Road to Console Support

[bitsandfoxes]

Console Support Roadmap

The C# layer is expected to work on all console platforms. This roadmap tracks the implementation of native support for gaming consoles.

Current Status

Completed:

• ✅ AnalyticsSessionInfo Restriction - feat: Fallback for user ID on console #2309
  • Currenty code continues to use AnalyticsSessionInfo.userId as fallback on supported platforms
  • Follow Up: Fetch user ID from sentry-native. See Set a persisted uuid as user.id so Sentry can identify number of impacted users sentry-native#1324
• ✅ Xbox Support - feat: Xbox Native Support #2314
  • Added UNITY_GAMECORE preprocessor directive in SentryInitialization.cs to enable the use of sentry-native
  • Xbox uses dynamic linking with sentry-native (same as Desktop)
  • Automatic Symbol Upload
  • Follow Up: Fetch OS from sentry-native

Remaining Work

Nintendo Switch Support:

• Switch support POC from feat: Nintendo Switch support #2198
  • Add UNITY_SWITCH preprocessor directive (similar to UNITY_GAMECORE in SentryInitialization.cs)
  • Implement static linking with sentry-native (different from Xbox's dynamic approach)
  • Same as on all console platforms: Fetch userId some sentry-native
  • Question: Does fetching OS work?

PlayStation Support:

• PlayStation support not yet implemented - But crash capture happens automatically.
• Add PlayStation preprocessor directive (similar to existing console patterns)
• Implement static linking with sentry-native
• Alternative userId mechanism for restricted console environment
  • With the changes to AnalyticsSessionInfo.userId the C# layer should be unblocked. The sync between C# and native is missing

[bruno-garcia]

Nintendo Switch support has some additional info on this private ticket:

• https://github.com/getsentry/team-gdx/issues/20