#Android

3 items tagged “Android

TILMobile2 min read

Understanding UnknownHostException in Android (and Why the API 'Worked Locally')

TIL that an Android UnknownHostException on a hostname that resolved fine everywhere else usually isn't a DNS problem at all — it's the app pointed at a hostname that only ever existed on my dev machine.

#React Native
TILMobile2 min read

Debugging an Android-Only FormData Upload Failure

TIL an upload that worked reliably on iOS and failed intermittently on Android came down to a missing file extension on the filename I was generating — Android's multipart parsing cared, iOS's didn't.

#React Native
TILMobile2 min read

Android-Specific React Native Problems That Never Show Up on iOS

TIL that a React Native feature working perfectly in the iOS simulator is not evidence it'll work on Android — cleartext traffic, back-button handling, and permission dialogs all diverge silently.

#React Native