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Overview

Production-grade observability for Android applications

Real-time monitoring, crash reporting, ANR detection, and performance insights powered by OpenTelemetry.

What is the Pulse Android SDK?​

The Pulse Android SDK provides comprehensive Real User Monitoring (RUM) for Android applications. Built on top of the OpenTelemetry Android SDK, it offers a simplified API for tracking custom events, errors, performance, and user behavior while automatically capturing native Android telemetry.

With Pulse Android SDK you can:

  • Monitor application performance in real-time
  • Track crashes and ANRs automatically
  • Instrument network requests
  • Track user interactions and screen transitions
  • Capture custom business events
  • Monitor UI performance (slow/frozen renders)

Key Features​

  • 🚀 Simple API: High-level wrappers for common observability tasks
  • 🔧 Auto-instrumentation: Automatic ANR, crash, and performance tracking
  • 📊 OpenTelemetry Native: Full access to OpenTelemetry APIs when needed
  • 🎯 Production Ready: Built on battle-tested OpenTelemetry infrastructure
  • 🚨 Crash Reporting: Java/Kotlin crashes and uncaught exceptions
  • ⏱️ ANR Detection: Application Not Responding events
  • 🎬 Activity Lifecycle: Screen transitions and app lifecycle
  • 📱 Fragment Lifecycle: Fragment navigation and lifecycle
  • 🐌 Slow/Frozen Renders: UI performance bottlenecks
  • 🌐 Network Monitoring: HTTP requests and network changes
  • 💾 Offline Buffering: Store telemetry when offline, sync when online

How does it work?​

The Pulse Android SDK integrates with your Android application at the native level, automatically instrumenting:

  1. Application Lifecycle: Tracks activity and fragment lifecycle events
  2. Error Detection: Captures crashes, ANRs, and uncaught exceptions
  3. Performance Monitoring: Detects slow and frozen UI renders
  4. Network Monitoring: Instruments HTTP requests and tracks network changes
  5. User Interactions: Tracks view clicks and user interactions (optional)

All telemetry data is sent to your Pulse backend via OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP), providing a unified view of your application's health and performance.

Next Steps​