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Debug

Meaning in mobile app development, with examples

/diːˈbʌɡ/verbCore term

In mobile app development, debug means: To find and fix the cause of a bug, for example by running the app step by step, checking logs or stopping the code at a breakpoint.

In Turkish: hata ayıklamak, debug etmek

How it is used

Also used as an adjective: debug build, debug mode, debug menu. Mobile developers debug on the simulator, on the emulator or on a real device connected by cable or Wi-Fi, using the Xcode and Android Studio debuggers and logs such as Logcat.

Example sentences

  1. I spent the whole morning debugging a crash that only happens on real devices.

  2. Can you debug it on your phone? I can't reproduce it on the emulator.

Common collocations

  • debug a crash
  • debug on a real device
  • debug build
  • debug mode
  • debugging session
  • crashA sudden failure that makes an app close unexpectedly, usually because of an error in the code that the app could not handle.
  • stack traceA list of the function calls that were active when an error or crash happened, which shows developers exactly where in the code it occurred.
  • emulatorA program that copies the hardware and software of a mobile device on a computer, so you can run and test an app without a real phone.
  • simulatorApple's tool, included with Xcode, that runs iOS apps on a Mac in a window that looks like an iPhone or iPad, without imitating the real device hardware.
  • XcodeApple's development environment for writing, building, testing and publishing apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac and other Apple platforms. It runs only on macOS.

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