© Mark Wickham 2018
Mark WickhamPractical Androidhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3333-7_4

4. Remote Crash Logs

Mark Wickham1 
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Dallas, Texas, USA
 

4.1 Introduction

When creating and releasing Android apps, crashes are inevitable.

No matter how hard you try to prevent crashes, the nature of the mobile platform combined with the large number of unknown and untested devices will lead to undesired crashes.

Defining a test methodology is important so you can know when your app is ready to be shipped. Typically, you might only be able to test your apps on a few devices you own or have access to. A more robust test methodology would include testing on many devices, perhaps by making use of a third-party service. Unfortunately, regardless of the resources ...

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