React Native SDK API
Functions, options, parameters, promises, and native behavior for the Anectico React Native SDK.
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@anectico/react-native is a Promise-based JavaScript bridge over the native iOS and Android SDKs. The
native layer owns identity, sessions, persistence, network delivery, and native crash handlers; the
JavaScript layer adds Hermes/JSC error parsing and global JavaScript error capture.
Use a project key with ingest:write and analytics:write. React Native replay is not supported.
Configure and shut down
import * as Anectico from '@anectico/react-native';
await Anectico.configure({
apiKey: 'an_...',
environment: 'production',
release: '1.4.0',
dist: '42',
});
| Function | Parameters | Returns | Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
configure(options) |
AnecticoOptions |
Promise<void> |
Configures native SDK state and installs JS error/rejection handlers unless disabled. Rejects invalid native options; native configuration is idempotent. |
flush() |
— | Promise<boolean> |
Flushes the native diagnostic-event queue and resolves whether every batch it attempted was accepted. See Knowing whether your events arrived. |
shutdown() |
— | Promise<boolean> |
Removes JS/native hooks, flushes, and releases background resources. Resolves the final flush's outcome, like flush(). |
configure(options, { resumeAnalyticsCollection: true }) |
Explicit new consent after awaited shutdown | Promise<void> |
Purges all old analytics queue data before reopening collection; failures reject configuration. |
disableAnalytics() |
— | Promise<boolean> |
Persist analytics withdrawal and purge queued data; await the result before relying on the native gate. |
stats() |
— | Promise<AnalyticsStats> |
Delivery counters — recorded, delivered, dropped, queued. |
bridgeStats() |
— | { recorded, dropped } |
Narrower: product events passed through the bridge, and how many of them the bridge itself discarded. |
onDeliveryError(handler) |
handler or null |
void |
Registers a handler called with { status, dropped, reason } once per permanently discarded batch. |
installGlobalErrorCapture() |
— | void |
Idempotently installs JS global error and unhandled-rejection capture. Normally called by configure. |
Configuration rejects when the native module is unavailable. Other bridge calls resolve safe defaults rather than crashing the application. Rebuild the native application after installing the package; Metro reload cannot add a native module.
When the native module is missing, every product event is discarded on the spot — there is nothing to
deliver it to. That is counted and reported rather than silently resolving: bridgeStats().dropped
rises, any handler registered through onDeliveryError is called with reason: "native_module_unlinked" and status: 0, and a console.warn names the count. In that state
flush() and shutdown() resolve false and stats() reports what the bridge saw — nothing was
delivered, so nothing is reported as accepted. A handler that throws is swallowed and never reaches
your capture() call.
Withdrawing analytics consent
Await Anectico.disableAnalytics() when analytics consent is withdrawn. The native SDK closes analytics admission,
including capture, identify, group, reset, and lifecycle events, and discards pending events without
flushing them. Errors, crashes, agent traces, and OTLP logs have separate controls and continue.
An already-admitted request can still reach the server: validated receipt outcomes remain credited;
uncertain retries and unsent remainder are discarded with collection_disabled and status 0.
This does not erase previously accepted data. recorded = delivered + dropped + queued remains true.
A true result confirms both the persistent withdrawal marker and deletion of the analytics spool.
On false, this configured client stays disabled, but persistence/purge needs retry; do not assume
restart safety until a retry succeeds. Await the promise before relying on the native admission fence. A missing native module returns false.
Ordinary configuration preserves the marker across restart. Only after obtaining new consent,
await Anectico.shutdown(), then call await Anectico.configure(options, { resumeAnalyticsCollection: true }).
Explicit renewal purges all old analytics queue data even when the marker is absent; a purge failure
fails configuration. Repeated configuration of an already configured SDK does not renew consent.
Wait for shutdown completion before reconfiguring; configuration during retirement fails.
Knowing whether your events arrived
flush returns true only when every attempted product-event position has a validated
queued acknowledgement. An empty queue succeeds. This is evidence of queue acceptance;
it does not prove query visibility, unique stored rows, or identity application.
Errors and crash reports use a separate pipeline.
