In spite of being confirmed by mobile application developers that apps developed by them will provide greater consistency, their apps crash. And it happens whether the app is running in iOS devices or Android devices. So, apps do crash. Some users complain that their devices crash apps more than others. And the other group of users hardly encounters a problem like this. What does it mean? Does their device crash apps? Yes they do. But devices are not merely responsible for crashing applications. A lot of apps crash because of issues in apps themselves. Let us discover the top of the reasons causing app-crash.

In July 2013, an article from Gizmodo reported the world-market to have about 12,000 types of Android powered mobile devices. It further informed that these devices were running on eight different forked versions of same OS.

So developing Android apps is totally different than developing iOS apps. The devices powered by iOS can be counted on fingers and thus developers can easily complete the testing process. But Android app testing is really a challenge because of its fragmented nature.

With the rising popularity of Android, the term fragmentation has also become popular. Fragmentation in Android ecosystem is there because of its openness. The open-source software can be used by any mobile device manufacturer. They can customize it as per the hardware environment of their devices and thus they create different versions of a single OS. Also they do not use any standard size of screen or processor and then fragmentation is caused.

In spite of being confirmed by mobile application developers that apps developed by them will provide greater consistency, their apps crash. And it happens whether the app is running in iOS devices or Android devices. So, apps do crash. Some users complain that their devices crash apps more than others. And the other group of users hardly encounters a problem like this. What does it mean? Does their device crash apps? Yes they do. But devices are not merely responsible for crashing applications. A lot of apps crash because of issues in apps themselves. Let us discover the top of the reasons causing app-crash.

You must have at least two different devices running on Android OS
Before you begin the testing of an Android app, it is recommended you have at least two different Android devices. You can easily find cheap Android powered devices on eBay.

Ask your friend and family to help you in testing
Consider the testing of your Android app a social affair where you can ask your family and friends to help you. With more people in your circle owning Android powered devices, you will be able to try out different versions of the app. This will be a practical approach towards Android app testing.

Make a group of friends in the Android developer community
The online world, in spite of being the vast beyond one's imagination, is narrowed to your own computer. You just do not need to sit face to face with someone and ask him/her to help you. You can ask online friends in Android developer community to help you.