Re: Are Playstore app updates tested before release?

On 10/07/2024 17:41, VanguardLH wrote:

Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> wrote:
 

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.
>
On running, it locked the phone up with a green screen (the app
background colour - baize green), instead of advancing to the card
layout. Even when working with the previous version the app hadn't, by
design, shown the system buttons at the bottom of the screen. In the end
I had to reboot the phone to get back control. I uninstalled and
reinstalled the app and tried again with the same result. I did find
that after several attempts swiping up on the green screen would show
the system buttons for a few seconds, and I could get back to the
phone's main screen. I've uninstalled the app.
>
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.

 "How to publish an Android App on Google Play Store: A step-by-step
guide"
https://orangesoft.co/blog/how-to-publish-an-android-app-on-google-play-store
 Google reviews all app submissions, but I doubt a real person is
involved in every review of every app and every version of an app.  They
likely run a battery of automated tests to check for compliance.
 https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/14151465?hl=en

Is any testing done for updates other than by the developer? That webpage states "If your application is successful, you can access Production ... and can make your app available to billions of users on Google Play when you think it's ready ... We recommend testing your app extensively before publishing it to production, and routinely testing any future updates you make."
I interpret that as after the initial release, any update testing is up to the dev.

A search at the Play Store on "solitaire klondike"
 https://play.google.com/store/search?q=solitaire%20klondike&c=apps
 finds several apps with those words in the app name.  You didn't give
the URL to the app in Google's Play Store for anyone else to know which
one you are discussing.

There are very few ad-free. The one I was referring to is:
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.potatojam.classic.solitaire.klondike>
Note the "What's New" at the bottom:
"Fix bug with a green screen on start"!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, look at the comments, click on "all reviews" and sort them by date (I *hate* all lists which default to a sort on "relevance". Relevant to who??!!). The latest ones refers to the green screen. There appears to be a new update to fix this, but as I've uninstalled the app I haven't seen it. I've now downloaded an ad-free version with 16 different solitaire games from F-Droid.
I might try reinstalling in a few days with the latest update, but will check the latest reviews first!
--
Jeff