MOBILE TESTING

While doing Mobile App Testing, we come across with few challenges. What are those major challenges? As we all know that mobile industry keeps changing at a very fast past pace with new competitors entering into the market with latest mobile OS and dimensions .Today, Mobile world is totally dependent on the quality of applications it consists of. This is because a single risk in application can spoil the interest, entertainment and business of the users resulting in loss of faith towards the market leaders. It is important for a mobile application to be compatible with the platform like Android, Windows, Blackberry and many more. Apart from this, there is a major role of the type of Operator and its services so that there could be a performance test E.g. how frequently the application runs under different carrier technique like GPRS, EDGE, 3G or 4G. In addition there are some more factors need to keep while testing are screen size, keypad and sensitivity of full-touch. Hence it is important to test mobile applications under all circumstances so as to draw the interest of the users. The major challenges in Mobile App Testing due to wide range of handset makers, carriers, locations and operating systems are : a) Building a bug-free mobile app which is incredibly difficult and expensive. b) To ensure that the applications works properly for everyone, everywhere, all the time. c) Testing the common features as installation, login, and search etc. d) Need of security testing to save application from hackers. e) Multiplicity of mobile devices: Every mobile has different technical capabilities such as free memory space, screen resolution and orientation, network options, etc. f) Multiple Operating Systems: Today there are number of OSs available in the market such as Android, iOS, Symbian, Blackberry, etc. So, in order to test the mobile application we need to check the compatibility of the applications across all the mobile operating systems. g) Bandwidth: Due to lower bandwidth in the mobile connection application responds slowly which impacts the performance and functionality of the application. While doing the mobile application testing, we can introduce automation, what are those areas? There are various areas where we can use test automation during mobile application testing. We can use test automation when we need to convert test cases into the scripts i.e. write and record cases. We will later execute these test scripts onto the devices through automation. Best part is this is repeatable and reusable. In Mobile testing, automation is used to take care of look and feel like a native application for a specific phone models. In messaging function, we can also use automation technique, like T9 dictionary. Now touch apps are also used in mobile phone in which we can also use automation for touch apps. Automation can be used on call features like we speak any name on mobile speaker then application automatically searches for the respective user and gives the information of that user and also connect a call (if needed) or message to the same. For more details knowledge on Mobile Testing, please visit  http://www.qainfotech.com/mobile_testing_services.html