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Automated Cross-Browser Testing

by admin | May 6, 2019 | Mobile App Testing, Blog | 0 comments

Reasons for Performing Automated Cross-Browser Testing Automated cross-browser testing is performed for two main reasons:

•Testing the consistency of the functionality and the working of an application across browsers
•Checking whether the rendition or appearance of a web page is the same or altered in different browsers

Holistically, automated cross-browser testing enables the testers to find out browser-related discrepancies, if any, in the functioning of an application, fix the issues detected, ascertain the possible shortcomings, and enhance efficiency and user experience to achieve business objectives.

Before conducting automated cross-browser testing, it is pertinent for the testers to know what they need to test. Some of the features and functionalities of the application which the testers must focus on are:

•The ‘base functionality’ of the application, including links, menus, and dialogs
•‘Graphical User Interface’ (GUI) of the application or its ‘look’ and ‘feel’
•The ‘response’ of the application to user actions
•The ‘performance’ of the application or the loading of pages within a certain timeframe

Automated cross-browser testing can be performed at different stages of the application development lifecycle. The selection of the most appropriate stage for testing depends on the testing methodology used by a company and its testing timeline. In general, cross-browser tests can be started at the following times in the development lifecycle:

•As early as possible, with even a single page ready for testing
•When the application has been developed
•Upon release of the application

Although testing every single page on each browser is a tedious task and increases the effort of the testers, it enables early detection and fixing of errors. Therefore, cross-browser testing in the early stages of application development is comparatively more cost-effective than testing the application when development is complete or after the application is released.

Automated cross-browser testing is a crucial process that automates the tests of a web application on numerous browsers. Hence, this kind of testing forms a vital part of the development cycle of an application. With the help of automated cross-browser testing, an organization can ensure that its web application works as expected on every browser. Overall, the key objective behind automated cross-browser testing is to verify that a web application has consistent behavior and experience on diverse browsers, platforms, and devices. To ensure the production a top class web application, connect with us. We do more!

Expanding Mobile Applications to International Markets

by admin | Mar 19, 2019 | Mobile App Testing, Blog | 0 comments

Intensifying marketing efforts of mobile applications internationally translates to forging ahead of competition, gaining global branding, revenue from untapped lucrative markets, and heightened brand reach to a larger audience. Ensure that you partner with a renowned name in the mobile app testing services realm to keep your app working seamlessly across the world.

When expanding mobile applications to international markets it is important to understand the factors that would make the apps a resounding success. A leader in mobile testing services would tell you that while an app, for instance, may be developed in one language, it would be necessary to look at other language options to appeal to various demographics. For those businesses that do not want to block their resources that would be required for an international market, it would make sense to release translations of the app in the languages of the countries they would like to first release their app. In addition, the description of the app, keywords, cultural sensitivity must be altered to suit the target international market. This will help to gain an understanding of the appeal, deployment and acceptability of their app.

The next step to localization would be monitoring and analyzing the number of new downloads and users. It is also critical for your mobile app testing partner to understand the possible challenges and obstacles to localization in order to make the app a resounding success. For instance, not localizing the app icon could prove to be a hindrance or the app not working fast and smoothly could result in lowered usage.

In order to keep a stronghold and continue efforts of expanding your mobile applications to international markets, it would be wise to choose a mobile app testing company with global presence, dedicated team and round the clock support. This effectively means that not only must the service partner be proficient in internalization of source code and app content, but should be able to manage everything surrounding the app to ensure the highest success and ROI. The fact is that setting up remote operations and getting an overseas together is no mean task and hence a partner with a global presence and 24hr support can prove indispensable.

Emulators and simulators are extremely effective tools not only to help build and keep mobile apps error free, but also to enable early international mobile app testing. There are better chances of increasing app quality with an earlier app testing strategy, since it is harder to care for and maintain country specific devices. An expert service provider will be proactive and would know that apart from devices, multi-network testing and carriers would be equally critical in internationalization of mobile apps.

