# Introducing Radiography

DevFeed: [Introducing Radiography](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/introducing-radiography-15713.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.squareup.com/blog/introducing-radiography>)

Author: Zach Klippenstein

Published: 2020-09-04T18:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Square Corner Blog RSS Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/square-corner-blog-rss-feed.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>), [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [Jetpack Compose](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jetpack-compose.md>)

Tags: [2-0-0](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2-0-0.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [jetpack-compose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jetpack-compose.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/library.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>)

## AI overview

Square introduces Radiography, an open-source Kotlin library that produces text descriptions of Android view hierarchies. The library is intended to provide context in automated crash reports and help debug development apps without uploading screenshots. Its initial public release is version 2.0.0 and supports scoping, filtering, and custom renderers.

## Source excerpt

Text-ray goggles for your Android views