Session Replay for Kotlin: A Setup Guide

Bug reports saying 'it doesn't work' are useless without context. Session replay for Kotlin shows you exactly what the user did, saw, and experienced.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have a Bugsly account and a Kotlin project ready to instrument. You'll need your project DSN from the Bugsly dashboard — find it under Settings > Projects > Client Keys.

Step-by-Step Integration

1. Add the Bugsly package to your Kotlin project:

implementation 'io.bugsly:bugsly-kotlin'

1. Configure the SDK at your application's entry point:

import io.bugsly.Bugsly

fun main() {
    Bugsly.init { options ->
        options.dsn = "YOUR_BUGSLY_DSN"
        options.tracesSampleRate = 1.0
    }
}

1. Deploy your changes and verify events appear in the Bugsly dashboard.

Fine-Tuning Your Setup

After the basic integration works, consider these adjustments for Kotlin:

• Sampling rate: Adjust tracesSampleRate based on your traffic volume. High-traffic apps should sample at 0.1–0.3 to control costs.
• Environment tags: Tag events with production, staging, or development to filter noise.
• Release tracking: Pass your version string so Bugsly can track regressions across deployments.
• Custom context: Attach user IDs, request metadata, or business-specific data to events for richer debugging.

Bugsly's session replay for Kotlin runs with minimal overhead. The SDK is designed to be lightweight, batching events and sending them asynchronously so your application performance stays unaffected.

Next Steps

Once session replay is running, configure privacy rules to mask sensitive user data like passwords and credit card fields. Use replay search to find sessions matching specific criteria — like sessions with rage clicks or error events. Connect replays to error reports for instant visual context during debugging.