Catch errors sooner so users can recover more easily

src/components/views/messages/TileErrorBoundary.js

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+/*
+Copyright 2020 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+
+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.
+*/
+
+import React from 'react';
+import classNames from 'classnames';
+import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
+import * as sdk from '../../../index';
+import Modal from '../../../Modal';
+
+export default class TileErrorBoundary extends React.Component {
+    constructor(props) {
+        super(props);
+
+        this.state = {
+            error: null,
+        };
+    }
+
+    static getDerivedStateFromError(error) {
+        // Side effects are not permitted here, so we only update the state so
+        // that the next render shows an error message.
+        return { error };
+    }
+
+    _onBugReport = () => {
+        const BugReportDialog = sdk.getComponent("dialogs.BugReportDialog");
+        if (!BugReportDialog) {
+            return;
+        }
+        Modal.createTrackedDialog('Bug Report Dialog', '', BugReportDialog, {
+            label: 'react-soft-crash-tile',
+        });
+    };
+
+    render() {
+        if (this.state.error) {
+            const classes = {
+                mx_EventTile: true,
+                mx_EventTile_info: true,
+                mx_EventTile_content: true,
+                mx_EventTile_tileError: true,
+            };
+            return (<div className={classNames(classes)}>
+                <div className="mx_EventTile_line">
+                    <span>
+                        {_t("An error occurred while rendering this event.")}
+                        <a onClick={this._onBugReport} href="#">
+                            {_t("Submit debug logs")}
+                        </a>
+                    </span>
+                </div>
+            </div>);
+        }
+
+        return this.props.children;
+    }
+}