Recommended devices android testing

[Fudley 4]

What devices would you include when testing an android app meant for tracking collections (stamps and such) ?

 

I know there are services and emulators, but would testing with the actual devices be better?

[ToddFrankson 4]

6 hours ago, Fudley said:

What devices would you include when testing an android app meant for tracking collections (stamps and such) ?

 

I know there are services and emulators, but would testing with the actual devices be better?

Considering when an app is submitted to the Play Store, Google will give you a list of 18,000+ androids your app will work with.  I recommend something that's an average size screen for UI. 

[Fudley 4]

18000? Gulp.

[Die Holländer 67]

8 minutes ago, Fudley said:

18000? Gulp.

Maybe more..

[ToddFrankson 4]

4 hours ago, Die Holländer said:

Maybe more..

Yup. android is huge worldwide.

 

Edited February 6 by ToddFrankson

[alejandro.sawers 14]

Much like programming itself, it's ideal if you can cover corner cases, like high-end and low-end devices, or devices from different manufacturers and/or Android versions.

My Android testing "lab" actually consists of:

- Google Pixel 7a (high resolution, latest Android patches including betas)
- Samsung J2 Core (small screen, low resources, old Android versions)
- Redmi Note 11 (mid point, main test device)

 

This is because our app, on its simplicity, is expected to run on every Delphi-supported Android device possible, but most people (including myself years ago) can submit confidently to Play Store by testing with just a single physical device.

On 2/5/2025 at 8:39 AM, Fudley said:

would testing with the actual devices be better?

Personally I think yes. Not only emulators are harder to run nowadays (I think modern, official Android emulators no longer run on x86 PCs) but also having full control of the devices is an availability bonus.

[Vandrovnik 217]

Samsung offers a remote testing lab: https://developer.samsung.com/remote-test-lab

[Rollo62 550]

I usually look into market surveys, which phones or brands were selling best

https://www.heise.de/news/Smartphone-Markt-hat-sich-2024-erholt-chinesische-Marken-legen-zu-10241291.html#nav_marktanteile__1

Then you have a chance that you are testing on whats your clients are using most.

 

Google Pixel is perhaps the best, most modern and best supported Android phone, which helps to be state-of-the-art,

but its market share is quite low still.

 

[Fudley 4]

Thanks everyone for the great informative answers! This is such a helpful and knowledgeable group.