# Error Tracking Android

> PostHog error tracking for Android

- Skill: `posthog-skills/error-tracking-android` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 7 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add posthog-skills/error-tracking-android`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/posthog-skills/error-tracking-android/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: posthog (https://skillmd.com/u/posthog-skills)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/posthog-skills/error-tracking-android

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# PostHog error tracking for Android

This skill helps you add PostHog error tracking to Android applications.

## Reference files

- `references/android.md` - Android error tracking installation - docs
- `references/fingerprints.md` - Fingerprints - docs
- `references/alerts.md` - Send error tracking alerts - docs
- `references/monitoring.md` - Monitor and search issues - docs
- `references/assigning-issues.md` - Assign issues to teammates - docs
- `references/upload-source-maps.md` - Upload source maps - docs

Consult the documentation for API details and framework-specific patterns.

## Key principles

- **Environment variables**: Always use environment variables for PostHog keys and host URLs. Never hardcode them.
- **Minimal changes**: Add error tracking alongside existing error handling. Don't replace or restructure existing error handling code.
- **Autocapture first**: Enable exception autocapture in the SDK initialization before adding manual captures.
- **Source maps**: Upload source maps so stack traces resolve to original source code, not minified bundles.
- **Manual capture for boundaries**: Use `captureException()` at error boundaries and catch blocks for errors that don't propagate to the global handler.

## Framework guidelines

- Adapt dependency configuration to the appropriate build.gradle(.kts) file according to the project gradle version
- Call `PostHogAndroid.setup()` only once in the Application class's `onCreate()` method, so it's initialized as early as possible and only once.
- Initialize PostHog in the Application class's `onCreate()` method
- Ensure every activity has a `android:label` to accurately track screen views.