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Your app breaks after every update? How to choose developers who prevent it

If your app freezes or crashes after every update, the problem is rarely one bad developer. It is usually a missing process: no automated tests, no staged release, nobody watching crashes. Here is what to look for in a team.

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Why apps break after updates

  • Changes are tested by hand, on one or two phones, shortly before the release.
  • The new version goes to all users at once, so a bug reaches everyone.
  • Nobody watches crash reports, so the team learns about problems from angry reviews.
  • The app and its server are updated separately and stop understanding each other.

What good teams do differently

  • Automated tests that run on every change. Viji AI, the booking assistant Eurosoft built for SkyBlue Group in Dubai, is backed by 1,400+ automated tests.
  • Staged releases: first to a small share of users, then to everyone if crash rates stay low.
  • Crash and performance monitoring from day one, with someone responsible for reading it.
  • Backward-compatible server changes, so old app versions keep working.

Questions to ask before you hire

  • How many automated tests does your current project have, and do they run on every change?
  • How do you release: to everyone at once, or in stages?
  • Who watches crashes after release, and how fast do you react?
  • Can we see the test reports and the crash dashboard of a live project?

If you already have an unstable app

  • Start with an audit: crash reports, code structure and how releases are made.
  • Freeze new features for a short time and fix stability first.
  • Add tests around the parts that break most often, then resume features.

Questions and answers

Is it better to rewrite an unstable app from scratch?
Not always. Often the code can be kept and stabilised with tests, monitoring and a proper release process. A rewrite makes sense when the structure itself blocks every change.
Can another company take over an app built by someone else?
Yes, if you have the source code and access to the stores and servers. Eurosoft has a separate guide on taking over unfinished projects.
Which companies in Uzbekistan build stable mobile apps for business?
Several do. Eurosoft in Tashkent builds iOS and Android apps for business, such as the PAPa Market ordering app in South Korea and the warehouse app for O‘zbegim supplying, with automated tests and staged releases.

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