The
coming of android and the open source infrastructure has brought about a
revolutionary development trend. This has ushered in an age of mobile
technology, wherein business activities,
and customer interactions are driven out of mobile applications. As application
development picks up pace and increases in complexity, mobile application
testing has to match up as well. Here is a look at some of the important
aspects of the testing phase, which determines the overall success and
popularity of a mobile application.
1.
Test User workflow and functionality
A
very important aspect of mobile application testing is testing the user cases for workflows and the basic
functionality. A recent research into the bad reviews about mobile apps
highlights almost half of the bad reviews can amount
to the bad design of flow in the application. Ace mobile development
experts understand that the client experience with mobile applications will be
limited to the flow of functionalities and if that lags or hangs, there is
bound to be a negative feedback from the viewers.
2.
Stress Testing of the Mobile Application
Most
mobile developers and testers tend to stick to a module testing approach,
wherein they just test individual parts of the mobile app. This might work well
in theory, but the real and most accurate test of any mobile application should
be under extreme conditions. Thus basing your testing strategy on mobile testing solutions which are able
to create robust testing scenarios becomes crucial. Also, most such platforms
such as SOSTA’s CloudTest would give testers the ability to tweak scenarios to
create a stress environment. Parameters such as system connectivity, time out
time etc can be altered to create stress test scenarios.
3.
Network is the Key
In
accordance with the design of the mobile
applications, thenetwork plays a pivotal
role in the functionality and hence has
to be given due attention to while testing. It is important to ensure mobile
applications switch seamlessly from Wifi to 3G/4G networks while causing minimal impact on the user experience.
Another important aspect is the offline working feature which most mobile
applications today have been designed to support. Mobile application testers
should ensure that the work folders in the application are synced seamlessly
between the offline mode, and when the user connects to the network.
4.
Testing on Varied Hardware
A
host of operating platforms and hardware devices
are prevalently used by customers today, and as a mobile application developer,
it is important to ensure that their applications work glitch free on all of
these. It is thus important to incorporate hardware platform compatibility
during the mobile application testing routines, for an enjoyable user
experience.
