---
title: "Playground"
description: "Use the Sentry Playground to verify your React Native SDK setup is working correctly."
url: https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/react-native/manual-setup/playground/
---

# Playground | Sentry for React Native

The Sentry Playground is an interactive testing utility that helps you verify your Sentry React Native SDK is properly configured and functioning. It provides a modal interface that allows you to trigger different types of errors during development to test SDK functionality.

## [Install](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/react-native/manual-setup/playground.md#install)

The Playground is available as a separate export from the `@sentry/react-native` package:

```javascript
import { withSentryPlayground } from "@sentry/react-native/playground";
```

## [Usage](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/react-native/manual-setup/playground.md#usage)

Wrap your root component with `withSentryPlayground` to enable the Playground modal:

`App.js`

```javascript
import * as Sentry from "@sentry/react-native";
import { withSentryPlayground } from "@sentry/react-native/playground";

Sentry.init({
  dsn: "___PUBLIC_DSN___",
});

function App() {
  return <View>{/* Your app content */}</View>;
}

export default withSentryPlayground(Sentry.wrap(App));
```

### [Link to Your Sentry Project](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/react-native/manual-setup/playground.md#link-to-your-sentry-project)

You can optionally provide your `projectId` and `organizationSlug` to enable the "Open Sentry" button, which opens your Sentry issues stream directly in the browser:

`App.js`

```javascript
export default withSentryPlayground(Sentry.wrap(App), {
  projectId: "123456",
  organizationSlug: "my-org",
});
```

You can find these values in your Sentry project settings or in your DSN URL.

## [Features](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/react-native/manual-setup/playground.md#features)

When you launch your app with the Playground enabled, a modal appears with three test scenarios:

### [captureException()](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/react-native/manual-setup/playground.md#captureexception)

Tests manual error capture in a try-catch scenario. This verifies that `Sentry.captureException()` is working correctly.

```javascript
try {
  throw new Error("This is a test caught error.");
} catch (e) {
  Sentry.captureException(e);
}
```

### [throw new Error()](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/react-native/manual-setup/playground.md#throw-new-error)

Tests automatic uncaught error handling. This verifies that the React Native Global Handler is properly catching and reporting uncaught JavaScript errors.

```javascript
throw new Error("This is a test uncaught error.");
```

### [Native Crash](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/react-native/manual-setup/playground.md#native-crash)

Tests native crash reporting by triggering a crash in the native layer (Java on Android, Objective-C/Swift on iOS). This verifies that native crash handling is properly configured.

Native crash testing is only available in release builds. It is disabled in:

* Development mode (`__DEV__`)
* Expo Go
* Web builds

To test native crashes, build your app in release mode.

## [Removing the Playground](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/react-native/manual-setup/playground.md#removing-the-playground)

Once you've verified your SDK setup is working correctly, remove the Playground wrapper before deploying to production:

`App.js`

```javascript
import * as Sentry from "@sentry/react-native";
// Remove this import
// import { withSentryPlayground } from "@sentry/react-native/playground";

Sentry.init({
  dsn: "___PUBLIC_DSN___",
});

function App() {
  return <View>{/* Your app content */}</View>;
}

// Change this:
// export default withSentryPlayground(Sentry.wrap(App));
// To this:
export default Sentry.wrap(App);
```

## [Platform Support](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/react-native/manual-setup/playground.md#platform-support)

| Platform          | Playground Available | Native Crash Test |
| ----------------- | -------------------- | ----------------- |
| iOS (Release)     | Yes                  | Yes               |
| Android (Release) | Yes                  | Yes               |
| iOS (Debug)       | Yes                  | No                |
| Android (Debug)   | Yes                  | No                |
| Expo Go           | Yes                  | No                |
| Web               | No                   | No                |