The use of mobile applications has become one of the huge trends of this time. You can hardly find a business that does not have an app of its own. A lot of businesses are spending thousands of dollars every year to introduce new functionalities and features in their apps. Where the majority of the people love to believe that these apps are a lot different from typical software, in reality, they have the same heart under a different flesh. So they have almost the same needs as a typical software including the usage of bug management tools to identify, eliminate, and make containment plans for different issues.
Application Bugs to Watch Out For
Believe it or not, applications also share the bugs with other software. You can find a lot of similar bugs and some different ones too. We have compiled a list of the common application bugs that you must be prepared to come face to face and deal with.
Incorrect Progress Indicator
Customers love to have a progress indicator to see the progress of a process. It helps them to understand how much of the process is left and how much time it will take. However, at times, these indicators either fail to show the right success or just freezes making the user feel bad. Without an indicator, a user is lost and is expected to repeat the process over and over again as he is not aware of whether it has even started or not.
Unexpected Application Crashing
Imagine you tapping on a button and “boom”, the application crashes. This is one of the most common issues a user faces and the bug management tools check for the first. No matter how common this issue is, it is always the most annoying one to come face to face. Also, it has the most potential to make your potential and loyal customer vanishes within a few seconds.
No Error Handling
Users are ready to accept the errors as long as the businesses are honest with them through their applications. While the majority of the businesses fear the users would not understand and show 401 or 404 error, the users are hoping for the businesses to share errors in human-friendly language. So it is always better to tell the users the login credentials are invalid rather than showing them 401.
Not Specified Input Type
It is crucial for the application developers to inform the users about the type of information they are expecting. An application must be smart enough to open the numeric keyboard when it wants to gain numeric input, alphabetic keyboard when it is expecting alphabetic input and hide the input when the user is typing in the password text box. At times, developers overlook these guidelines which are then caught later and are reported to developers for a proper solution.
Conclusion
The usage of the bug management tools has become very important and beneficial for the business as it helps in identifying possible issues and fixing them at the right time! These tools have become a part of the testing routine for all of the Android, iPhone, and other mobile applications.
