diff --git a/libpretixui-android/build.gradle b/libpretixui-android/build.gradle
index 9a62403..bc63b05 100644
--- a/libpretixui-android/build.gradle
+++ b/libpretixui-android/build.gradle
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ android {
         }
     }
     buildFeatures {
+        buildConfig = true
         dataBinding = true
         viewBinding = true
     }
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(project(':libpretixsync')) {
         transitive = false
     }
+    implementation 'io.sentry:sentry-android:8.18.0'
+
     implementation 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.12.0'
     kapt 'com.github.bumptech.glide:compiler:4.12.0'
 }
diff --git a/libpretixui-android/src/main/java/eu/pretix/libpretixui/android/utils/Anko.kt b/libpretixui-android/src/main/java/eu/pretix/libpretixui/android/utils/Anko.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29756ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libpretixui-android/src/main/java/eu/pretix/libpretixui/android/utils/Anko.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package eu.pretix.libpretixui.android.utils
+
+import android.app.Activity
+import android.content.Context
+import android.os.Handler
+import android.os.Looper
+import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference
+
+// contains excerpts from https://github.com/Kotlin/anko
+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+private object ContextHelper {
+    val handler = Handler(Looper.getMainLooper())
+}
+
+/**
+ * Execute [f] on the application UI thread.
+ */
+fun Context.runOnUiThread(f: Context.() -> Unit) {
+    if (Looper.getMainLooper() === Looper.myLooper()) f() else ContextHelper.handler.post { f() }
+}
+
+inline fun Fragment.runOnUiThread(crossinline f: () -> Unit) {
+    requireActivity().runOnUiThread { f() }
+}
+
+class AnkoAsyncContext<T>(val weakRef: WeakReference<T>)
+
+/**
+ * Execute [f] on the application UI thread if the underlying [Activity] still exists and is not finished.
+ * The receiver [Activity] will be passed to [f].
+ *  If it is not exist anymore or if it was finished, [f] will not be called.
+ */
+fun <T : Activity> AnkoAsyncContext<T>.activityUiThread(f: (T) -> Unit): Boolean {
+    val activity = weakRef.get() ?: return false
+    if (activity.isFinishing) return false
+    activity.runOnUiThread { f(activity) }
+    return true
+}
diff --git a/libpretixui-android/src/main/java/eu/pretix/libpretixui/android/utils/Async.kt b/libpretixui-android/src/main/java/eu/pretix/libpretixui/android/utils/Async.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd5fb17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libpretixui-android/src/main/java/eu/pretix/libpretixui/android/utils/Async.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package eu.pretix.libpretixui.android.utils
+
+import android.app.Dialog
+import eu.pretix.libpretixui.android.BuildConfig
+import io.sentry.Sentry
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors
+import java.util.concurrent.Future
+import kotlin.system.exitProcess
+
+val crashLogger: (Throwable) -> Unit = { throwable: Throwable ->
+    throwable.printStackTrace()
+    if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
+        exitProcess(1)
+    } else {
+        Sentry.captureException(throwable)
+    }
+}
+
+fun <T> T.doAsyncSentry(
+        exceptionHandler: ((Throwable) -> Unit)? = crashLogger,
+        task: AnkoAsyncContext<T>.() -> Unit
+): Future<Unit> {
+    val context = AnkoAsyncContext(WeakReference(this))
+    return BackgroundExecutor.submit {
+        return@submit try {
+            context.task()
+        } catch (thr: Throwable) {
+            val result = exceptionHandler?.invoke(thr)
+            if (result != null) {
+                result
+            } else {
+                Unit
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+internal object BackgroundExecutor {
+    var executor: ExecutorService =
+            Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(2 * Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors())
+
+    fun <T> submit(task: () -> T): Future<T> = executor.submit(task)
+}
+
+fun Dialog.safeDismiss() {
+    try {
+        dismiss()
+    } catch (e: IllegalArgumentException) {
+        e.printStackTrace()
+    }
+}
+
+fun Dialog.safeCancel() {
+    try {
+        cancel()
+    } catch (e: IllegalArgumentException) {
+        e.printStackTrace()
+    }
+}