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 …

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 …

Too many user-reviews! what should app developers look at first?

E Noei, F Zhang, Y Zou - IEEE Transactions on Software …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the rapid growth in the number of mobile applications (apps) in the past few years,
succeeding in mobile app markets has become ruthless. Online app markets, such as …

Examining the relationship between findbugs warnings and app ratings

H Khalid, M Nagappan, AE Hassan - Ieee Software, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the mobile-app ecosystem, user ratings of apps (a measure of user perception) are
extremely important because they correlate strongly with downloads and hence revenue. A …

[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 …

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 …

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 …

A study of the relation of mobile device attributes with the user-perceived quality of Android apps

E Noei, MD Syer, Y Zou, AE Hassan… - Empirical Software …, 2017 - Springer
The number of mobile applications (apps) and mobile devices has increased considerably
over the past few years. Online app markets, such as the Google Play Store, use a star …

Prioritizing the devices to test your app on: A case study of android game apps

H Khalid, M Nagappan, E Shihab… - Proceedings of the 22nd …, 2014 - dl.acm.org
Star ratings that are given by the users of mobile apps directly impact the revenue of its
developers. At the same time, for popular platforms like Android, these apps must run on …

Examining the rating system used in mobile-app stores

IJM Ruiz, M Nagappan, B Adams, T Berger… - Ieee …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unlike products on Amazon. com, mobile apps are continuously evolving, with new versions
rapidly replacing the old ones. Nevertheless, many app stores still use an Amazon-style …