A mobile app's fundamentals are scalability, security, and cross-platform compatibility. SSAK offers cross-platform, functional/non-functional testing for a variety of mobile applications, using both manual and automated methods.

As the term suggests, Mobile App Testing refers to the process of validating a mobile app (Android or iOS) for its functionality and usability before it is released publicly. Testing mobile apps help verify whether the app meets the expected technical and business requirements.

For successful mobile app testing, teams need to test apps across numerous screen resolutions, operating system versions, and distinct network bandwidths. This helps ensure that the app performs flawlessly across numerous device configurations when released publicly.

Android & iOS are the most popular mobile OS. There are millions of application designed for these platforms that need to be tested. This course gives you information on various mobile testing techniques. It also covers mobile test automation.

At a high level, testing mobile apps includes the following:

• Testing apps performance across distinct OS versions (for example Android 7.0, 8.0, etc)
• Testing apps appearance in both Portrait and Landscape mode
• Validating apps compatibility and performance when operated on specific settings
• Testing whether the app is compatible with mobile sensors like Gyroscope, Accelerometer, GPS, etc.
• Testing the app’s GUI (Menus, dropdown, navigation buttons, etc) for functionality

The ultimate goal of developing mobile apps is to increase business outreach to more users across the globe. However, users are unlikely to use the app if it is faulty or difficult to use. Naturally, no businesses would like their customers to uninstall their apps and switch to a competitor.

If mobile apps are not thoroughly tested, there are high chances of users encountering critical bugs on their device that may lead to a bad user experience, particularly for new users. Bear in mind that first impressions are extremely critical for the success of any mobile app. Any unexpected app crash or functionality bug can lead to immediate uninstallation of that app. This also results in the loss of potential customers and revenue.

Mobile applications are specifically designed and developed for operating on mobile devices. On the other hand, web applications are software applications that reside on web servers and are accessed through web browsers.

Web apps and mobile apps differ significantly in terms of how they are built. Moreover, users’ way of interacting with them also differs as mobile users use gestures like scrolling, pinch, and zoom on their touch screen mobiles. Naturally, the methods to test both differ as well.

At a high level, mobile app testing refers to testing an app across numerous mobile devices whereas web app testing focuses on validating the appearance and functionality of websites across multiple browsers.

Mobile app testing helps validate the appearance, performance, and functionality of apps across multiple devices. Optimizing apps for mobile-OS combinations popular among the target audience helps the app provide a seamless user experience, irrespective of device or OS. It helps deliver a robust and customer-centric experience for new users. In a nutshell, the better the user experience, the higher the probability of increased outreach.

The following approaches can make mobile app testing more efficient, and can be considered part of a success-driven QA strategy:

• Be clear about the challenges – mainly the extent of device fragmentation and the need for the right tools and frameworks.
• Ask the right questions before putting a plan to paper – “how to test mobile app on desktop”, “how unit testing of mobile apps can be done”, etc.
• Use emulators/simulators only for testing in the initial stages. There is no way to publish a successful app without testing it on real devices. Without testing in real user conditions, an app is likely to malfunction in key areas and provide bad user experiences.
• Invest in Beta Testing. Just as real device testing is the best way to gauge the real-world performance of an app, beta testing is the best way to judge user reception.
• Along with business and product teams, involve QA teams from early phases of development.

BrowserStack lets you test mobile apps on real mobile devices. As explained above, it is impossible to release a mobile without verifying its performance in real-world circumstances (real mobile devices). Instead of setting up, maintaining, and updating a massive on-premise device lab, teams, individual testers can simply log in to BrowserStack and access 3000+ real Android and iOS devices on the cloud for manual and automated testing.

Appium. Appium is an open-source automation testing framework, which can be used for both Android and iOS apps. It is an effective tool for web and mobile application testing and works even for hybrid apps. Appium is also used for automated functional testing that improves the overall functionality of the applications.

Both Appium and Selenium automate test scenarios for software applications and help teams streamline their test cycles.

Used to automate tests for native, hybrid(.ipa and .apk) and mobile web applications.

Used to make web-app testing easier by automating browser actions using WebDriver.