# dt-setup-android

Instruments an Android app with the Dynatrace Mobile Agent for initial telemetry. Configures Gradle files, agent credentials, and user privacy opt-in.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 857 installs · ★ 167
- Author: Dynatrace
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai/tree/HEAD/skills/dt-setup-android/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/dt-setup-android

## What it does

The skill automates the basic setup of Dynatrace Mobile Agent in Kotlin and Java Android apps. It inspects the root folder for `settings.gradle` or `settings.gradle.kts` and validates your build stack. Minimum requirements are strict: Gradle 7.0.2, AGP 7.0, and Java 11. Build checks use `./gradlew --version` directly because `java -version` often points to an unrelated system JDK.

Next, it discovers the module applying `com.android.application`, prompts for `applicationId` and `beaconUrl`, and asks about Session Replay. The opt-in code goes into the `Application` class or the launcher activity inside `AndroidManifest.xml`. Keep in mind this tool handles zero-to-first-event setup only. Custom actions, privacy policies, and crash grouping still require manual setup via Dynatrace documentation.

Safety checks run before any edits happen. If a build fails or a file cannot be patched, the skill stops immediately and reverts all changed files. It will not leave your repository in a half-configured state.

## Requirements
- Works with: Dynatrace

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai --skill dt-setup-android -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/dt-setup-android/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/dt-setup-android/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai --skill dt-setup-android -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/dt-setup-android/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai --skill dt-setup-android -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/dt-setup-android/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai dt-setup-android
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/dt-setup-android/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai --skill dt-setup-android -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai --path skills/dt-setup-android
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/dt-setup-android/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai --skill dt-setup-android -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/Dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai/tree/HEAD/skills/dt-setup-android/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Add the Dynatrace Gradle plugin to Android build files
- Inject privacy opt-in logic into the Application class
- Configure mobile agent telemetry with applicationId and beaconUrl
- Set up initial monitoring without manual manifest parsing

## Example prompts
- Instrument this Android project with Dynatrace for basic monitoring
- Add Dynatrace mobile agent to our app and configure the beacon URL
- Set up Dynatrace telemetry with Session Replay enabled in this repository

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: dt-setup-android
description: 'Instruments an existing Android project (Kotlin or Java) with the Dynatrace Mobile Agent for basic monitoring. Covers zero-to-first-event setup only: Gradle plugin, agent config, and user privacy opt-in. Do not use for advanced Dynatrace configuration beyond initial instrumentation.'
license: Apache-2.0
---

# Android Dynatrace Instrumentation

> **Scope:** Basic setup only — from zero to first event. For anything beyond initial instrumentation (custom actions, crash grouping, data privacy policies, etc.) refer to the Dynatrace documentation directly.

## Phase 1: Preflight

Before doing anything else, check that the current directory is an Android project root by looking for `settings.gradle.kts` or `settings.gradle`. If neither exists, **stop and tell the user this is not an Android project root**, and ask them to navigate to the correct directory.

Then verify the following minimum requirements. If any are not met, **stop and inform the user** of what needs to be upgraded before proceeding:

| Requirement                 | Minimum |
| --------------------------- | ------- |
| Gradle                      | 7.0.2   |
| Android Gradle Plugin (AGP) | 7.0     |
| JVM                         | Java 11 |

Run `./gradlew --version` (or `gradlew.bat --version` on Windows). The output covers both Gradle and the actual JVM Gradle is using (the `Daemon JVM` line), which may differ from the system Java when the project is opened in Android Studio or IntelliJ. Do not use `java -version` — it may report a different JDK than what the build actually runs on. The AGP version is declared in the root build file.

## Phase 2: Detect existing setup

If a `dynatrace { }` block or a `configure<com.dynatrace.tools.android.dsl.DynatraceExtension> { }` block (also written as `configure<DynatraceExtension> { }` when the class is imported) is found anywhere in the build files, read it and extract if present:

- `applicationId` (the value passed to `applicationId(...)` or `applicationId '...'`)
- `beaconUrl` (the value passed to `beaconUrl(...)` or `beaconUrl '...'`)

Save these as pre-filled values to carry into Phase 3. If either value is absent or uses a placeholder (e.g. `YOUR_APPLICATION_ID`), treat it as not found. Proceed to Phase 3.

## Phase 3: Collect inputs

**First**, ask only for:

1. `applicationId` — Dynatrace application ID. Tell the user this can be found in their Dynatrace tenant, inside the mobile application they have already created. If a value was extracted in Phase 2, show it as the current value and ask the user to confirm or replace it.
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