--- title: Basic Android Testing | daily.dev description: A practical guide for testers working on Android apps, covering how to collect useful bug reports. Topics include capturing logs via Logcat, taking screenshots... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/basic-android-testing-5jvmt0af3 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Basic Android Testing | daily.dev og:description: A practical guide for testers working on Android apps, covering how to collect useful bug reports. Topics include capturing logs via Logcat, taking screenshots... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/basic-android-testing-5jvmt0af3 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5jVMt0af3.png og:image:alt: Basic Android Testing og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Basic Android Testing **[Touchlab](https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A practical guide for testers working on Android apps, covering how to collect useful bug reports. Topics include capturing logs via Logcat, taking screenshots with the Android SDK, describing reproduction steps, distinguishing between exception crashes and ANR (Application Not Responding) errors, and using crash reporting tools like Bugsense. Key insight: if the crash dialog has a 'Wait' button, it's an ANR — requiring the traces.txt file from the device rather than relying on the log. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Reproduce, Capture, Report: A QA Tester’s Bug Workflow in One macOS App](https://daily.dev/posts/reproduce-capture-report-a-qa-tester-s-bug-workflow-in-one-macos-app-pfjgp2umm) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing), [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/basic-android-testing-5jvmt0af3) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Basic Android Testing","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/basic-android-testing-5jvmt0af3","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/basic-android-testing-5jvmt0af3"},"datePublished":"2026-08-02T07:15:15.811Z","dateModified":"2026-08-02T07:35:17.109Z","description":"A practical guide for testers working on Android apps, covering how to collect useful bug reports. Topics include capturing logs via Logcat, taking screenshots...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--foaA6JGU--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2004","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--foaA6JGU--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2004","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Touchlab","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Touchlab","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--CQ0u6GwB--/f_auto,q_auto/v1785654902/logos/touchlab?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/basic-android-testing-5jvmt0af3","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"testing,android","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Touchlab","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Basic Android Testing"}]} ```