Android - Qa-apk <LATEST>

Invest the two hours to set up the qa build variant today. Your testers will stop pinging you on Slack every five minutes, and your release nights will be far less chaotic.

Release builds send crashes to Firebase or Sentry. QA builds should do that plus save the last 10 crashes to internal storage. Android - QA-APK

// Inside your QA Application class if (BuildConfig.FLAVOR == "qa") FloatingDebugView.show(context).apply addAction("Copy Logs") copyRecentLogs() addAction("Mock GPS: NYC") mockLocationService.set(40.7128, -74.0060) addAction("Crash Test") throw RuntimeException("Manual crash triggered by QA") setNetworkInterceptor request, response -> // Log to a local database Invest the two hours to set up the qa build variant today

The problem isn’t your testing skills; it’s the build type. Relying on standard debug builds for QA or, worse, release builds is a recipe for frustration. Android - QA-APK