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

Google Firebase is Google's latest(2016) way to provide you with crash/error data on your phone. Include it in your build.gradle file :

compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crash:9.0.0'

Fatal crashes are logged automatically without requiring user input and you can also log non-fatal crashes or other events like so :

try
{

}
catch(Exception ex)
{
    FirebaseCrash.report(new Exception(ex.toString()));
}