A mobile application testing company faces no less of a challenge when testing a mobile application. In fact, it’s much more challenging than testing a web application considering various factors that affect the behavior of the application. These factors include different networks, screen sizes, operating systems, and versions. In this challenging phase of testing and planning a mobile application, you need to follow some strategies that are useful for easing down the entire process.
Following are some of the best strategies you should consider before starting mobile application testing:
1. Device Testing
There are millions and billions of mobile devices out there with different operating systems and screen sizes. It’s almost impossible for organizations to optimize an application for all these devices. There, the organizations should target a specific list of devices it will support. This will enable your QA to be more organized and ensure that the application supports all of the listed devices.
2. OS Version Testing and Support
Two major operating systems available for mobile devices in the market are Android and iOS. It would’ve been a straightforward task to test an application had there been just a couple or few versions of operating systems. Instead, there are numerous versions of Android OS that are being released. Testing an application for all these versions is an uphill task. To have a testing policy that clearly states that all versions of these operating systems are supported is highly important for any organization. This enables the QA team to test each functionality in platforms that are supported.
3. Network Connectivity Testing
Carriers provide a range of network connections from 1G to LTE. To conduct an efficient mobile app testing, a mobile application testing company tests the application on all the broadly available network speeds considering LTE, 3G, and 4G mobile communication standards. The application’s behavior also depends on whether it’s used on Wi-Fi or 4G. A tester must also check the behavior of the application when the network is shifted from 4G to 1G and vice versa. Cases like loss of connectivity should also be covered.
4. Interrupt Conditions
Conditions such as incoming call or SMS while using the application also need to be tested. These are interrupted conditions that are a major part of testing and often left ignored by the organization while setting their testing standards. And when it’s ignored, there are great chances of the app losing its in-progress activities due to interrupt conditions. Therefore, the tester is responsible to report this behavior to the business team for a proper way to deal with it.
5. Security Testing
In this age where cyber-attacks are frequently making the headlines, it’s crucial to test your application for security. As an important part of mobile application testing, security testing should be performed with the following things included:
- Data flow vulnerability – Data flow and storage should be checked.
- Check for data leakage – Ensure that the data is not leaked between the logs.
- Ensure the protection of all web data – The protection of outgoing and incoming web data from the application to the server-side is a must. For most applications, HTTPS is used for data encryptions so the testers should ensure that authenticated pages are served over HTTPS.
There are various other solutions as well but with these 5 strategies, you can achieve a bug-free mobile release to quite an extent.
