1. Dynamics of Mobile Application Testing
Shinny Singla (Technical leader)
Pradeep Bhandari (Technical Leader)
Aricent Technologies

2. Agenda Introduction Dissecting the dynamics involved
Introduction
Dissecting the dynamics involved
Flavors of Mobile Apps
Intricacies of Testing
Addressing the Intricacies of Testing
Conclusion

3. Introduction
The demand for mobility has fuelled an impetus for wide scale development of consumer and enterprise mobile applications. This has led to the development of apps at rapid pace and with it arises, a paramount need of testing them and ensure that they run on an increasing array of platforms and devices.

4. Dissecting the dynamics Involved
S. No
Operating System
Developed By
Popularity
Latest OS Ver. 1
Android
Google Inc
High
Nougat (7.0) 2
iOS
Apple Inc
10.X 3
Windows
Microsoft Inc
Medium
Win 10 (mobile) 4
Tizen
Samsung
3.0 5
Blackberry
Blackberry Ltd
Low
10.3.3

5. Market Share – OS, Browser

6. Types – Mobile devices Device Tablets E-book Readers Smartphones
What it is
- Tablets are portable computer devices
- They don’t have keyboards or mouse & entire screen is touch sensitive
- Mainly designed for reading e-books (digital, downloadable books)
- Mobile phone designed to run a variety of applications in addition to providing phone service
Used for
Same as Traditional Computers
Reading e-books
Web browsing, watching videos, reading e-books, and playing games
Example
Samsung Tablets
Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook
Sony smartphones, Samsung smartphones, Apple iPhone

7. Flavors of Mobile Apps
Mobile Web Apps: These are server side apps that bring together the vast capabilities of the web and the functionality of touch-enabled smartphones.
Native Mobile Apps: These are platform-specific applications designed for a device’s OS and firmware. They leverage the device’s sensors and capabilities.
Hybrid Mobile Apps: These apps are designed using web technologies (HTML5 being amongst the most popular) but run inside the device’s native container.

8. Intricacies of Testing

9. Addressing the Intricacies of Testing

10. Third party tool integration
Continued …
Comparision – Automation Tools
Criteria
Countdown
Device Anywhere
PerfectoMobile
Robotium
Hardware Integration
Data Port
Electrical integration(PCB level)
Data Port+ Camera
Testing Interface
Web based Client
Java Swing Client Download For win, Max and Linux
Web based interface
Only through API’s based on Android framework and Junit3
Operating System
Web Client
Windows, MAC and PC
Any Flash Capable Browser
Windows + Eclipse + Java + Android SDK + ADT for Eclipse
Platform Support
Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Symbian
Iphone,Android, Blackberyy, Windows Mobile, Symbian
iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Symbian
Only Android
Third party tool integration No
HP,IBM, Custom Test Harness
QTP
Mave, Ant and Cucumber
Device Connectivity
yes
Only remote location connectivity
USB connectivity

11. Conclusion
Providing almost all major mobile devices simulators/emulators with different OS versions.
Automation capabilities to ensure best quality in shortest possible time.
Scalable test infrastructure.
Ready-to-customize business processes and use cases.

12. Author Biography
Ms. Shinny Singla has 9+ years’ experience of working on Automation Framework and Manual testing of medium to large sized projects in Telecom domain. she is currently working as a Technical Leader in Aricent Technologies
Mr. Pradeep Bhandari has 6 + years of working experience in QA Capacity wherein majority of the assignments were related to Implementing Automation in the Telecom Domain Applications.

13. Thank You!!!