Error: Exception in HostFunction: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to initialise the native Bugsnag Android client

Question

Error: Exception in HostFunction: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to initialise the native Bugsnag Android client, please check you have added Bugsnag.start() in the onCreate() method of your Application subclass

Answer 1

I got this error while upgrading my React Native version from 0.66 to 0.68.2.

Referring the docs from Bugsnag community:

1. Add the following import in your MainApplication.java class inside android folder of your project -

import com.bugsnag.android.Bugsnag;

2. Add Bugsnag.start(this); inside your onCreate Method as below:

public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {

        @Override

        public void onCreate() {

            super.onCreate();

            Bugsnag.start(this);

            // ...
        }
    }

I got this error resolved using the above code, let me know if this helps you too.