# Stupid mistakes devs make, part I: Taking app messages at face value

DevFeed: [Stupid mistakes devs make, part I: Taking app messages at face value](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/stupid-mistakes-devs-make-part-i-taking-app-messages-at-face-value-29123.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.grokkingandroid.com/stupid-mistakes-dev-make-part_i/>)

Author: Wolfram Rittmeyer

Published: 2014-02-28T06:45:11Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Grokking Android](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/grokking-android.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debugging.md>), [Logging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/logging.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugging.md>), [error-messages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/error-messages.md>), [logging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logging.md>), [mistakes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mistakes.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>)

## AI overview

A personal account of debugging an Android sharing feature that reported an image attachment as too large. The actual problem was a crashed ContentProvider whose stack trace was missed because logcat was filtered using an outdated logging tag; the lack of tests for the sharing code also allowed the issue to go unnoticed.

## Source excerpt

This is a new series about programming blunders I make. Stuff that keeps me looking for solutions in all the wrong places while the answer most often is glaringly simple. If only I knew that right away! I am sorry for the generalization in the headline - of course it's only me doing stupid stuff [...] Continue Reading "Stupid mistakes devs make, part I: Taking app messages at face value" The post Stupid mistakes devs make, part I: Taking app messages at face value appeared first on Grokking Android.