open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-android

Add build-time auto-instrumentation for @WithSpan

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enhancement help wanted
Dominant language
Kotlin
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Avg merge
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Description

Would be nice if we could leverage the @WithSpan attribute from the upstream instrumentation repo and have build-time bytecode weaving to support it in user code.

Start by looking at WithSpanInstrumentation (link).

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the upstream WithSpanInstrumentation.java linked in the issue, then trace this repository’s build-time bytecode-weaving path. Done means @WithSpan in user code is supported through build-time weaving; the issue provides no test or more specific acceptance criteria.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java, kotlin
Domain
build-system, mobile-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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