Cher's personal Android bug list

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Android is very very cool, but like all software it has a few bugs.

This is my personal bug list. I use this list to remember and keep track of the bugs that I found. This way I can make sure that I report and help fixing all of these bugs to help to improve and develop Android.

InetAddress.isReachable() methods never do ICMP. (Implementation bug, unsolved, reported as ↗#20106)
InetAddress.isReachable() do not document that their current implementation never does ICMP. (Documentation bug, unsolved, I decided not to report because I rather want this to be fixed instead of documented)
InetAddress.isReachable(NetworkInterface, int, int) only ever returns true for pinging the NetworkInterface's own InetAddress. Reason: InetAddress.isReachableByMultiThread() in its branch for not loopback address (currently line 822) invokes isReachableByTCP() with a wrong order of arguments: addr and InetAddress.this got confused. (Implementation bug, unsolved, reported as ↗#20107)
ProgressDialog lacks a documentation of its threading behavior, especially regarding the proxy method that it offers for ProgressBar. (Documentation bug, unsolved, reported as ↗#20108)
InetAddress forgets to initialize transient field waitReachable upon deserialization. When using InetAddress.isReachable(NetworkInterface, int, int) on deserialized InetAddress instances, several NullPointerException will be thrown. (Implementation bug, unsolved, reported as ↗#20203)
ListActivityView uses the wrong parameter name in method onRestoreInstanceState. (↗#20300)
android.widget.ArrayAdapter lacks documentation regarding write-through on List. (Documentation bug, unsolved, ↗#20311)

BTW: The android community on #android-dev was very helpful to track down the bugs. Thanks go in particular to alankila and tmzt. They are very responsive, helpful and open-minded. Not only did they point me to the source but also discussed the bugs with me. Thank you!

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