Mobile Application Testing

New Mobile Technologies and increasing demand for complex integration has made mobile applications testing incredibly difficult and more expensive. Yes, more expensive because there is no bug free mobile application and the cost will directly impact the business, as customers will be in directly using the application once the build is live into the market.

IOS, Android and Windows are the three major operating systems used to build these complex mobile applications.

Mobile App Testing may be as categorized based on following types:

Mobile Application Testing

1. Functional Testing - This is very critical and based on the business development requirement specification documents the developers develop the application functionalists. These functionalists will be initially tested by the developer in the Unit Testing phase. Then each build will be given to mobile app tester for further in depth testing. During the functional testing the tester will need to collect the bug report while installing, launch, login, browsing the app, crash reports etc. 

2. Security Testing - Mobile applications are easily vulnerable and can easily be hacked by the hackers. So special team will be handling the security reports and log traces to check the leaks. This is very critical for banking or payment related applications.

3. Performance and Load Testing  - The application performance plays a very great impact when there are peak users using the app at the same time. The performance of the application should remain consistent.

4. Usability Testing - The UX experts and developers should make the application more user friendly. The simple the user interface the easier and more popular the application becomes. So, Usability testing should not be ignored.