--- title: Offline functionality is a no brainer (and how Twitter... description: Twitter's Android app is used as a case study for poor offline support — failed tweets go to a hard-to-find drafts folder instead of being queued for retry... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/offline-functionality-is-a-no-brainer-and-how-twitter-dropped-the-ball--kvhvkj7qt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Offline functionality is a no brainer (and how Twitter dropped the ball) | daily.dev og:description: Twitter's Android app is used as a case study for poor offline support — failed tweets go to a hard-to-find drafts folder instead of being queued for retry... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/offline-functionality-is-a-no-brainer-and-how-twitter-dropped-the-ball--kvhvkj7qt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KVhVkJ7qT.png og:image:alt: Offline functionality is a no brainer (and how Twitter dropped the ball) 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. # Offline functionality is a no brainer (and how Twitter dropped the ball) **[Touchlab](https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Twitter's Android app is used as a case study for poor offline support — failed tweets go to a hard-to-find drafts folder instead of being queued for retry when connectivity returns. The post argues that offline functionality is not an all-or-nothing engineering problem, and that implementing basic offline queuing is straightforward. It frames offline support as an increasingly important part of UX as mobile usage grows away from reliable connections. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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