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Evidence alignment

Capture Android screen activity and logcat together

Video alone shows the symptom and logs alone lack user context. The key is to capture both from the same reproduction.

Direct answer

Start video and log capture together before reproducing the issue, stop soon after it occurs, and keep one shared time range. Then filter logcat around the target app, crashes, and ANRs while retaining the key frames that establish the action sequence.

Recommended sequence

  1. Confirm device time, app version, and target package.
  2. Reset irrelevant state and start logs plus video.
  3. Use the shortest repro and capture key screenshots.
  4. Stop soon after the failure and record the actual result and time.
  5. Filter target-app, warning, error, crash, and ANR context, then review every attachment.

Avoid broken evidence chains

  • Do not use yesterday's logs to explain today's video.
  • Do not capture only the error dialog and omit the action immediately before it.
  • Do not submit a long log without package, version, or timezone.
  • Do not share whole-device logcat before reviewing sensitive data.

TabQA capture boundaries

Standard video runs for up to 180 seconds and currently contains no device audio. Buffer mode keeps the latest segments continuously. On completion, TabQA stores the final screen and filters target-app, crash, and ANR context from the capture window.

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