Mobile Applications Testing – Challenges; Approach & Strategy Video Lecture | Mobile App Testing: Learn and Master - Software Testing

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testing mobile applications is more
complex time-consuming and costly
process compared to traditional desktop
and web applications testing reason
being mobile applications need to be
tested on various mobile devices and
operating system under different network
conditions in this detailed technical
tutorial I am going to talk about the
challenges involved in mobile
applications testing
there are different mobile operating
systems in the market the major ones are
Android iOS Symbian Windows and
Blackberry testing a mobile application
across multiple devices running on same
platform and every platform poses a
unique challenge for testers mobile
device diversity is an especially acute
problem for Android devices official
mobile device gallery includes over 60
devices of various screen sizes
resolution and form factors providing
testing coverage for all the devices is
a major challenge even for the big
organizations mobile devices can be
connected with Windows or Mac using
Wi-Fi USB or cloud network and so
greatly affect mobile testing strategy
as all the three options are different
from one another
major n- OS updates keep test teams
continuously involved testing new
application features or rectifying the
app against our new operating system
versions mobile application behavior can
be affected by the changes in network
conditions such as Wi-Fi 2g 3G 4G GSM
CDMA bandwidth connection speed etc this
requires additional testing to ensure
acceptable application behavior in
real-world conditions a mobile
application can be a web app / native or
a hybrid app which has both contents
testing of each such application type is
different then another as their
implementation is quite different from
one another
test execution across different devices
and browser is a huge challenging effort
consider a test which needs to be
executed on multiple Android and iOS
devices and versions designing a test
execution matrix of this is Co is both
complex and time-consuming as mentioned
in the introduction of this tutorial
testing mobile applications is more
complex compared to desktop or web
application with the increase in
complexity there are actually less tools
available to support mobile testing and
the selection of most appropriate tool
out of available is another tough task
typical mobile application needs to be
tested on five to seven iOS and ten to
fifteen Android devices this list grows
every quarter making almost impossible
for the organization to test mobile
applications on target devices in such
cases emulators are good choice for
mobile applications testing however
should never be considered a substitute
for real mobile devices as they have
their own limitations like manual
testing of mobile applications both
automation and performance testing are
also complex mobile application objects
are quite different than web or desktop
applications and also differ depending
on operating system and mobile
application types moreover there is no
generic framework available for mobile
test automation as mobile industry is
still in learning stage all the factors
discussed so far head to the cost of
testing mobile applications which
sometimes even exceed mobile application
development cost
you
mobile devices and platform diversity is
a key challenge in mobile application
testing testing approach should include
creating an optimal mix of emulator and
real mobile device of different models
to maximize test coverage consider
primary testing on Wi-Fi and using
network simulator in addition testing
mobile applications in real network
condition is also essential to assess
the behavior of the application to
ensure mobile application works on all
devices consider different types of
testing required including functional
performance security beta and so on
you
mobile cloud provides a web-based mobile
testing environment where applications
can be deployed tested and managed cloud
testing environments have capability to
support complex applications and
provides real-time testing results which
means defects can be analyzed why the
tests are running select an effective
test automation tool and maximize the
use of automation to reduce the cost of
regression testing
despite the challenges in mobile
application testing careful selection of
target devices connectivity options and
the tools that maximizes automation can
ensure a cost-effective mobile testing
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