Mobile App Testing – A Complete Guide

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Mobile App Testing A Complete Guide
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Introduction

• Gone are the days when people used to turn on
  their PC/laptop for watching online content,
  surfing the internet, sending emails, or even
  conducting online meetings.
• Nowadays, mobility solutions have taken over the
  market where handheld devices serve most of the
  everyday functions. 
• Considering that mobile apps have become a very
  crucial element of our daily lives, it becomes
  very crucial for the mobile app developers to
  deliver faultless mobile apps.

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Mobile App Testing Significance

• Testing mobile apps is more challenging than
  testing web or desktop applications because of
  three reasons.
• First, there is a larger variety of mobile
  devices that exist in comparison to web
  applications. This is because of the  different
  screen aspect ratios and hardware configurations
  like processing speed and available memory that
  are apparent on a mobile.
• Second, different mobile operating systems are
  being used by different mobile manufacturers like
  Android and iOS.
• Third, the operating system versions keep
  upgrading and thus it becomes crucial to test if
  the mobile app is compatible with the newer OS
  version.

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Types of Mobile App Testing

1. Usability Testing  Mobile app usability testing
   makes sure that the app user interface and
   experience is easy to understand and use which
   improves user satisfaction.
2. Compatibility Testing  A mobile app has to be
   compatible with multiple mobile devices,
   operating systems, browsers, screen sizes.
3. User Interface and Experience Testing  UI/UX
   testing is for making the menu, buttons,
   navigation flow, and many other UI/UX elements at
   par with the user expectations.
4. Low-level resource Testing  issues related to
   device memory usage, auto-deletion of cache
   memory and temp files, and local database
   management comes under low-level resource
   testing.
5. Performance Testing  Testing mobile app
   performance for the required mobile networks and
   making sure that the app doesnt crash in several
   scenarios.

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Mobile App Testing Process
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Step 1. Outlining the Process

• Before the mobile app tester decides the use
  cases which theyll either test automatically or
  manually, it is advisable to first outline the
  list of all the use cases theyll be testing.
• They should create a test plan for the mobile app
  which will consist of all the use cases and
  scenarios they want to test. The goal behind
  outlining is to describe the desired tests and
  their results.

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Step 2. Select the type of test you want to run

• Choosing whether the tests will be automated or
  manual is the second step in the process of
  mobile testing.
• Although, it isnt easy to choose which testing
  method will be best for your particular use case,
  hence, Ive created a list to help you decide
  whether you should test manually or automated.

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Step 3. Prepare test cases for different
functionalities

• When youve decided the mobile application
  testing methodology that youll be using for your
  tests, you should define the cases you At this
  stage, you can consider the following two
  approaches
• Requirement-based testing where the performance
  and reliability of required app features is
  tested.
• Business case-based testing the assessment of the
  app is done based on the business perspective.

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Step 4. Manual Testing

• With manual testing, you should always keep
  consistent logs of your testing sessions in a
  document or excel sheet.
• If you are planning to engage a few testers
  simultaneously on the testing process, you can
  consider running simultaneous manual tests which
  will save you time for the later stages.

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Step 5. Automated Testing

• After conducting a few manual testing sessions
  and detecting the pattern of outcomes, you can
  consider automating most of the test cases based
  on their predictability and frequency.
• For your understanding, tests such as load
  testing, performance testing, spike testing,
  stress testing, are very commonly tested with
  automation. 

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Step 6. Usability and Beta Testing

• Beta testing is helpful in the product building
  strategy where you build the app from start to
  end and then you want to get the end-users
  feedback on the entire system before you roll out
  the application to the app stores.
• Similar to the usability testing, the beta
  testing enables testers to understand the
  features which are very necessary for the users.

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Step 7. Performance Mobile App Testing

• To make sure the success of performance testing,
  you should set realistic expectations and
  benchmark scores.
• While keeping away from developers perspective,
  try to look from the end-users perspective to
  ensure the efficiency of performance testing.

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Step 8. Security and Compliance App Testing

• Mobile apps have to be compliant to a lot of data
  security and standards. Depending on the industry
  the app is catering to, the compliance and
  government regulations differ. Here are some
  common security guidelines for mobile apps
• PCI DSS  These data security requirements are
  for mobile apps that allow users to make
  payments.
• HIPAA  These security compliances are for mobile
  apps that are targeted to the healthcare sector.

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Conclusion
Mobile app testing is a crucial part of the
mobile app development life-cycle. Success of
mobile app testing phase ensures that the app is
developed as per the requirements and ready to
drive the desired results. If you are looking
for an IT service provider to test your mobile
application, look no further than Nimble App
Genie. Weve successfully tested more than
hundreds of mobile apps across several
industries. It makes us updated to new industry
trends and regulations.
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