Today at Twitter Flight, we announced Fabric, a modular mobile platform that makes it easy for developers to build great apps.
The Fabric platform is made of three modular kits that address some of the most common and pervasive challenges that all app developers face: stability, distribution, revenue and identity. It combines the services of Crashlytics, MoPub, Twitter and others to help you build more stable apps, generate revenue through the world’s largest mobile ad exchange and enable you to tap into Twitter’s sign-in systems and rich streams of real-time content for greater distribution and simpler identity. And Fabric was built with ease of use in mind. Installation takes just minutes, and most features only require a few lines of code – so you spend less time managing SDKs and more time building the best experience for your users.
Here’s a roundup of the Fabric Kits and more on how to start building. Fabric is available today for all attendees at the Flight conference. In the coming weeks, we’ll extend the availability of Fabric to current Crashlytics and MoPub customers and to the broader mobile developer community. Sign up at get.fabric.io to stay updated.
Stability: Crashlytics Kit
All apps crash, and crashes have a very real impact on adoption. Because there are millions of apps to choose from, people overlook poorly-ranked apps when browsing the app stores. So figuring out why your app crashed, how many of your users are affected, what the conditions were and where to look is vital to the success of your app. But it can be a frustrating and complicated process.
Crashlytics was built to solve this issue. It makes the time between detecting, accessing and fixing bugs much shorter so you spend less time debugging and more time focused on building great apps. In just the past 30 days, Crashlytics identified over 5.5 billion crashes. And beyond just identifying them, Crashlytics is able to isolate the root cause down to the exact line of code, reducing the time it takes for you to fix the bug and submit an update.
Of course, crashes aren’t the full picture. Usability is also a critical component for successful apps. Earlier this year, Crashlytics expanded its product line with Beta by Crashlytics to help you get user feedback before an app has even shipped to production, and Answers by Crashlytics for real-time, optimized app analytics. Combined, the Fabric Crashlytics Kit – Crashlytics, Beta and Answers – help you ship high-quality, stable apps and give you a 360- degree, always-on picture of the health of your app.