Appearance (7.x Beta)

7.x Beta

This page documents the 7.x beta. In 7.x, the monolithic BugseeAppearance data class from 6.x has been replaced by a typed Appearance contract with namespaced string property keys. Those keys are declared as constants on three sibling contract interfaces:

• ReportAppearance (core, bugsee-android) — bug-report UI colors and placeholders.
• NotificationAppearance (core, bugsee-android) — notification trigger title.
• FeedbackAppearance (feedback extension, bugsee-android-feedback) — feedback / chat UI colors.

See the 6.x → 7.x migration guide for the field-rename mapping.

Accessing appearance

The entry point is Bugsee.getAppearance(), which returns a com.bugsee.library.contracts.appearance.Appearance instance. Unlike the 6.x data class, the 7.x Appearance exposes only typed getters and setters:

Appearance setColor(String propertyName, Integer color);
Integer    getColor(String propertyName);
Appearance setString(String propertyName, String value);
String     getString(String propertyName);

Setters return the Appearance instance for chaining. Property keys are the namespaced String constants exposed on ReportAppearance, NotificationAppearance, and FeedbackAppearance.

Java

import com.bugsee.library.Bugsee;
import com.bugsee.library.contracts.appearance.Appearance;
import com.bugsee.library.contracts.appearance.ReportAppearance;
import com.bugsee.library.contracts.appearance.FeedbackAppearance;

Appearance appearance = Bugsee.getAppearance();
appearance
    .setColor(ReportAppearance.ActionBarColor, Color.BLACK)
    .setColor(FeedbackAppearance.OutgoingBubbleColor, Color.BLUE);

Kotlin

import com.bugsee.library.Bugsee
import com.bugsee.library.contracts.appearance.ReportAppearance
import com.bugsee.library.contracts.appearance.FeedbackAppearance

Bugsee.getAppearance()
    .setColor(ReportAppearance.ActionBarColor, Color.BLACK)
    .setColor(FeedbackAppearance.OutgoingBubbleColor, Color.BLUE)

Always reference the constants on the contract interfaces — don't type the raw namespaced strings (e.g. "Report::ActionBarColor") directly.

ReportAppearance

Package: com.bugsee.library.contracts.appearance.ReportAppearance. Shipped with the core bugsee-android library. Controls the built-in bug-reporting UI.

Constant	Setter	Purpose
ReportAppearance.ActionBarColor	setColor	Action bar background color in the Report UI.
ReportAppearance.EditTextBackgroundColor	setColor	EditText background color in the Report UI.
ReportAppearance.VersionColor	setColor	Bugsee version label text color.
ReportAppearance.TextColor	setColor	TextView and EditText text color.
ReportAppearance.HintColor	setColor	EditText hint text color.
ReportAppearance.ActionBarTextColor	setColor	Action bar button text color.
ReportAppearance.ActionBarButtonBackgroundClickedColor	setColor	Action bar button background in the clicked state.
ReportAppearance.BackgroundColor	setColor	Report UI background color.
ReportAppearance.SeverityLabelActiveColor	setColor	Severity label text color in the active state.
ReportAppearance.SummaryPlaceholder	setString	Placeholder displayed in the Summary field.
ReportAppearance.DescriptionPlaceholder	setString	Placeholder displayed in the Description field.
ReportAppearance.LabelsPlaceholder	setString	Placeholder displayed in the Labels field.
ReportAppearance.EmailPlaceholder	setString	Placeholder displayed in the Email field.

Java

Bugsee.getAppearance()
    .setColor(ReportAppearance.ActionBarColor, Color.parseColor("#263238"))
    .setColor(ReportAppearance.BackgroundColor, Color.WHITE)
    .setString(ReportAppearance.SummaryPlaceholder, "What went wrong?");

Kotlin

Bugsee.getAppearance()
    .setColor(ReportAppearance.ActionBarColor, Color.parseColor("#263238"))
    .setColor(ReportAppearance.BackgroundColor, Color.WHITE)
    .setString(ReportAppearance.SummaryPlaceholder, "What went wrong?")

