TheWidlarzGroup/react-native-video

Improve and unify error reporting across platforms

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#2,694 opened on May 25, 2022

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Description

Feature Request

Currently our error reporting is limited and in some cases not even useful when providing a string from resources instead of the actual error message. We should unify error codes across all platforms and only use actual error messages.

Why it is needed

It is best if there is consistency across all platforms and errors have useful and correct information included in them instead of identical generic messages that not always represent the issue correctly.

Contributor guide

Tech stack
react nativejavascript
Domain
mobile
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
4
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
3-5 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
React Native basicsNative platform error handling
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
35
Research direction
Examine the current error handling implementation in both Android and iOS native modules. Identify where generic error messages are returned and where platform specific errors are used. Propose a unified error code scheme and update the JavaScript interface to expose consistent error objects. Look at previous commits or related issues for context.