Exception handling bug hazards in Android: Results from a mining study and an exploratory survey

• Main Authors: COELHO, Roberta, ALMEIDA, Lucas, GOUSIOS, Georgios, VAN DEURSEN, Arie, TREUDE, Christoph
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Exception handling; Android development; Repository mining; Exploratory survey; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/8786; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/9789/viewcontent/s10664_016_9443_7.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Adequate handling of exceptions has proven difficult for many software engineers. Mobile app developers in particular, have to cope with compatibility, middleware, memory constraints, and battery restrictions. The goal of this paper is to obtain a thorough understanding of common exception handling...