Learning Android

Hey Google, It’s Your Bug!

An endeavor to prove it’s Google’s bug and get them to fix it

Photo by Justin Lauria on Unsplash

This is a story where, where a bug was discovered in an Android App, and we have to try hard to prove it’s Google’s bug, and even harder to get them to fix it.

Sharing the journey, so that others could learn ahead, the steps we took, and avoid the pitfalls we had to go through.

Before getting into it, below are some context

• Issue track on: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/261816912
• Discovered on December 7, 2022.
• Fully confirmed fix on April 12, 2023.

Yes, it's been more than 4 months!

Why it took so long? Let me explain the nature of the bug, and the steps involved in getting it through chronologically.

1. Identification of the Issue

While performing a regression test on our App, we discover an issue.

There’s a MapView, where we click on the Pegmen, it is supposed to deep link into GoogleMap App and show the street view.