subject: Mobile Application Testing And Why It Is Important ? [print this page] Mobile Application Testing is a very important component of software development life-cycle. Application development is a complex process and hence the possibility of errors in the coding cannot be ruled out. Testing is a technique to uncover the hidden bugs in the application developed. It is also aimed at evaluating an attribute or capability of application and determining that it meets its required results.
Mobile Application Testing is a challenging process as it involves testing of applications across different handsets, carriers, languages and locations. Due to the complexities involved in the testing process, testing professionals also have the knowledge of programming environment. Cigniti conducts tests for applications developed on mobile devices as well as the mobile browsers.
There are a few complexities involved in testing applications developed for mobile devices:
Due to the nature of requirements and technological advancements that are taking place, different types of mobile devices are being brought into market at a fast pace. These devices have many features and the way in which the features work on different devices will differ based on several factors. The success and sustainability of the models of the devices also impact the changes that need to be made for the applications.
The functionality of the application is dependent upon the base operating system, features that configuration of a model can support, size of the device as well as the screen resolution etc.
Apart from the core functionality of the application, the mobile devices and applications need to be synchronized with the base functionality of the mobile devices. When the application is executing on the device, the application has to be interrupted whenever there is an incoming phone call or SMS or other incoming feature of the phone to that mobile and the phone features need to be retrieved. In a similar fashion, when the interrupted function gets logically completed, the application needs to be re-instated from where it was interrupted. Such features need to be thoroughly tested while conducting the device tests.
Following are the tools that can be used for conducting the mobile application testing.
Test Quest
FITNESSE
Egg Plant
DA-Pro studio
Test Complete
QTP (with M- EUX Add-on)
For conducting the performance testing, it is recommended to load the server from web application in the first step. This test will work for isolated server performance verification or failure point verification.
by: Leonard Barrett
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