Fail safe iOS/Android application?

Question

Java

Good afternoon, I would like to know if the ios / android application should crash (completely not work) if there have been any changes on the server in the API (the data format has changed, the method temporarily does not work). Or is it possible to provide architecture for such situations?
The ios / android developers claim that this is the norm. I am well acquainted with the web and there such moments are easily fixed.

Answer 1

A crash is of course an extreme case, it can usually be avoided, but breaking API backwards compatibility is right in the prod ... you are an evil buartino to yourself.
Yes, it fixes easily, but even without crashing, the application breaks.
First of all, it's you, not the developers, because your changes broke the application in production and this is not because I myself am a mobile developer.

Answer 2

If this moment is not registered in the TK, yes, the norm.

Answer 3

Should not crash. The developer should cover any work with io using try catch,
and the user should display that "sorry, I don't know how to solve the problem"