# Basic Android Testing - Touchlab

DevFeed: [Basic Android Testing - Touchlab](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/basic-android-testing-touchlab-38056.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://touchlab.co/2012-07-basic-android-testing>)

Published: 2012-07-05T16:58:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Touchlab | Enterprise Mobile Innovation & Development](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/touchlab-enterprise-mobile-innovation-development.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Android Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android-testing.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [SDK](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdk.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-testing.md>), [crashes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/crashes.md>), [logging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logging.md>), [main-thread](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/main-thread.md>), [sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdk.md>), [thoughts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/thoughts.md>)

## AI overview

A practical guide to basic Android testing explains how to collect useful information for developers, including Logcat logs, screenshots, reproduction details, and crash information. It distinguishes uncaught exceptions from Application Not Responding events and notes the role of the main thread in ANRs.

## Source excerpt

I wouldn't really call this a "blog post" as much as a quick set of instructions for basic android testing. I need to share them with somebody.