android-tombstone-symbolication

SKILL.md

Android Tombstone .NET Symbolication

Resolves native backtrace frames from .NET Android app crashes (MAUI, Xamarin, Mono) to function names, source files, and line numbers using ELF BuildIds and Microsoft's symbol server.

Inputs: Tombstone file or logcat crash output, llvm-symbolizer (from Android NDK or any LLVM 14+ toolchain), internet access for symbol downloads.

Do not use when: The crash is a managed .NET exception (visible in logcat with a managed stack trace), the crashing library is not a .NET component (e.g., libart.so), or the tombstone is from iOS.

Workflow

Step 1: Parse the Tombstone Backtrace

Each backtrace frame has this format:

#NN pc OFFSET  /path/to/library.so (optional_symbol+0xNN) (BuildId: HEXSTRING)