Improved eexception-handler to provide more contextual info

src/status_im/android/core.cljs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
             [status-im.ui.screens.views :as views]
             [status-im.components.react :as react]
             [status-im.components.status :as status]
-            [status-im.utils.utils :as utils]))
+            [status-im.utils.error-handler :as error-handler]))
 
 (defn init-back-button-handler! []
   (let [new-listener (fn []
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
        :reagent-render views/main})))
 
 (defn init []
-  (utils/register-exception-handler)
+  (error-handler/register-exception-handler!)
   (status/call-module status/init-jail)
   (.registerComponent react/app-registry "StatusIm" #(reagent/reactify-component app-root))
   (status/set-soft-input-mode status/adjust-resize)

src/status_im/ios/core.cljs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
             [status-im.ui.screens.views :as views]
             [status-im.components.react :as react]
             [status-im.components.status :as status]
-            [status-im.utils.utils :as utils]))
+            [status-im.utils.error-handler :as error-handler]))
 
 (defn orientation->keyword [o]
   (keyword (.toLowerCase o)))
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
        :reagent-render views/main})))
 
 (defn init []
-  (utils/register-exception-handler)
+  (error-handler/register-exception-handler!)
   (status/call-module status/init-jail)
   (.registerComponent react/app-registry "StatusIm" #(reagent/reactify-component app-root))
   (dispatch-sync [:initialize-app]))

src/status_im/utils/error_handler.cljs

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+(ns status-im.utils.error-handler
+  (:require [clojure.string :as string]
+            [status-im.utils.utils :as utils]))
+
+;; Error handling code based on https://gist.github.com/pesterhazy/e6846be1b6712a9038537022d131ce46
+
+(defonce !handler-set (atom false))
+
+(defn downgrade-reagent-errors!
+  "Downgrade reagent error to warning
+  Reagent uses console.error to notify the user that an exception occurs while
+  rendering. Unfortunately, react-native can only show one RedBox at a time and
+  discards all subsequent ones. This obscures the actual exception. By
+  downgrading the first screen to a warning, the second screen is actually shown
+  to the user."
+  []
+  (when-not @!handler-set
+    (reset! !handler-set true)
+    (let [original-error (.-error js/console)]
+      (set! (.-error js/console)
+            (fn [& [head :as args]]
+              (if (and (string? head) (string/starts-with? head "Error rendering component"))
+                (apply (.-warn js/console) "Additional exception info:" args)
+                (apply original-error args)))))))
+
+(defn format-error [e]
+  (if (instance? js/Error e)
+    {:name (.-name e) :message (.-message e) :stack (.-stack e)}
+    {:message (pr-str e)}))
+
+(defn handle-error [e is-fatal]
+  (let [f (format-error e)]
+    (js/console.log (str "PRETTY PRINTED EXCEPTION"
+                         "\n\n***\nNAME: "
+                         (pr-str (:name f))
+                         "\nMESSAGE: "
+                         (:message f)
+                         "\n\n"
+                         (:stack f)
+                         "\n\n***"))))
+
+(defonce !error-handler-set? (atom false))
+
+(defn register-exception-handler!
+  "Improve error messages printed to console.
+   When js/goog.DEBUG is false, show a popup with an error summary; else rely on default `red` screen."
+  []
+  (downgrade-reagent-errors!)
+  (when-not @!error-handler-set?
+    (reset! !error-handler-set? true)
+    (let [orig-handler (some-> js/ErrorUtils .-getGlobalHandler (.call))]
+      (js/ErrorUtils.setGlobalHandler
+        (fn [e isFatal]
+          (handle-error e isFatal)
+          (if js/goog.DEBUG
+            (some-> orig-handler (.call nil e isFatal))
+            (utils/show-popup "Error" (.-message e))))))))

src/status_im/utils/utils.cljs

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 (ns status-im.utils.utils
   (:require [status-im.constants :as const]
-            [status-im.i18n :refer [label]]
-            [reagent.core :as r]
+            [status-im.i18n :as i18n]
             [clojure.string :as str]
             [taoensso.timbre :as log]
             [status-im.react-native.js-dependencies :as rn-dependencies]))
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@
            content
            ;; Styles are only relevant on iOS. On Android first button is 'neutral' and second is 'positive'
            (clj->js
-            (vector (merge {:text (label :t/cancel) :style "cancel"}
+            (vector (merge {:text (i18n/label :t/cancel) :style "cancel"}
                            (when on-cancel {:onPress on-cancel}))
                     {:text (or s "OK") :onPress on-accept :style "destructive"})))))
 
@@ -114,18 +113,4 @@
   [m k f & args]
   (if (contains? m k)
     (apply update m k f args)
-    m))
-
-(defn default-alert-handler
-  [error fatal?]
-  (show-popup "Error" (.-message error)))
-
-(defn register-exception-handler
-  "Register a function that will be called for each exception thrown.
-   When `dev?` is true, always register; otherwise only register when goog.DEBUG is false.
-   Default function shows error details in an alert box."
-  ([] (register-exception-handler default-alert-handler))
-  ([f] (register-exception-handler true f))
-  ([dev? f]
-   (if (and dev? (not js/goog.DEBUG))
-     (.setGlobalHandler js/ErrorUtils f dev?))))
+    m))