Before rolling out the app internationally, it would be advisable to conduct a ‘test run’ / pilot rollout in order to get feedback. Based on the feedback you would be able to resolve any real and possible issues before launching your app to a larger and possibly unforgiving audience in parts of the world. Test analytics, dashboards, and reports are absolutely essential to identify and correct the most pressing issues, remaining agile, and ensuring the final wide scale product is released on time error free.

An international presence of your mobile app is a great feeling but it is important to ensure a variety of ongoing testing – A/B testing, performance testing, Security and Data Privacy testing, and general international app testing to counter region / country specific app issues.

The critical fact to remember is that despite your best efforts it would be imprudent to expect your app to becoming acclaimed and successful in a very short period of time. Even the strongest and meticulously planned product would need care, patience, and maintenance to take it to the next level. It is necessary to keep focus on robust product development, structured marketing, and partnering with a solid partner with years of experience and expertise in this realm, in order to make your international app a successful venture. If you are ready – we are too – connect with us today.

Supporting Mobile Testing – Part of Overall Testing Strategy

by admin | Mar 25, 2019 | Mobile App Testing, Blog | 0 comments

If as a company you believe that your business does not need mobile app testing services, then may be the fact, that ‘88% users abandon apps and never return because of bugs, errors, and defects’, will change your mind. This is true despite all the effort put in by companies to design and test their mobile apps. Many companies have wasted precious resources and suffered setbacks to their reputation owing to poor mobile apps. Frustrated users not only stop using the app, they would also post negative reviews, which could further create problems for a business by negatively impacting their reputation. Companies in addition, need to focus on their core business and hence outsourcing mobile app testing to a high quality mobile app testing company would be a sound business investment. While bugs and glitches could prove to be major problems for a company not in business of mobile app testing, a company with QA testing discipline would find it easy to resolve current and possible future issues.

When setting the testing strategy for mobile applications, business owners must include mobile app testing services in the overall strategy. Using QA testing experts helps a business to partner with focused, methodical, and highly experienced individuals with a passion to ‘serve up’ the highest quality mobile apps. It would be helpful to prepare an in-house team consisting of product managers and user experience experts, who would work cohesively with your outsourced partner. This would help to gain both company and expert perspectives to synchronize, and lead to more efficient and user-friendly mobile apps.

It is the QA testers who will prevent and reduce these failures from becoming major issues, and creating a product that would be befitting for your customer base. QA testers must be part of the mobile testing strategy to review the requirements, analyze design, and test cases early and repeatedly to ensure a near perfect product.

Another part of the overall testing strategy for mobile app testing is selecting the right mobile device for the purpose of actual testing. Users would operate mobile apps across platforms, on several different devices, and on a number of operating systems – this ‘variety’ can prove to be challenging for a business to understand the kind of application they must develop, which can run across these variations. Even QA testers find this highly challenging, but an experienced team dedicated to mobile testing services would be able to provide custom solutions for a business and its mobile app.

Testing network connectivity is another critical aspect of the overall mobile app testing strategy, and expert testers would be able to test the application across networks and speeds and Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile communication standards. These qualified teams would also be able to test the application to understand its ‘behavior’ in the event of sudden network transitions – from higher to lower speeds. In addition, testers would also need to include situations where a user experiences a sudden loss of connectivity.

Smart and experienced mobile testing companies will be proactive about including interrupting conditions in the testing strategy. These ‘conditions’ include a call or SMS or any other forms of messages while the app is being used, and it is the job of a tester to include the app’s behavior during such interruptions.

Lastly, but extremely critical to include in the overall testing strategy is security and safety of the app. Pointing towards some horrific truths are stats that surround mobile app testing, and it is therefore essential to the success of the app and a business that the aspect of security is treated as priority. Security testing by an experienced mobile app testing company would include the exposure that the data within the app contains – need to check for data flow and storage point. In addition, checking for possibility of data leaks between logs would also be the responsibility of the mobile app tester.

