Automatically Capturing and Reproducing Android Application Crashes

It is difficult to reproduce crash due to the limited information when the crash occurred. Moreover, it is time-consuming to manually locate the crashing bug. In this paper, we present an automated approach called CaRCrash. This tool can record the user's action and capture the information when the app crashes. CaRCrash also can automatically uploads related information to the server and can generate a replayable script to reproduce the crash. We evaluated CaRCrash on five different types open-source Android applications infected with errors. The experimental results show CaRCrash can effectively capture and reproduce the crash. Also, CaRCrash has no effect on the performance of the host App.