Ask HN: Android Bug Reports – Can End Users Report Technical Issues?

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a year ago

I just had a frustrating experience with Android's bug tracker. I reported a regression in the App Battery Usage UI where battery optimization settings are now hidden behind non-obvious text interactions. Instead of evaluating the technical merits, a Google employee marked it "Obsolete" because I'm "an Android user, rather than an Android Open Source Developer."

This seems wrong. The bug is legitimate and impacts usability. Being redirected to general user support forums feels like a dead end for technical UI regressions that need developer attention.

Questions for the HN community: - Is there an actual policy against end users filing Android bug reports? - Where should technically-minded users report UI regressions that affect core Android functionality? - Would any AOSP developers be willing to "sponsor" this bug report if there's truly a developers-only policy? - Has anyone successfully gotten UI/UX issues addressed through the standard user support channels?

Context: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/390590782 if any Googlers are reading.

For reference, I'm not talking about basic usage questions - this is about a specific UI regression that makes battery optimization settings less discoverable than in previous Android versions.

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