diff --git a/android/android-studio/app/src/main/java/com/arduino/ide/mobile/project/SketchProject.kt b/android/android-studio/app/src/main/java/com/arduino/ide/mobile/project/SketchProject.kt
index f169dd4..2faa984 100644
--- a/android/android-studio/app/src/main/java/com/arduino/ide/mobile/project/SketchProject.kt
+++ b/android/android-studio/app/src/main/java/com/arduino/ide/mobile/project/SketchProject.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.arduino.ide.mobile.project
 
 import android.content.Context
+import android.util.Log
 import java.io.File
 
 /**
@@ -83,10 +84,15 @@ class SketchProject(
                 """.trimIndent()
             )
 
-            val sketchFiles = files.map { (name, body) ->
+            val sketchFiles = files.mapNotNull { (name, body) ->
                 val file = File(demoRoot, name)
-                file.writeText(body)
-                SketchFile(name = name, path = file.absolutePath, content = body)
+                runCatching {
+                    file.writeText(body)
+                    SketchFile(name = name, path = file.absolutePath, content = body)
+                }.getOrElse { error ->
+                    Log.e("SketchProject", "Failed to seed demo sketch file $name", error)
+                    null
+                }
             }
 
             return SketchProject("Blink", demoRoot, sketchFiles)
diff --git a/android/android-studio/app/src/main/java/com/arduino/ide/mobile/snippets/SnippetRepository.kt b/android/android-studio/app/src/main/java/com/arduino/ide/mobile/snippets/SnippetRepository.kt
index 7de3dfa..d5c2384 100644
--- a/android/android-studio/app/src/main/java/com/arduino/ide/mobile/snippets/SnippetRepository.kt
+++ b/android/android-studio/app/src/main/java/com/arduino/ide/mobile/snippets/SnippetRepository.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.arduino.ide.mobile.snippets
 
 import android.content.Context
+import android.util.Log
 import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.Preferences
 import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.edit
 import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.stringPreferencesKey
@@ -62,15 +63,20 @@ class SnippetRepository(
         .map { prefs -> parseUserSnippets(prefs) }
 
     private suspend fun loadBundledSnippets(): List<Snippet> = withContext(dispatcher) {
-        val assetManager = context.assets
-        val directories = assetManager.list("snippets") ?: emptyArray()
-        val snippets = mutableListOf<Snippet>()
-        directories.forEach { assetFile ->
-            val stream = assetManager.open("snippets/$assetFile")
-            val content = stream.bufferedReader().use { it.readText() }
-            snippets += parseSnippetArray(JSONArray(content), isUserDefined = false)
+        runCatching {
+            val assetManager = context.assets
+            val directories = assetManager.list("snippets") ?: emptyArray()
+            val snippets = mutableListOf<Snippet>()
+            directories.forEach { assetFile ->
+                val stream = assetManager.open("snippets/$assetFile")
+                val content = stream.bufferedReader().use { it.readText() }
+                snippets += parseSnippetArray(JSONArray(content), isUserDefined = false)
+            }
+            snippets
+        }.getOrElse { error ->
+            Log.e("SnippetRepository", "Failed to load bundled snippets", error)
+            emptyList()
         }
-        snippets
     }
 
     private fun parseUserSnippets(prefs: Preferences): List<Snippet> {