Whether you are just starting out or you’re a seasoned Android developer already, you know how difficult it is to perform seemingly simple tasks. Thankfully, many have been there before you and created Android libraries and frameworks to help you develop with ease. I asked our Android team what they thought were the essential Android…
When an app crashes, a crash report containing the app conditions leading up to the crash is generated. With Instabug’s crash reporting tool, you can have detailed crash reports sent to your dashboard instantly. Each Instabug crash report captures a detailed snapshot of the running environment, the different threads’ states, the steps to reproduce the crash,…
Back in April 2020 (which feels like 20 years ago now), everyone was rightly focused on the pandemic going on, and it completely dominated the news cycle. Something that seemingly slipped a bit through the cracks was Google’s decision to follow Apple’s lead and tackle shady app subscriptions on the Google Play Store. This very…
If you’re serious about your app’s success, then integrating an in-app user feedback tool to collect bug reports and communicate with your beta testers is a no-brainer. The beta testing stage can either be the worst and messiest part of finally shipping your project, or you can automate and optimize it. After all, you didn’t…
Note: This post was originally published on Aug. 6, 2014, and was updated on Dec. 16, 2020, to reflect new features in the Instabug SDK for Android. Alright, so hopefully by now, you’ve had a chance to integrate the Instabug SDK for Android into your application and have received your first bug, crash, and feedback…
In today’s global world, mobile app localization has become a must. When implemented well, it has helped some apps improve their app store ranking, increase downloads by up to 200%, and enhance revenue by almost 30%. Now that mobile app developers and project managers are becoming more aware of these facts, the need for a…
Bug reporting is a vital part of any mobile app development process and yet it is still a confusing process that many developers spend a lot of time, money and energy trying to perfect and yet can easily be managed by following some mobile app bug reporting best practices. We’ve gathered below some mobile app…
Congratulations, you’ve finished your development process and now you’re looking to deploy your React Native app on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. While React Native is a great cross-platform development tool, it doesn’t automate the process of deploying your app to the stores. We will take you through the steps of having…
Alright, so hopefully by now, you’ve had a chance to integrate the Instabug SDK for iOS into your application and have received your first bug, crash, and feedback report. If you still haven’t, you can read here to learn how. For this post, I want to explain some of the features available with the SDK and how…
Beta testing: the rehearsal before showcasing your app to the world. The beta testing phase is a critical one in your app’s life cycle and you need to make the most of it. Finding beta testers is an integral part of this process. You need them to test your app in every possible way to make sure…
User feedback is a vital part of any mobile app development process that many people overlook or take for granted. The problem with user feedback, however, always seems to be either having too much user feedback or not enough, which is why it’s extremely important to know the best and most effective ways to collect…
Welcome to part two of Creating UI Elements Programmatically Using PureLayout. In the first part, we built a simple mobile application’s UI completely in code without the use of Storyboards or NIBs. In this tutorial, we will cover some of the most used UI elements in all applications: UINavigationController/Bar UITableView Self-sizing UITableViewCell UINavigationController Explained…