Everyone gets an idea for an app at one point or another, but not every idea is destined to make it. That doesn’t mean they shouldn’t at least be tested or see the light of day. Even huge corporations get ideas for apps for their services but building an app and the accompanying service needs…
It’s 2021 and the mobile app market is still growing vastly. And with it, there is a continuously growing need for better testing methods. A study by Kobiton showed that companies are willing to invest more and more in mobile app testing. 79% said that they will spend more on mobile app testing next year…
While powerful on its own, Swift can always be improved with different libraries and frameworks. It usually starts with a developer finding difficulties or not being able to do a certain thing, and finds a creative solution to the problem that others can use. Whether you’re still starting out as an iOS developer or you’re…
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…
With the abundance of apps available, mobile users now have a really low tolerance towards apps with poor performance. This is not limited to bugs and crashes as users also take things just like the app’s speed and battery consumption into consideration. According to a report by Dimensional Research, 49% of users expect apps to…
Creating mobile applications has always been a fundamental pillar of the tech industry but having multiple platforms for which different apps need to be developed has been an issue for some time. Apart from having to maintain two teams, one for Android and one for iOS, there’s always a gap between the applications developed as…
For as long as coding has existed computer scientists have sought to abstract as much as possible. With how essential apps are to our day-to-day lives, a huge focus shifted towards making app development as easy as possible without sacrificing quality. Cross-platform app development solutions developed by the biggest tech companies out there are trying…
We’ve all seen the headlines over the past couple of years; the next big thing is here and it’s 5G. Articles and news stories from all industries are saying that 5G mobile networks are here to revolutionize the way we live. And it’s easy to see why. The world is becoming increasingly dependent on the…
Deliver the fastest and most reliable experience for your users and outperform your competition Monitoring app performance helps you take a proactive approach towards improving quality instead of waiting for a crash or error to occur or hearing negative feedback from users. Instabug’s APM tool helps you track key metrics to improve your app’s…
In this post, we will take a look at two of the top mobile app quality platforms out there, Instabug vs Firebase. These tools can help you monitor your app’s performance and crashes, as well as errors, network requests, battery consumption, and more. Similarities between Instabug vs Firebase The worst-case scenario for any…