{"id":104,"date":"2010-10-05T22:58:27","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T22:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xphone.pt\/devnotes\/?p=104"},"modified":"2010-10-05T23:33:16","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T23:33:16","slug":"how-i-killed-a-bug-on-my-published-app-without-touching-the-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/xphone.pt\/devnotes\/2010\/10\/how-i-killed-a-bug-on-my-published-app-without-touching-the-code\/","title":{"rendered":"How I “killed” a Bug on my published App without touching the code! ;-)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi!<\/p>\n

This post consists on just a little curiosity which I decided to share with you but, hopping that it will maybe make you think a little different, the next time you find a bug on your App…<\/p>\n

There has been almost 3 months since we launched South Africa 2010 Soccer Scores<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today I was reviewing its code and doing some changes because our next planned app will be based on that. Then I was completely surprised when I discovered a little bug that nobody had reported neither we had never noticed!<\/p>\n

The little bug is that on the “About” tab of our App:<\/p>\n

\"SA2010SS-About(marked)\"<\/a>

SA2010SS - About screen tab<\/p><\/div>\n

the link that I marked with yellow<\/span> on the above screen-shot is WRONG!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why is it wrong? Because it should link to: “http:\/\/xphone.me\/sa2010ss<\/a>” instead of “http:\/\/xphone.me\/wcs2010<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

That happened for a reason that I’ll also share with you…<\/p>\n

The wrong link was because our original submitted App name was “World Cup Scores 2010” but due to the possibility of some FIFA legal copyright\/trademarks infringement with the expression “World Cup”, we had to change it at the last hour, to the final name “South Africa 2010 Soccer Scores”.<\/p>\n

In order to maintain the coherence we had also changed our original web page about that App, from the “http:\/\/xphone.me\/wcs2010<\/a>” URL to the new one “http:\/\/xphone.me\/sa2010ss<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

Well it seems we updated all the image assets but we forgot that little link on the “About” tab!<\/p>\n

Today when I discovered it, the first thought on my head was to correct the code and update the App on the App Store. That would be simple but why should I do that if probably almost nobody will update this App since the World Cup had already finished quite a long time. Simple conclusion: it is not worth the effort!<\/p>\n

But because I don’t like to known that there are some living bugs on my code and I would like that if someone click on that link he\/she can reach our web page and not a blank error page, I thought a little more on this issue and then I realized, the solution was even simpler… I had just created a simple “index.html” page on “http:\/\/xphone.me\/wcs2010<\/a>” that redirects the users the right page! And now the insect is killed! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: I have nothing against real bugs! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Well, this post doesn’t teach you anything special but I think it can give you an useful message:<\/p>\n