A complete version-one receipt classifies each original position before the SDK updates its queue or counters:
| Receipt outcome | Your events | flush |
Queue and callback |
|---|---|---|---|
queued |
removed from the pending queue | succeeds if all positions were queued | increments delivered |
rejected |
refused positions are discarded | failure | increments dropped; fires a drop callback |
unknown, malformed, truncated, oversized, or absent receipt |
uncertain positions remain pending | failure | retains original message IDs; no drop callback |
Typed permanent request failures also discard the attempted batch. Network failures, rate limits, and dependency failures retain it. Repeated uncertainty backs off from one second to 60 seconds; a fully settled receipt resets that delay. Server retry hints are clamped to that range.
stats() reports recorded, delivered, dropped, and queued; recorded equals
the other three added together. delivered counts validated queue acknowledgements,
not unique stored events.
onDeliveryError(handler) reports the number of discarded events once per affected chunk. A batch
receipt can refuse events with HTTP 200: invalid_event, quota_exceeded, or
mixed_rejection. Typed request failures use bad_request, unauthorized, forbidden,
not_found, payload_too_large, unprocessable, or rejected. Local queue_overflow
and not_serializable drops carry status 0. Unknown outcomes remain queued without a callback unless explicitly discarded on withdrawal with collection_disabled. The handler also receives native_module_unlinked drops when the native module is missing. A throwing handler is swallowed.
Capturing stays non-blocking: capture, identify, group, and screen queue the event and return
immediately, so the delivery outcome reaches you through the three signals above and never through
their own return value.
Anectico.onDeliveryError((error) => {
console.warn(`lost ${error.dropped} events: ${error.reason} (HTTP ${error.status})`);
});
if (!(await Anectico.flush())) {
const stats = await Anectico.stats();
// stats.queued > 0 means a retry is pending; otherwise the events are gone.
}
AnecticoOptions
Only apiKey is required. Native defaults match the iOS/Android contract.
Invalid endpoints, timers, capacities, frame limits, and non-finite or out-of-range sampling values
reject the configuration promise instead of being clamped.
| Option | Type/default | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
apiKey |
string; required |
Error/event API key. |
endpoint |
string; https://api.anectico.com |
Native API base URL. |
environment |
string; development |
Deployment environment. |
release, dist |
optional strings | Release and artifact identifiers. |
serviceName, serviceVersion |
optional strings | Native resource identity; defaults from the app. |
flushAt |
number; 20 |
Event-count flush threshold. |
flushIntervalMs |
number; 5000 |
Foreground-only native periodic flush; zero disables it. |
maxStackTraceFrames |
number; 50 |
Native and JS frame cap. |
breadcrumbCapacity |
number; 100 |
Native ring-buffer capacity. |
maxQueueSize |
number; 10000 |
Native event queue cap. |
errorSampleRate |
number; 1 |
Non-fatal error sampling from 0–1. |
enableCrashReporting |
boolean; true |
Install native crash handlers. |
debug |
boolean; false |
Native diagnostic logging. |
enableJsErrorCapture |
boolean; true |
JavaScript-only global error/rejection handlers. |
Identity, accounts, and events
| Function | Parameters | Returns | Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
identify(distinctId, set?) |
stable ID; person properties | Promise<void> |
Links anonymous and known identity and queues identify. |
group(type, key, set?) |
account type/key; properties | Promise<void> |
Records membership and $groupidentify. |
capture(event, properties?) |
event; properties | Promise<void> |
Queues a diagnostic event in native storage, natively stamped with the reserved $release/$app_version properties (see Reserved event properties) when configure() set release/serviceVersion. |
screen(name, properties?) |
screen; properties | Promise<void> |
Queues $screen with $screen_name. |
reset() |
— | Promise<void> |
Logout: rotates native identity/session and clears groups. |
getDistinctId() |
— | Promise<string> |
Current identity, or "" without native configuration. |
getSessionId() |
— | Promise<string> |
Current session without extending its idle window, or "". |
Errors, messages, users, and breadcrumbs
| Function | Parameters | Returns | Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
captureError(error, options?) |
unknown; CaptureOptions |
Promise<string> |
Normalizes the value, parses Hermes/JSC frames, attaches the SDK-owned rn.captureError mechanism, and returns the native error ID. |
captureMessage(message, level?, options?) |
text; ErrorLevel; options |
Promise<string> |
Captures a message; error/fatal receive error status. |
addBreadcrumb(crumb) |
Breadcrumb |
Promise<void> |
Adds native trail context for the next error. |
setUser(user) |
AnecticoUser |
Promise<void> |
Sets native global error user context. |
clearUser() |
— | Promise<void> |
Clears that error user context. |
CaptureOptions currently transmits tags and level. Per-capture extra, user, and fingerprint
are not supported by this bridge; use setUser for user context. ErrorLevel is debug, info,
warning, error, or fatal. A Breadcrumb contains category, message, optional level, and
optional data. AnecticoUser contains id, email, username, ipAddress, and segment.
