G2

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/24/2016

"Stetho for android database inspection and more"

5/5

What do you like best about Stetho?

I use Stetho mostly for database inspection when developing android application.

It does have more features like view hierarchy, network inspection but I rarely use them.

What I like the most about Stetho is that you can view all the tables that your app has created in a matter of seconds. it loads them relatively fast. Therefore, it is especially useful when you want to validate database migration or want to check for specific group of data in certain order. Also, if one is working on network heavy application, network inspection tool can help to optimize network calls. It supports chrome development tool features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Stetho?

The database inspection lags on startup and it can slow down devices. However, it is bearable.

The biggest downside with it is that it has upper limit (I believe it is 250 rows) on how much data it can load on each table. Therefore, if a table has a lot of entries and you want to check for specific group of data, you need to query them. Which isn't too bad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Stetho:

It is extremely easy to setup, add dependency in the gradle file and 1 or more lines of code depending on what you want for your project. Definitely worth to try out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Stetho solving and how is that benefiting you?

It solves development problem by reducing time to inspect databases. Also, using network inspection tool or heap snapshot tools, developers can optimize network calls or memory managements relatively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.