Different Types of Mobile Application Testing Techniques

The competition in the market for mobile apps is fierce because there are so many players. The app needs to be updated frequently with the changes occurring in order to stay calm and keep giving consumers an improved mobile app experience, and there are various types of mobile app testing techniques for doing this. Let's look at the many kinds of testing techniques.

Compatibility Testing

A vital QA task is compatibility testing. It ensures that a given application operates as intended across a range of operating systems, devices, and internal hardware (memory capacity, CPU speed, and button/input variations). In accordance with the customer's needs, it specifies the possible compatibility pairings of devices and interfaces for a given testing assignment.

Compatibility Factors

A variety of variables are essential in the technique for testing mobile compatibility. Mobile operating systems and the versions they support, mobile devices made by various manufacturers, screen sizes and resolutions that vary, as well as internal components, including input types, CPU speeds, and memory sizes.

Installation Testing

Different mobile apps, including Native, Web, and Hybrid, are available for smartphones. Installation mobile app testing techniques is testing carried out at the beginning of a mobile app's lifespan, or it could be said to be the users' first impression of the app. Testing during installation ensures that the mobile app installs, uninstalls, and updates without issues.

Factors affecting installation testing

A few variables are important for an application's installation testing. The platforms and operating systems that the program supports and how it will be disseminated—whether it will be directly available in the app store, distributed via email attachments that can be installed, or accessible via a public URL—are all critical considerations. Individual user behavior varies when it comes to installations.

 

Tests for Interruptions

An abrupt (unexpected) interruption to the application is simulated during interrupt testing. Before returning to its original condition, it is done to learn how the software works under various interruptions. Depending on the application being tested, many methods and strategies can be used to accomplish this.

Here are a few typical interruptions:

• When the application is active or in the background.
• The battery level is high or low, there is an incoming call or SMS, and the battery needs to be removed.
• Charging or not charging
• Device termination
• OS upgrade 
• Loss and restoration of the network, etc.

List of Common Interrupts

Calls, texts, app notifications, battery warnings, forced upgrades, and voicemails are all examples of common interruptions. Shaking the Phone, Using Various Handles, With different apps, changing the orientation, locking and unlocking the screen, Using the app while listening to music, Data app interruptions, and overall performance disruptions due to memory issues (What Sapp, Viber, Tango), Multiple audio sources (including an iPod, a media player, and other audio apps), a phone in standby mode, and a network switch to airplane mode all cause audio interruptions.