Mobile SDKs now support a shake gesture to open the User Feedback form. When enabled, shaking the device triggers the feedback form using the platform's built-in accelerometer without additional permissions being required.

Users often encounter bugs in the moment but have no easy way to report them. Shake-to-report gives them an always-available gesture to submit feedback without needing a visible UI element.

Setup

Android

You can enable shake-to-report at initialization. This uses the device's accelerometer and does not require any additional permissions.

SentryAndroid.init(context, options -> {
  options.getFeedbackOptions().setUseShakeGesture(true);
});

Available in Android SDK 8.36.0 (documentation)

iOS

The feature is only supported on iOS and can be enabled like below:

SentrySDK.start { options in
  options.configureUserFeedback { config in
    config.useShakeGesture = true
  }
}

Available in iOS SDK 9.7.0 (documentation)

React Native

You can enable shake-to-report declaratively via the feedbackIntegration option:

Sentry.feedbackIntegration({
  enableShakeToReport: true,
});

Or control it programmatically:

Sentry.enableFeedbackOnShake();
Sentry.disableFeedbackOnShake(); 

Available in React Native SDK 8.5.0 (documentation)

The feature is soon coming to Flutter too.