Splunk MINT SDK for Android (Legacy)

Splunk MINT SDK for Android Developer Guide

Splunk MINT is no longer available for purchase as of January 29, 2021. Customers who have already been paying to ingest and process MINT data in Splunk Enterprise will continue to receive support until December 31, 2021, which is End of Life for all MINT products: App, Web Service (Management Console), SDK and Add-On.

Verify the SDK is integrated

To verify that the Splunk MINT SDK is correctly integrated into your Android project, look at the Insights page of your Splunk MINT Management Console dashboard to view app activity. You can also crash your app intentionally to review the error information.

  1. Use the following code to intentionally crash your app by causing a nullPointer exception:
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    
        // TODO: Update with your API key
        Mint.initAndStartSession(this.getApplication(), "YOUR_API_KEY");
    
        // TODO: Update with your HEC token
        // Mint.initAndStartSessionHEC(this.getApplication(), "MINT_HEC_URL", "YOUR_HEC_TOKEN");
    
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
    
        String a = null;
        a.toString();
    }
    Allow some time (usually less than five minutes) for the error instance to appear on your dashboard. If your Splunk MINT Management Console dashboard indicates that your app has crashed, you know your app has successfully integrated Splunk MINT. Further, Splunk MINT generates an email message to inform you about exactly what went wrong.
  2. Crash your app again to see the error counter on your dashboard increase.
  3. To see Splunk MINT logs in your logcat console, enable debug mode by adding the following line before the initAndStartSession or initAndStartSessionHEC method:
    Mint.enableDebugLog();
    
  4. To investigate the cause of the error, go to the Errors page on your Splunk MINT Management Console dashboard. Click the error to examine the information Splunk MINT collects, and examine the error's stack trace to identify the exact lines of code that caused the problem.
Last modified on 28 January, 2019
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk MINT SDK for Android (Legacy): 5.2.x


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