Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release?

From	Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release?
Date	2024-07-12 15:37 +0200
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Jeff Layman, 2024-07-10 10:05:

> I've been playing Solitaire Klondike ad free on my Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 
> for almost 3 years. It's an old app and there have been no updates until 
> today, when one came through (for compatibility with Android 13 IIRC). 
> I've been on 13 for some time, but thought it might be worth updating 
> the app in case other changes had been made. So against my better 
> judgement I installed the update.

[...]

> I can't believe that this update was properly tested before release, 
> unless for some reason it's only my phone it doesn't like.

Apps can just be published without any test at all. Google only checks
for known malicious elements with automated tests and blocks apps which
are considedered to be harmful.

But testing with real devices and different Android versions is still
the responsibility of the publisher. You may just have bad luck since
Xiaomi also implements their own UI including changing the behaviour of
the graphics output (e.g. custom "dark mode" even for apps which do not
support that etc.). Maybe this causes some problems with that game.

You can report this to the publisher - maybe they will provide an update
to fix this. However if no one ever reports issues like this, they will
never get fixed.

-- 
Arno Welzel
https://arnowelzel.de

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Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2024-07-10 09:05 +0100
  Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-07-10 11:41 -0500
    Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2024-07-11 18:58 +0100
      Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2024-07-11 21:56 +0100
      Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-07-11 21:29 +0000
        Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2024-07-12 09:50 +0100
          Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-07-12 14:03 +0000
      Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-07-12 15:38 +0200
  Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2024-07-12 08:14 +0100
  Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-07-12 15:37 +0200
    Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-07-12 14:09 +0000
      Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-07-14 15:27 +0200
  Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2024-07-13 16:17 +0100
    Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-07-13 18:17 +0000
      Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2024-07-14 09:20 +0100
        Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-07-14 23:27 +0000
          Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2024-07-15 08:41 +0100
            Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-07-15 13:36 +0000
            Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-07-15 19:15 +0100
      Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-07-14 15:28 +0200
        Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-07-14 23:27 +0000
          Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-07-15 09:20 +0200
            Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2024-07-15 09:10 +0100
              Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-07-15 13:21 +0000
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