React Native 0.62 RC1 was released this morning and it introduces the new LogBox debugging experience that was teased months ago! Let’s take a quick look and see how this new feature works:

Warnings

First, let’s take a look at what warnings used to look like:

And how about now with LogBox?

Much better!

Errors

Now, let’s take a look at what errors used to look like:

And how about now with LogBox?

Huge win here! We no longer are forced into the full red screen of death!

Render Errors

Alright, let’s take a look at what errors that occured in the render method used to look like:

And how about now with LogBox?

Much nicer. We now also get a view of the Component Stack and the error itself has been defined as a Component Exception

Very excited for this new feature to land in React Natve 0.62!