Dynamic Error Message Handling for Mobile Applications
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current error message handling in mobile applications is inefficient, as error messages defined for one product are often irrelevant when the application is executed on a different platform, and there is no seamless mechanism for transferring error messages from backend systems to user interfaces, requiring developers to manually code each application, which is time-consuming and prone to errors.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system where an additional message information API determines relevant error messages by tracing previous requests and updating error messages with additional information, allowing seamless error handling at the backend system, eliminating the need for manual coding in each application.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If error messages are defined for a specific product, then the error message is accurate for that product, but the error message becomes irrelevant when the application is executed on a different product
Solution Approach 1:
The error message system dynamically adapts to different products by retrieving product-specific error messages from a database based on the current product context, rather than using static error messages defined for a single product. This allows the system to maintain accuracy for each specific product while being adaptable across multiple products.
Solution Approach 2:
An error message management module acts as an intermediary between the application and the error message database. This module retrieves appropriate error messages based on product identification and injects them into the application, resolving the conflict between product-specific accuracy and multi-product adaptability.
2Reliability
If developers manually code error handling for each application, then the error handling can be customized, but the development time and complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides self-service error handling by automatically retrieving and injecting appropriate error messages based on product identification. Developers no longer need to manually code error handling for each application, as the framework automatically manages error message retrieval and injection, reducing development complexity while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
A universal error message management module serves multiple applications and products through a standardized interface. This module handles error message retrieval, validation, and injection across different applications, eliminating the need for duplicate error handling code while maintaining product-specific accuracy.
3Ease of manufacture
If standard error messages are used across different products, then the error handling is simple, but the error messages become irrelevant and confusing for users
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameter of error message content based on product identification. Instead of using fixed standard error messages, the system retrieves error messages with parameters tailored to each specific product, maintaining simplicity in the retrieval process while ensuring relevance and accuracy of the error messages displayed to users.
Data Source
AI summary
Various embodiments of systems and methods to display an additional message information relevant to a product are described herein. Initially a determination is made whether error message, corresponding to a data processing error related to a product, has a corresponding additional message information related to the product. Next, based on the determined additional message information, an additional message information property of the error message is updated to indicate that the error message has the corresponding additional information. Next, based on the updated additional message information property, the additional message information is converted to obtain a converted additional message information in a markup language. Finally the converted additional message information is forwarded to a user interface, where it is displayed.