Many companies are developing their products in mobile and the marketplace is seeing more devices, platforms, and versions, hence mobile application testing is vital.
Agile software development methodology satisfies the need of CI in which testing should be done as close to code changes as possible. Ideally this means that your app should be tested on every single commit. Also ideally all tests should be run, including those for parts of the app which haven’t been touched by the code change.
Apps are increasingly being built in a CI environment and today’s app development teams need to bring continuous testing into their mobile app testing strategy.
Mobile applications are categorized as Native, Hybrid and Mobile web which are expected to run across various devices with varying screen real estate, different network conditions, and multiple operating systems. Choosing the appropriate device matrix and appropriate automation tools saves time and cost.
How to pick the best Automation Tool for Mobile Application Testing
Appium
It is an open-source tool that enables automation of native, mobile web, and hybrid application across iOS and Android platforms. you can use Appium to run your tests on both platform with minimal or no code changes.
This allows significant reuse of code. Appium strives to support as many languages and frameworks as possible to give developers the most flexibility and can be mixed into any custom test framework you like.
If you care about hybrid or web testing, Appium provides the most natural vocabulary for switching between native app content and web content, since it leverages the WebDriver protocol for both. Moreover, Appium’s backend is Selenium, offering every Selenium functionality for your testing requirements.
SeeTest
SeeTest automation platform from Experitest is leveraged for continuous testing of mobile and web applications.
It is a preferred platform for testers, as it can integrate seamlessly with industry open source tools, namely Appium and Selenium, to run tests across a range of mobile devices and web browser for faster turnaround time. Additionally, it helps create tests efficiently and at speed on upgraded versions of open sources tools.
Reference to Test Execution, it accelerates the testing cycle and gives better test coverage by running tests simultaneously across multiple browsers and mobile devices. Hence, SeeTest not only offers a mobile test automation solution, but also helps install and launch it. With just a click, the tool can start testing the application across almost 15 devices at a time.
Calabash
Calabash consists of libraries that allow test-code to programmatically interact with native and hybrid apps. It provides APIs that are specialized to native apps running on touch screen devices. It consists of libraries that allow test-code to programmatically interact with native and hybrid apps. It supports framework cucumber, which makes it easier to understand by business experts and non-technical QA staff.
Espresso
Espresso is the newest official UI testing tool from Google (superseding both UiAutomator and UiAutomator2). Espresso has a completely different architecture, where UI tests live alongside the app code, and can even have access to shared code.
Espresso is only for testing Android apps, and Espresso tests must be written in Java or Kotlin. Espresso was designed from the ground up for speed of automation. Espresso has built-in support for ensuring automation does not continue until a view is in an idle state. This avoids a common class of automation bugs where the test tries to continue to the next step but the application is not yet ready.
Conclusion
Mobile application testing is a growing need, and the challenges around it are growing tremendously. Test automation tools and platforms definitely enable teams to resolve the issues faster and in a much more efficient manner by reducing the overall testing efforts. However, every tool and its implementation needs experience and a robust strategy.
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