Report fields in 5.8.2

[MarkRS-UK]

I'm feeling a bit dense because this looks like it ought to be easy, but I can't work it out.
I've just updated to 5.8.2 and see that things are quite different from 5.7.0.

I have made the adjustments I can understand, and I am getting crash notification, but there's no data.

My code is

class MyApp : BaseApplication() {
    override fun attachBaseContext(base: Context) {
        super.attachBaseContext(base)

        initAcra {
            buildConfigClass = BuildConfig::class.java
            reportFormat = StringFormat.JSON
            httpSender {
                uri = "myUrl"
                httpMethod = HttpSender.Method.POST
            }
        }
    }
}

Previously I had specified the fields I want with

@ReportsCrashes(customReportContent = {
    ReportField.APP_VERSION_CODE, ReportField.APP_VERSION_NAME <etc> }

but this no longer works and I can't work out how to specify the fields I want. I can add the "customReportFields" property in the iniAcra block bu can't for the life of me work out how to specify the fields. And I'm not even sure if this is what's causing my problem.
Fault or operator error?

[F43nd1r]

things are quite different from 5.7.0

@ReportsCrashes is Acra 4 style

I can add the "customReportFields" property in the iniAcra block bu can't for the life of me work out how to specify the fields

initAcra {
    reportContent = listOf(ReportField.APP_VERSION_CODE, ReportField.APP_VERSION_NAME, ...)
}

But you should receive default data when not specifying report content.

[MarkRS-UK]

Thanks for the quick response.

Did "@ReportCrashes" still work in 5.7? It seemed to here.

When I use the "listOf" approach, Android Studio marks it as a bug, complaining

Type mismatch.
Required: Array<out ReportField>
Found: List<ReportField>

I have tried it was an array(List) and it complains that it doesn't want "kotlin.collections.ArrayList<???>"
I've put it in the iniAcra block as you have, after my reportFormat line.

[F43nd1r]

Right, sorry. It's arrayOf not listOf

[F43nd1r]

Did "@ReportCrashes" still work in 5.7? It seemed to here.

No. @ReportsCrashes was replaced by @AcraCore and @Acra<module> in 5.0. If you were still using @ReportsCrashes you must've had ACRA 4 on the classpath.

[MarkRS-UK]

Right, sorry. It's arrayOf not listOf

Ahah! Yes, that does it, thanks. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be my problem. Still getting an empty crash report.

[F43nd1r]

Which backend are you using?

[MarkRS-UK]

My own php code, simply collecting the delivered json and putting it in a field of a table.
It's a long time since I wrote that so I'll check it closely, but I'm not sure that's the issue.

[F43nd1r]

Is the report an empty json object or completely blank? You can also check if the report file is blank while it is on your device by turning off the internet connection and checking data/data/yourpackage/yourapp_ACRA-approved

[MarkRS-UK]

I don't know what (specifically) changed, but now it's fine.
I suspect (php) changes on the server have contributed, but are not the whole story. I'm pretty sure I had 5.7 not 5.4, and the change to 5.8(.2) is when this surfaced. However, all now good
Incidentally I can't see anything in the device filesystem. In that location it tells me "run as: package not debuggable". The only time I'm using acra is when the code is not debuggable (not obfusticated), because the rest of the time the device is plugged in to my computer and I see the crash dump that way.
Thank you for your help.

[F43nd1r]

The file location is protected. Not being able to read it in production is intentional for security.

Good you solved it.

[MarkRS-UK]

Hi, me again,
The problem has re-occurred and I've found that the immediate cause is that ACRA is sending XML not JSon.
I am getting just the fields I specified so my initAcra block does appear to be the only thing required to start it (which looks a bit odd to me), so I'm still stumped :(

[MarkRS-UK]

PS I have updated to 5.8.3, but I don't s'pose that would've made any difference.

[F43nd1r]

ACRA is sending XML?? We don't even support XML. Is your source code available somewhere?

[MarkRS-UK]

Really? Ooh, must be something else... Hmm, perhaps I'm not getting enough sleep 😢
Hmm, ok, no, my mistake, sorry.