As smartphones have become indispensable personal devices, the number of smartphone
users has increased dramatically over the last decade. These personal devices, which are …

The number and popularity of smartphone applications is rising dramatically. Users install
and use applications depending on their needs and interests. Applications on smartphones …

Android ecosystem is heavily fragmented. The numerous combinations of different device
models and operating system versions make it impossible for Android app developers to …

This chapter elaborates on the most significant components in the smartphone usage, which
is the space discovery paradigms, and discusses offline tracking applications. Rahmati and …

The Android Application Programming Interface provides the necessary building blocks for
app developers to harness the functionalities of the Android devices, including for interacting …

Understanding smartphone users is fundamental for creating better smartphones, and
improving the smartphone usage experience and generating generalizable and …

The prevalence of smartphones has promoted the popularity of mobile apps in recent years.
Although significant effort has been made to understand mobile app usage, existing studies …

Understanding mobile app usage has become instrumental to service providers to optimize
their online services. Meanwhile, there is a growing privacy concern that users' app usage …

The prevalence of smartphones has promoted the popularity of mobile apps in recent years.
Although significant effort has been made to understand mobile app usage, existing studies …

Testing of Android apps is particularly challenging due to the fragmentation of the Android
ecosystem in terms of both devices and operating system versions. Developers must in fact …