Rebooting the device is a fundamental troubleshooting step that can resolve temporary software glitches that may cause an application to crash. It clears the application and device cache, potentially resolving the application error.
Alternative options such as updating the application or reinstalling it might be beneficial later, but rebooting is often the quickest way to address immediate issues.
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