Learning's from mobile testing

This was a full length talk presented by Dubinsky and Manisha in vodQA-10 : Going Beyond the Usual held in ThoughtWorks, Pune on 13th October,2012

Transcript

1. Learnings – Mobile Apps Testing Dubinsky Soares Manisha Awasthi
2. The World of Mobile Apps
3. Native Native: An app build purely using the components build using the underlying platform e.g. objective C, Java Native app examples: Calendar, Calculator
4. Mobile Web It’s a web site which run on Mobile phones. Many companies go for a mobile web instead of building an app as its platform independent. e.g. m.timesofindia.com, m.facebook.com
5. Hybrid Hybrid: An app build using combination of HTML 5 with the native components.This approach helps in making the app platform independent in some Way. Frameworks based on it Calatrava, PhoneGap e.g. LinkedIn app, Facebook app
6. Challenges in Testing Mobile apps Number of Devices & OS versions (Hardware configuration) – Display density – Different Browsers – Network connections – Installation issues
7. The Best Phone in the World
8. Challenges in Testing Mobile apps Simulating real life scenarios • Call Interrupts • Low Battery • Alarms • Network Issues
9. Challenges in Testing Mobile apps Usability • Accessibility • Identity • Navigation • Content
10. Challenges in Testing Mobile apps Automation What to Automate??? Tools Effort v/s Value Developmental Practices
11. Non Functional Testing
12. Key Learnings
13. Ensure coverage on various devices Select a set of representative devices Test End to End Flow on each device Extensively use Simulators
14. Ensure testing of real life scenarios Apps can behave erratically when -Multiple process run in the background -Hardware is incompatible -Memory Warnings are thrown
15. Constant Monitoring of Device Logs Uncover potential problems before they occur. Extremely helpful to understand the API calls the app makes
16. Showcase Tools IOS – Reflections Android- Android Projector Extremely useful tools to demo your app to clients
17. Automation Tools Frank Calabash MonkeyTalk Sikuili UIAutomation
18. Automation Tools Robotium Calabash MonkeyTalk Sikuili Native Driver Android Instrumentation
19. Automation Tools Android Driver iPhone Driver Watir
20. Automation Tools MobiTest Google Page Speed Load Runner Jmeter
21. Cloud Testing Services Perfecto Mobile Device Anywhere
22. All this talk …. Lets see something work !
23. Key Learning’s Use simulators to get the breadth of devices tested. Testing on different Display density mobiles Keep an eye on smaller details as well Simulating real life scenarios Constant monitoring of device logs while testing Selective automation on Devices/simulators
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