The native transport adds SDK-owned app/build, OS, and privacy-safe hardware-model context. It does not collect stable device identifiers or user-assigned device names.
Global handlers preserve and chain previous React Native handlers. On iOS and Android, every
JavaScript error has SDK-owned level, handled state, and mechanism: fatal errors are fatal /
unhandled, other errors are error / handled, and the mechanism is rn.captureError for explicit
captures, rn.globalHandler for uncaught errors, or rn.unhandledRejection for rejected promises.
Application tags cannot override those classification fields. A fatal JavaScript error bypasses
client sampling. For fatal global errors only, the bridge durably captures JavaScript frames through
a blocking native method before chaining React Native's previous handler. A five-second, one-shot
native handoff suppresses only RN's matching wrapper report; it does not suppress genuine native
crashes. Missing, throwing, or unsuccessful synchronous capture falls back to the asynchronous path
with native fallback reporting left active.
Agent runs
startAgentRun(options: AgentRunOptions): AgentRun is synchronous. It copies the options and
records a start timestamp; the native bridge attaches current identity when the run ends.
import * as Anectico from '@anectico/react-native';
const run = Anectico.startAgentRun({
agent: 'checkout-helper',
agentId: 'checkout',
agentVersion: '1.4.0',
conversationId: 'chat-42',
});
// Perform the agent's work, then declare its actual outcome.
const accepted = await run.end('completed');
// On failure instead: await run.end('failed', 'tool_failed');
AgentRunOptions.agent is required. agentId, agentVersion, and conversationId are optional strings mapping to
gen_ai.agent.id, gen_ai.agent.version, and gen_ai.conversation.id. The agent name maps to
gen_ai.agent.name. Configure and identify the customer before starting a run. A terminal record
is an invoke_agent span sent with ingest:write; it does not require an agent-read or agent-write
management scope. It is not automatic instrumentation of nested model/tool calls.
end(status?: AgentRunTerminalStatus, terminalReason?: string): Promise<boolean> defaults to
completed and accepts completed, failed, timed_out, cancelled, and max_steps.
Use a stable, non-sensitive reason code, not an exception message, prompt, or customer value.
Reasons are trimmed, lowercased, and must match ^[a-z][a-z0-9_]{0,63}$. Omitted reasons default to
timeout for a timeout, user_cancelled for cancellation, and the wire status for other outcomes.
These are source-declared outcomes; Anectico does not infer success from the absence of an error.
An invalid status or reason rejects the promise and leaves the handle open. A native false
result or rejection also leaves it open for retry. Concurrent valid end calls share the in-flight
promise; after one is accepted, later valid calls resolve true without emitting again. A true
result is native acceptance, not confirmed network delivery. Finish the run before resetting or
switching customer identity.
Backend propagation
propagationHeaders(): Promise<Record<string,string>> creates a fresh W3C traceparent and current
identity baggage. Add the returned headers only to a trusted, instrumented application backend.
They are correlation metadata, not proof of authentication.
Exported stack types
StackFrame is the bridge wire shape: filename, function, lineno, colno, and in_app. Stack
normalization/parsing is internal to captureError; applications should not construct raw bridge
errors.
Native capture receipt migration
Both bundled native sources now validate complete version-one indexed capture acknowledgements.
Mixed receipts retire queued and refused positions while retaining uncertain original events in
their durable spools. Malformed or incomplete responses remain uncertain. Ledger refusals can carry
HTTP 200 with invalid_event, quota_exceeded, or mixed_rejection; those codes cross this bridge.
Without a hint, native retry delay doubles from one second to a 60-second cap until a receipt
fully settles. Retry-After is clamped to 1–60 seconds. Published-package, device and backend qualification remains open; this is not a completed release.