Tips to repro bugs on Android
• If you know where it happenend, try to use an environment as similar as possible. Device, Network, Appversion, etc. For fedi apps, same instance, same post, etc.
• Try with spotty network and offline
• Try after a cold start, and after bringing the app to the foreground.
• Turn on the developer option "don't keep activities". This helps simulate the system memory killing old activities and can expose very weird behavior.
• Rotate the screen
Tips to repro bugs on Android
• click fast
• or super slow
• Not all bugs happen in debug versions. Code shrinking etc should not but can alter the behavior.
• To repro race conditions I often manipulate the code to make stuff take exactly as long as necessary for the race to occur
• For visual glitches, turn animation speed down in developer settings. You will see exactly what is happening.
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