Monday, October 14, 2013

Mobile Testing Process

Mobile testing is conducted on both hardware and software to assure the quality of mobiles and PDAs. Mobile testing is performed using various activities such as monitoring and troubleshooting mobile application and other services on various handsets.
Android applications are in a great use in this developing technological world. But development of these android applications is a complicated business. Hardware vendor interface, multiple operating system and network capabilities are the major fields that require testing.

Apart from mobile application testing there are several other fields of testing that are very important to be performed before the mobile device is sent in the market. These can be listed as under:



  • Mobile software testing
  • Network testing
  • Signal receiving testing
  • Battery testing
  • Hardware testing
  • Games testing
  • And many more…

Mobile device testing checks a handset for it’s functionality and usability. Once a mobile software is developed, it is very important to make sure that it works as per the requirement and to check it, functional testing is performed.

Laboratory testing is also done to detect if there are any glitches when the mobile application uses it for data connection. It is usually carried out by network carriers by simulating the complete wireless network.

A very common problem with all the mobile users is bad network coverage. Low battery and low memory are the others that frustrate us, if occur. This can happen either from applicant’s server side or even from client’s side. So, to check both of these, Performance testing is performed.
Functioning and performance of mobile devices is also checked and improved by Mobile Leakage testing. Problem of slowdown of the system is improved by this mobile testing.

Interruptions can be faced anywhere and anytime and so is the case with mobile applications. Incoming and outgoing calls, SMS, MMS and notifications, battery removal, media player ON/OFF are some of the interruptions faced by almost all mobile applications. To eliminate these, a mobile testing is performed, which is known as Interrupt testing.
Other than these, Usability testing is also performed for verification of mobile applications and response from users.

There are many applications that come pre-installed in the mobile device but some of applications need to get installed from the store. In order to make this installation from the store smooth and error free, Installation testing is done.
Last but not the least is the Certification testing which is done against the guidelines set by various mobile platforms and is important for every mobile.



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