• by Ben Frederick  @mp_benfred, February 24, 2016

Twitter released a new mobile app this week for mobile developers that uses Twitter’s Fabric toolkit to see how their apps are performing in real time.

If something goes wrong, the app can send a push notification with notes on how to fix the problem. Or if a developer wants performance updates without a desktop or laptop handy, they can check the app on their phones.

The app is currently available on iOS and Android for free for developers that use Fabric.

Fabric is by no means a new service—released in 2014, its goal was to provide developers with an easier way to integrate Twitter into their apps, including sharing tweets, signing in with Twitter, and monetizing through MoPub’s ad exchange.

More than 250,000 mobile app developers use some piece of Fabric or its other services, Crashlytics and Answers. Until now, they’ve only been able to use Fabric through laptops or desktops.

The release of the app appears to be part of Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey’s plan to reach out to developers again after the company’s relationship with the developer community soured several years ago, leading to stagnation on their platform.

Twitter has come under close scrutiny since Dorsey stepped back into the driver’s seat. So far, analysts have come around, though investors continue to punish the social media company’s stock prices.

Courting developers is one way to make Twitter more relevant and re-engage the platforms’ formerly failing user base--a move that many hope Dorsey can pull off.