Api change and fault proneness: A threat to the success of android apps

M Linares-Vásquez, G Bavota… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - dl.acm.org
During the recent years, the market of mobile software applications (apps) has maintained
an impressive upward trajectory. Many small and large software development companies …

The impact of api change-and fault-proneness on the user ratings of android apps

G Bavota, M Linares-Vasquez… - IEEE Transactions …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The mobile apps market is one of the fastest growing areas in the information technology. In
digging their market share, developers must pay attention to building robust and reliable …

[PDF][PDF] Revisiting prior empirical findings for mobile apps: An empirical case study on the 15 most popular open-source Android apps

MD Syer, M Nagappan, AE Hassan… - Proceedings of the 2013 …, 2013 - researchgate.net
Our increasing reliance on mobile devices has led to the explosive development of millions
of mobile apps across multiple platforms that are used by millions of people around the …

An empirical study of api stability and adoption in the android ecosystem

T McDonnell, B Ray, M Kim - 2013 IEEE International …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
When APIs evolve, clients make corresponding changes to their applications to utilize new
or updated APIs. Despite the benefits of new or updated APIs, developers are often slow to …

Automated API-usage update for Android apps

M Fazzini, Q Xin, A Orso - Proceedings of the 28th ACM SIGSOFT …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Mobile apps rely heavily on the application programming interface (API) provided by their
underlying operating system (OS). Because OS and API can change frequently, developers …

Characterising deprecated android apis

L Li, J Gao, TF Bissyandé, L Ma, X Xia… - Proceedings of the 15th …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Because of functionality evolution, or security and performance-related changes, some APIs
eventually become unnecessary in a software system and thus need to be cleaned to …

Cid: Automating the detection of api-related compatibility issues in android apps

L Li, TF Bissyandé, H Wang, J Klein - Proceedings of the 27th ACM …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
The Android Application Programming Interface provides the necessary building blocks for
app developers to harness the functionalities of the Android devices, including for interacting …

Why my app crashes? understanding and benchmarking framework-specific exceptions of android apps

T Su, L Fan, S Chen, Y Liu, L Xu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile apps have become ubiquitous. Ensuring their correctness and reliability is important.
However, many apps still suffer from occasional to frequent crashes, weakening their …

Large-scale analysis of framework-specific exceptions in android apps

L Fan, T Su, S Chen, G Meng, Y Liu, L Xu… - Proceedings of the 40th …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Mobile apps have become ubiquitous. For app developers, it is a key priority to ensure their
apps' correctness and reliability. However, many apps still suffer from occasional to frequent …

How developers detect and fix performance bottlenecks in android apps

M Linares-Vasquez, C Vendome, Q Luo… - 2015 IEEE …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Performance of rapidly evolving mobile apps is one of the top concerns for users and
developers nowadays. Despite the efforts of researchers and mobile API designers to …