Mobile testers play a critical role as part of the overall strategy, especially with regard to user interface and experience. It is important to ensure that UI testing includes the working of the app, seamless usability, and alignment to the objectives and requirements of the business it supports. User Interface must be free of bugs, and hence UI testing is as critically important to the SDLC as is any other phase. Top class UI and UX will ensure that users stay connected, and would be happy to spread a positive word of mouth, thereby increases the user base for the company. A robust testing strategy is essential to develop a successful and sustainable mobile application, and when you connect with us, we will put together a strong mobile application testing plan to get your app the recognition and user base it deserves.

Appium Commands

by admin | Feb 18, 2019 | Mobile App Testing, Fixed, Blog | 0 comments

Every automation tester should be familiar with Appium commands to create a robust mobile apps automated test scripts. However, knowing all the methods/commands is a challenge. A quick reference material/cheat sheet will be helpful for mobile app automation testers.

In this blog article, we will see most important Appium commands.

DesiredCapabalities for launching an application (Android):

//Setting desiredcapabilities for particular device and application

DesiredCapabilities caps = new DesiredCapabilities();
caps.setCapability("deviceName", "Lenovo");
caps.setCapability("version", "6.0");
caps.setCapability("platformName", "Android");

caps.setCapability("appActivity", "com.android.vending.AssetBrowserActivity");
caps.setCapability("appPackage", "com.android.vending");
caps.setCapability("appWaitActivity", "2000");
caps.setCapability("noReset", "true");
caps.setCapability("autoGrantPermissions", "true");
caps.setCapability("automationName" ,"UiAutomator2");
caps.setCapability("appWaitActivity", "SplashActivity, SplashActivity,OtherActivity, *, *.SplashActivity");
caps.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.NEW_COMMAND_TIMEOUT,"6000");
caps.setCapability("unicodeKeyboard", "true");

//Launching the application using appium server

AndroidDriver<AndroidElement> driver = new AndroidDriver(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"), caps);

//Finding element using accessibilityId

driver.findElementByAccessibilityId("Play Store");

//Performing key press action

driver.pressKeyCode(AndroidKeyCode.HOME);

Or

driver.pressKeyCode(3);

//Locking the device

driver.lockDevice();

//Verify the device is locked

driver.isLocked();

//Unlock the device

driver.unLockDevice();

//To display the device keyboard

driver.getKeyboard();

//To hide the device keyboard

driver.hideKeyboard();

//To verify the keyboard is displayed

driver.isKeyboardShown();

//To open the notification

driver.openNotification();

//Get the device current time

driver.getDeviceTime();

//get current location of the device

driver.Location();

//setting the device location
Location location = new Location(77.59974003, 12.91024781, 909);

driver.setLocation(location);

//get the orientation of the device

driver.getOrientation();

//change the orientation of the device to Landscape
driver.rotate(ScreenOrientation.LANDSCAPE);

//change the orientation of the device to Potrait
driver.rotate(ScreenOrientation.POTRAIT);

//activate a new application in real device

driver.activateApp(“app package or bundle id”);

//install a new application in a real device

driver.installApp(“Location of the apk”);

//verify the application is installed

driver.isAppInstalled(“app package or bundle id”);

//Tap on an element in the application

TouchActions action = new TouchActions(driver);
action.singleTap(Element element);
action.perform();

//Double tap on an element in the application

TouchActions action = new TouchActions(driver);
action.doubleTap(Element element);
action.perform();

//Long press on a selected element

driver.longPress(WebElement element);

//Scroll the displayed screen

TouchActions action=new TouchActions(driver);
action.scroll(xOffset, yOffset).perform();

// close the current application

driver.terminateApp();

// remove an App from the device
driver.removeApp();


//reset the App for current session
driver.resetApp();

//To retrieve the full capabilities associated with the driver 

driver.getCapabilities();

//Use this call to retrieve a SessionID

driver.getSessionId

//Retrieve the current settings of the device

Map<String, Object> settings = driver.getSettings();

The Ultimate Quality Guide: Seven Mobile Test Automation Tips

by admin | Feb 13, 2019 | Mobile App Testing, Blog | 0 comments

Mobile apps have been rocking the cradle of digital transformation all across the IT industry. They have become the most effective channel for reaching out customers for monetizing your products and services. The game of mobile app development and management becomes tricky. A study shows that an average mobile app with quality functionalities loses about 95% of its users within 90 days of rollout. This is a disastrous figure for the owners of mobile business applications who are investing a great deal of time and material cost.