NotificationAppearance

Package: com.bugsee.library.contracts.appearance.NotificationAppearance. Shipped with the core bugsee-android library. Controls the notification-based report trigger.

Constant	Setter	Purpose
NotificationAppearance.Title	setString	Title shown in the Bugsee system notification.

note

The 6.x NotificationTitleResId field has no 7.x equivalent. Resolve the string resource yourself and pass the resolved value via NotificationAppearance.Title.

Java

Bugsee.getAppearance()
    .setString(NotificationAppearance.Title, getString(R.string.bugsee_notification_title));

Kotlin

Bugsee.getAppearance()
    .setString(NotificationAppearance.Title, getString(R.string.bugsee_notification_title))

FeedbackAppearance

Package: com.bugsee.library.contracts.appearance.FeedbackAppearance. Shipped with the feedback extension module (bugsee-android-feedback) and only available when that module is on the classpath. Controls colors in the feedback / chat UI.

Constant	Setter	Purpose
FeedbackAppearance.ActionBarColor	setColor	Action bar background color.
FeedbackAppearance.BackgroundColor	setColor	Feedback UI background color.
FeedbackAppearance.ActionBarButtonBackgroundClickedColor	setColor	Action bar button background in the clicked state.
FeedbackAppearance.IncomingBubbleColor	setColor	Incoming message bubble background.
FeedbackAppearance.OutgoingBubbleColor	setColor	Outgoing message bubble background.
FeedbackAppearance.IncomingTextColor	setColor	Incoming message text color.
FeedbackAppearance.OutgoingTextColor	setColor	Outgoing message text color.
FeedbackAppearance.DateTextColor	setColor	Message date text color.
FeedbackAppearance.TitleTextColor	setColor	Action bar title text color.
FeedbackAppearance.EmailSkipTextColor	setColor	"Skip" button text color in the ask-for-email dialog.
FeedbackAppearance.EmailSkipBackgroundClickedColor	setColor	"Skip" button background in the clicked state.
FeedbackAppearance.EmailBackgroundColor	setColor	Ask-for-email dialog background.
FeedbackAppearance.EmailContinueNotActiveColor	setColor	"Continue" button background in the disabled state.
FeedbackAppearance.EmailContinueActiveColor	setColor	"Continue" button background in the enabled state.
FeedbackAppearance.EmailContinueClickedColor	setColor	"Continue" button background in the clicked state.
FeedbackAppearance.InputTextColor	setColor	Input message text color.
FeedbackAppearance.InputTextHintColor	setColor	Input message hint text color.
FeedbackAppearance.BottomDelimiterColor	setColor	Delimiter between the message list and the input field.
FeedbackAppearance.LoadingBarBackgroundColor	setColor	Background of the loading / status bar.
FeedbackAppearance.LoadingTextColor	setColor	Text color in the loading bar.
FeedbackAppearance.ErrorTextColor	setColor	Error description text color.
FeedbackAppearance.VersionChangedBackgroundColor	setColor	Background of the "version changed" bar.
FeedbackAppearance.VersionChangedTextColor	setColor	Text color of the "version changed" bar.

Java

Bugsee.getAppearance()
    .setColor(FeedbackAppearance.IncomingBubbleColor, Color.parseColor("#ECEFF1"))
    .setColor(FeedbackAppearance.OutgoingBubbleColor, Color.parseColor("#1E88E5"))
    .setColor(FeedbackAppearance.OutgoingTextColor, Color.WHITE);

Kotlin

Bugsee.getAppearance()
    .setColor(FeedbackAppearance.IncomingBubbleColor, Color.parseColor("#ECEFF1"))
    .setColor(FeedbackAppearance.OutgoingBubbleColor, Color.parseColor("#1E88E5"))
    .setColor(FeedbackAppearance.OutgoingTextColor, Color.WHITE)

Timing

Bugsee.getAppearance() is safe to call before or after the SDK is launched — the returned Appearance instance is process-wide and persists across Bugsee.launch() / Bugsee.stop() / Bugsee.relaunch() cycles. Apply your appearance overrides as early as convenient (for example, in your Application.onCreate() alongside launch configuration) so they are in effect before any report dialog, notification, or feedback activity is shown.