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Finotes reports performance issues, memory leaks, crashes, abnormal memory usage, API call failures, error response code, duplicate calls and delays, wrong return value in functions, execution delays and exceptions in mobile apps. SDK available in Java, Kotlin, Swift and Objective-C for Android, iOS, watchOS, tvOS, wear OS & Android TV apps.

Google vs Oracle - Implications of Supreme Court verdict for Android app ecosystem

Robin Alex Panicker

Apr 8
2 min

Google vs Oracle - Implications of Supreme Court verdict for Android app ecosystem

The dispute was if Google was right in using the APIs of JAVA SE, and providing its own implementation. Supreme Court said 'Yes'.

Identifying root cause of ANR in android apps

Robin Alex Panicker

Mar 26
1 min

Identifying root cause of ANR in android apps

ANR in Android apps is one of the most common issues. Finotes helps not just in detecting the ANR, but also in identifying the root cause.

Finotes Android SDK (Kotlin and Java) version 3.3.0 released

Don Peter

Mar 21
1 min

Finotes Android SDK (Kotlin and Java) version 3.3.0 released

Finotes SDK version 3.3.0 for Java and Kotlin are now publicly available with improved ANR reporting, more data points for HTTP issues.

Finotes Framework for iOS moves a step closer to no-code

Don Peter

Mar 17
1 min

Finotes Framework for iOS moves a step closer to no-code

Finotes Framework 3.3.0 comes with no code HTTP(s) tracking and auto capture of UIViewController lifecycle events.

How not to be a stupid software engineer.

Robin Alex Panicker

Feb 19
3 min

How not to be a stupid software engineer.

Code of a global major's internal software gets leaked, a bank losing $500M, and tier 1 companies burning $900B in digital transformation.

Monitoring HTTP requests in Android apps

Don Peter

Jan 31
3 min

Monitoring HTTP requests in Android apps

Failures in HTTP calls are critical as it affects the functioning of the mobile app, which may lead to users uninstalling the app.

State of bugs in mobile apps - Finotes report for year 2020

Robin Alex Panicker

Jan 30
2 min

State of bugs in mobile apps - Finotes report for year 2020

Why do we need to monitor features for failures in Android apps?

Don Peter

Dec 28, 2020
3 min

Why do we need to monitor features for failures in Android apps?

Finotes provides a mechanism to monitor execution of functions in a defined sequence. This helps in monitoring features.

Handling bugs that can be anticipated in Android apps.

Don Peter

Nov 21, 2020
2 min

Handling bugs that can be anticipated in Android apps.

By integrating a bug reporting tool like Finotes, mobile app developers will be able to report anticipated failure scenarios

How to detect screen load delays in Android apps

Don Peter

Oct 21, 2020
2 min

How to detect screen load delays in Android apps

In Android apps screen load delay occurs when the main thread executes time consuming processes while loading a new activity or fragment.

How to detect abnormal memory usage and memory spikes in iOS apps

Don Peter

Oct 5, 2020
3 min

How to detect abnormal memory usage and memory spikes in iOS apps

When iOS app consumes increasing amount of memory, it may lead to app crash. Finotes reports high memory usage with data to reproduce them.

How to detect and fix frame rate issues in iOS apps.

Don Peter

Sep 10, 2020
3 min

How to detect and fix frame rate issues in iOS apps.

With basic integration, Finotes is capable of detecting frame rate issues in iOS apps.

How to avoid energy bugs caused by wake lock in Android apps.

Don Peter

Aug 25, 2020
3 min

How to avoid energy bugs caused by wake lock in Android apps.

Wake locks determine whether the CPU or screen should stay awake or go to sleep. Don explains how No Sleep bugs & Loop bugs can be avoided.

How to detect and fix ANR issues in Android apps.

Don Peter

Jul 23, 2020
3 min

How to detect and fix ANR issues in Android apps.

To avoid ANR in Android apps, processes that take more than 16 milli seconds should be executed through worker threads.

How to Detect Memory Leaks in WatchOS apps that are created using Objective-C or Swift

Don Peter

Jun 19, 2020
2 min

How to Detect Memory Leaks in WatchOS apps that are created using Objective-C or Swift

Memory leak is a critical bug in watchOS apps, that often go unnoticed during development. Memory leaks can lead to EXC_BAD_ACCESS error.

Don Peter

Jun 4, 2020
1 min

What are the common bugs in iOS apps

API bugs contribute 45% of all bugs in iOS, followed by crashes at 25%. Memory leaks contribute 10%. Frame skips came next at 5%.

What are the common bugs in Android apps?

Don Peter

May 30, 2020
1 min

What are the common bugs in Android apps?

Crashes contributed 33.3% of all bugs reported, followed by API bugs at 29.2%. Memory leaks are at 16.7%. Delayed screen loading is at 12.5%

How to detect abnormal memory usage and memory spikes in Android Apps

Don Peter

May 23, 2020
3 min

How to detect abnormal memory usage and memory spikes in Android Apps

Finotes detects and reports abnormal memory usage and memory spikes. Of course it detects memory leaks as well.

How to Detect API issues in WatchOS Apps

Don Peter

May 11, 2020
1 min

How to Detect API issues in WatchOS Apps

Finotes is capable of reporting API issues like status code errors, delay in API call execution, duplicate API calls.

Don Peter

Apr 26, 2020
3 min

How to detect bugs in WatchOS apps

Finotes framework for watchOS is capable of automatically identifying and reporting unanticipated issues in live apps.

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