Addressing the Issue Quality assurance finds its way through mobile app testing. It is the only potential way to ensure top-notch user experience for the audience. Test automation is apparent to get the center stage of attraction with only 29% of developers indulging in explorer tree testing and making manual test cases. Automation test cases lead to high quality of testing and allow non-dynamic, repetitive jobs to be handled in no time. Automation testing is done through numerous test automation frameworks like Selenium, Appium, Protector. Achieving a threshold level of quality customer experience is essential when somebody visits a particular business mobile application.

Here are the most effective, actionable tips for implementing automation testing and create useful test automation environment.

Replicate and Scale It is incredibly beneficial and saves time for developers to test out a small model of the mobile app on a particular functionality in the real mobile ecosystem, and then replicating and scaling the same for all components and features. The technique of automation test case for your application saves a significant amount of time while ‘discovering’ bugs. It helps the programmer maintain complete modularity while changing and modifying codes for different tweaks in the mobile app.

Automation testing has been a buzzword in the mobile app development industry since ever. Any test plan can be made highly efficient with proper flow of control and outright concurrency control. These two factors are critical while building any automated mobile testing plan. Also, there should be in discriminated efforts put in on both significant platforms; Android and iOS. Quality is a matter of real concern. It should be addressed with both hands and there should be no discrimination in efforts irrespective of the platform. To get the best in class service and automation testing, connect with us today.

Why Mobile App Testing Is Vital For Retail Business

by admin | Jan 15, 2019 | Mobile App Testing, Blog | 0 comments

Not too long ago, the experts were telling us that no retail business could hope to survive without a website. Then they told us all about the vital importance of retail businesses having mobile app to facilitate easy shopping. It was only a matter of time before mobile app testing companies were charged with the task of testing apps for stability, compatibility, features and ease of use. Mobile app testing services now use a range of testing modalities – manual and simulated – to ensure that apps for retail business are fast, stable and intuitive; offering users the best possible experience.

Is the login process seamless or time consuming and clunky? What payment gateways are available and that security systems are integrated for a secure user experience? If an app is meant for older people is it straightforward enough, with fonts large enough for them to use? Mobile app testing services will test for all this and more, including the app’s ability to handle more traffic; such as during a sale or festival etc. Software testing companies will typically use automated and manual testing modalities to see how the app works on different operating systems and devices old and new. With the mobile device matrix growing ever larger and device fragmentation increase being inevitable, app testers will perform tests using some of the most popular and trending devices used within the app’s target market.

Research shows that the main reasons, the buying public bothers to download a shopping app is to find out about discounts on specific items, receive other relevant push notifications and to earn and use loyalty points. Mobile app testing companies help to ensure that the app effectively promotes the brand and retains customer loyalty. Software testing services will examine how well the app handles interruptions such as incoming calls and whether it is able to multitask easily along with, say a music streaming app and other apps working in the background? Online stores will typically have new product launches and updates at regular intervals which the app should be able to handle seamlessly without compromising on features and user experience. Since the data speed can vary with different areas, networks and service providers, the app’s ability to deal with fluctuating speeds is something else testers will check. The last thing a business wants is for a shopper to abandon their cart halfway through shopping simply because of poor speeds and mobile app testing companies can help to avoid this.

Sometimes time can be of the essence for the launch of a mobile app for a retail business. A big upcoming sale, the festive season or seasonal factors can dictate specific timing for the app launch. Ensuring comprehensive testing in time for launch is vitally important so that the user enjoys a seamless and enjoyable online shopping experience. Another thing that end users desire is for a secure and bug free experience. Hence security issues are some of the most important for mobile app testing companies to examine and address. Over the long term, this will help retail businesses save money.

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