Testing challenges in quality delivery of mobile applications

December 16, 2020

According to Statista,by 2025, the worldwide number of mobile users is expected to reach 7.49 billion. Considering the growth of mobile device users, companies are targeting consumer apps and enterprise apps to be available in various mobile versions. Hence, arises the need for Automation Testing Services.

Some of the direct benefits of Mobile Applications

Some Of The Drawbacks Of Mobile Applications

Some Of The Key Challenges In Mobile App Testing And It’s Solutions

User Experience

With the availability of mobile devices on various platforms and screen sizes, usability is of utmost importance. The test cases should be designed from the end-users’ perspective. A different mindset is required to test Mobile Applications than Desktop Applications.

Operating Systems

With different usage patterns, the expectations from mobile operating systems are also changing. The OS is available in a number of versions and app should support them. Test cases should be designed to support all available versions of OS. In this scenario, test Automation helps to reduce test efforts in terms of time and cost.

Screen Sizes

There are many international as well as local players in the market providing mobile phones with different screen sizes. To tackle this challenge, the application has to be tested on various mobile devices. Test lab with various devices should be available for QA teams. There is an option of simulators and emulators or mobile clouds like Browserstack in the market where a variety of devices are available.

Network Testing

There are different networks available worldwide like 2G, 3G, 4G, BLE, Wi-Fi, etc. The same set of test cases are to be executed for different networks as per geographical requirements. Automation Testing Services will be of help here.

Different Types of Mobile Apps

There are three types of mobile apps available in the market I.e. Native, Hybrid and Web-based apps. As the behavior of each application is different, there has to be a different set of test cases, test efforts for each type.

Author

Snehal Basale (QA Head – Suma Soft)

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