optional) - location of the toast on screen top/middle/bottom
length (optional) - length of toast: long or short
backgroundColor (optional) - background color of toast
textColor (optional) - text color of toast
fontSize (optional) - text size
customMessage (optional) - custom message for toast, if not set then "Error occurred: error" will be displayed.
handleWhenRejected - please look in console handler description

Sentry Handler

Sentry handler allows to send handled errors to Sentry.io. Before using sentry handler, you need to create your project in Sentry.io page and then copy DSN link. Example:

main() {

  Catcher2Options debugOptions = Catcher2Options(
      DialogReportMode(), [SentryHandler(SentryClient("YOUR_DSN_HERE"))]);
  Catcher2Options releaseOptions = Catcher2Options(NotificationReportMode(), [
    EmailManualHandler(["recipient@email.com"])
  ]);

  Catcher2(rootWidget: MyApp(), debugConfig: debugOptions, releaseConfig: releaseOptions);
}

All parameters list:

sentryClient - sentry client instance
enableDeviceParameters (optional) - please look in console handler description
enableApplicationParameters (optional) - please look in console handler description
enableCustomParameters (optional) - please look in console handler description
customEnvironment (optional) - custom environment string, if null, Catcher 2 will generate it
customRelease (optional) - custom release string , if null, Catcher 2 will generate it
printLogs (optional) - enable/disable debug logs

Slack Handler

Slack Handler allows to send messages to your Slack workspace. You can specify destination of your message and format. You need to register webhook in your workspace to make this handler works: https://api.slack.com/incoming-webhooks.

main() {

 Catcher2Options debugOptions = Catcher2Options(SilentReportMode(), [
     SlackHandler(
         "<web_hook_url>",
         "#catcher2",
         username: "Catcher2Test",
         iconEmoji: ":thinking_face:",
         enableDeviceParameters: true,
         enableApplicationParameters: true,
         enableCustomParameters: true,
         enableStackTrace: true,
         printLogs: true),
   ]);
   Catcher2(rootWidget: MyApp(), debugConfig: debugOptions);
}

All parameters list:

webhookUrl (required) - url of your webhook
channel (required) - your channel name (e.g. #catcher2)
apiToken (optional) - your API token, only needed for screenshots (e.g. xxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxx)
channelId (optional) - your screenshot channel ID, only needed for screenshots (e.g. C0NF841BK)
username (optional) - name of the integration bot
iconEmoji (optional) - avatar of the integration bot
enableDeviceParameters (optional) - please look in console handler description
enableApplicationParameters (optional) - please look in console handler description
enableCustomParameters (optional) - please look in console handler description
enableStackTrace (optional) - please look in console handler description
printLogs (optional) - enable/disable debug logs
customMessageBuilder - provide custom message

Discord Handler

Discord Handler allows to send messages to your Discord workspace. You need to register webhook in your server to make this handler works: https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/articles/228383668-Intro-to-Webhooks.

main() {
 Catcher2Options debugOptions = Catcher2Options(SilentReportMode(), [
     DiscordHandler(
         "<web_hook_url>",
         enableDeviceParameters: true,
         enableApplicationParameters: true,
         enableCustomParameters: true,
         enableStackTrace: true,
         printLogs: true),
   ]);

   Catcher2(rootWidget: MyApp(), debugConfig: debugOptions);
}

All parameters list:

webhookUrl (required) - url of your webhook
enableDeviceParameters (optional) - please look in console handler description
enableApplicationParameters (optional) - please look in console handler description
enableCustomParameters (optional) - please look in console handler description
enableStackTrace (optional) - please look in console handler description
printLogs (optional) - enable/disable debug logs
customMessageBuilder - provide custom message

Snackbar Handler

Snackbar handler allows to show customized snackbar message.

void main() {
  Catcher2Options debugOptions = Catcher2Options(DialogReportMode(), [
    SnackbarHandler(
      Duration(seconds: 5),
      backgroundColor: Colors.green,
      elevation: 2,
      margin: EdgeInsets.all(16),
      padding: EdgeInsets.all(16),
      shape: RoundedRectangleBorder(borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(16)),
      behavior: SnackBarBehavior.floating,
      action: SnackBarAction(
          label: "Button",
          onPressed: () {
            print("Click!");
          }),
      textStyle: TextStyle(
        color: Colors.white,
        fontSize: 16,
      ),
    ),
  ]);

  Catcher2(
    runAppFunction: () {
      runApp(MyApp());
    },
    debugConfig: debugOptions,
  );
}

All parameters list:

duration - See [SnackBar] in Flutter docs for details.
backgroundColor - See [SnackBar] in Flutter docs for details.
elevation - See [SnackBar] in Flutter docs for details.
margin - See [SnackBar] in Flutter docs for details.
padding - See [SnackBar] in Flutter docs for details.
width - See [SnackBar] in Flutter docs for details.
shape - See [SnackBar] in Flutter docs for details.
behavior - See [SnackBar] in Flutter docs for details.
action - See [SnackBar] in Flutter docs for details.
animation - See [SnackBar] in Flutter docs for details.
onVisible - See [SnackBar] in Flutter docs for details.
customMessage - Custom message which can be displayed instead default one.
textStyle - Custom text style for text displayed within snackbar.
printLogs - Enable additional logs printing

Crashlytics Handler

Crashlytics handler has been removed from core package. You can re-enable it in your project by using custom report mode presented in crashlytics_example in example project.

Explicit exception report handler map

Explicit exception report handler map allows you to setup report handler for specific exception. For example if you want to setup Console Handler for FormatException, you can write:

var explicitMap = {"FormatException": ConsoleHandler()};
Catcher2Options debugOptions = Catcher2Options(
      DialogReportMode(),
      [
        ConsoleHandler(),
        HttpHandler(HttpRequestType.post, Uri.parse("https://httpstat.us/200"),
            printLogs: true)
      ],
      explicitExceptionHandlersMap: explicitMap);

Now if FormatException will be caught, then Console Handler will be used. Warning: if you setup explicit exception map for specific exception, then only this handler will be used for this exception!

Explicit exception report mode map

Same as explicit report handler map, but it's for report mode. Let's say you want to use specific report mode for some exception:

 var explicitReportModesMap = {"FormatException": NotificationReportMode()};
  Catcher2Options debugOptions = Catcher2Options(
      DialogReportMode(),
      [
        ConsoleHandler(),
        HttpHandler(HttpRequestType.post, Uri.parse("https://httpstat.us/200"),
            printLogs: true)
      ],
      explicitExceptionReportModesMap: explicitReportModesMap,);

When FormatException will be caught, then NotificationReportMode will be used. For other exceptions, Catcher 2 will use DialogReportMode.

Error widget

You can add error widget which will replace red screen of death. To add this into your app, see code below:

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      navigatorKey: Catcher2.navigatorKey,
      //********************************************
      builder: (BuildContext context, Widget widget) {
        Catcher2.addDefaultErrorWidget(
            showStacktrace: true,
            title: "Custom error title",
            description: "Custom error description",
            maxWidthForSmallMode: 150);
        return widget;
      },
      //********************************************
      home: Scaffold(
          appBar: AppBar(
            title: const Text('Plugin example app'),
          ),
          body: ChildWidget()),
    );
  }

You need to add in your MaterialApp or CupertinoApp builder method with Catcher2.addDefaultErrorWidget(). This will add error handler for each widget in your app.

You can provide optional parameters:

showStacktrace - show/hide stacktrace
title - custom title for error widget
description - custom description for error widget
maxWidthForSmallMode - max width for "small" mode, default is 150

Error widget will replace your widget if he fails to render. If width of widget is less than maxWidthForSmallMode then "small" mode will be enabled, which will show only error icon

<table> <tr> <td>With error widget</td><td>Without error widget</td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThexXTURBOXx/catcher_2/master/screenshots/8.png" width="250px"></td><td><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThexXTURBOXx/catcher_2/master/screenshots/9.png" width="250px"></td> </tr> </table>

Current config

You can get currently used config by using:

Catcher2Options options = catcher2.getCurrentConfig();

This can be used for example to change custom parameters in runtime.

Test exception

Send test exception:

Catcher2.sendTestException();

Update config

You can update Catcher 2 config during runtime:

/// Catcher 2 instance initialized
Catcher2 catcher2;
catcher2.updateConfig(
     debugConfig: Catcher2Options(
       PageReportMode(),
       [ConsoleHandler()],
     ),
   );

Screenshots

Catcher 2 can create screenshots automatically and include them in report handlers. To add screenshot support in your app, simply wrap your root widget with Catcher2Screenshot widget:

MaterialApp(
      navigatorKey: Catcher2.navigatorKey,
      home: Catcher2Screenshot(
        catcher2: Catcher2.getInstance(),
        child: Scaffold(
          appBar: AppBar(
            title: const Text('Plugin example app'),
          ),
          body: ChildWidget(),
        ),
      ),
    );

Also you need to provide directory path, where Catcher 2 will store screenshot files:

  Catcher2Options debugOptions = Catcher2Options(
    DialogReportMode(),
    [
      ToastHandler(),
    ],
    screenshotsPath: path,
  );

Screenshots will work for all platforms, except Web. Screenshots will work in:

Http Handler
Email auto handler
Email manual handler
Discord

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Catcher 2

Install

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Table of contents

Platform support

Basic example

Catcher 2 usage

Adding navigator key

Catcher 2 configuration

Report caught exception

Localization

Report modes

Silent Report Mode

Notification Report Mode

Dialog Report Mode

Page Report Mode

Handlers

Console Handler

Email Manual Handler

Email Auto Handler

Http Handler

File Handler

Toast Handler

Sentry Handler

Slack Handler

Discord Handler

Snackbar Handler

Crashlytics Handler

Explicit exception report handler map

Explicit exception report mode map

Error widget

Current config

Test exception

Update config

Screenshots

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