Comprehensive Mobile App Testing Guide: 183 Verification Points for Defect-free Applications
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Is building an app the end of the road? Not quite! Here's a setup for a sleek checklist to make sure your app is as smooth as silk and free from bugs. As a seasoned app development company since 2010, we understand the importance of a bug-free application. Here's a down-to-earth guide to craft your bug-busting checklist containing 183 items! Grab it below and share it with your testing squad.
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In addition, we've tossed in info on mobile app testing processes and various testing techniques that your testing crew should follow.
Contents
- Eight Steps to Conquer Mobile App Testing
- Seven Kinds of Mobile App Testing Your Squad Needs to Master
Eight Steps to Crush Mobile App Testing
Nailing mobile app quality requires accurate testing. Here's the step-by-step guide for an unforgettable testing extravaganza for a top-notch user experience.
- Cross-Platform Compatibility Crusade
Focus on developing an app that runs smoothly across various platforms? Cross-platform tests come to the rescue! Make certain your application vibes perfectly on all possible operating systems, such as iOS and Android, to offer a slick user experience.
- Test all the Darn Settings and Configurations
As your app plays with numerous mobile device features and settings, compatibility comes to play. Make sure it syncs with screen resolution, different OS versions, motion sensor, camera, and more.
- Test Like a Boss Based on Your App Type
Mobile apps generally split into web, native, and hybrid categories. Scrutinize web apps for their UI and test memory usage with battery life. Update JavaScript usage to avoid draining your device's battery. Since diverse technologies power native and hybrid apps, prioritize functional testing for checking gestures, compatibility, connectivity, performance, and push notifications.
- Strip Down and Inspect the UI
Front-end testing rewards oversight on your app's UI and GUI functions. Check the dropdown menu, navigation features, and other user features. Ensure the app operates under all conditions and passes the litmus test on numerous browsers and devices.
- Take Back-end and Database Testing Seriously
The server end of mobile apps is the back-end or database. As many apps are API-driven, REST APIs help visualize data in the UI and testing using a proxy to monitor the app's requests and responses.
- Pump Up App Storage and Memory
With users eager to stockpile apps on their devices, keep an eye on your app’s size every time you roll out a new app. Ensure your app size isn't so massive that it loses users due to storage constraints.
- Test under all Network Conditions
Put your app through its paces under weak network signals, large data transfers, and more. Assess your app under the following points:
#### Jitters
Jitters measure the time it takes to transmit data through the network. Jitters' frequencies gauge data variability as it flows in packets. In slower networks, the app should notify the user about the delay or suggest resending data.
#### Packet Loss
Data loss during transmission to the destination might happen due to various reasons like network congestion, software glitches, security threats, network hardware, or overloaded devices.
Own Mobile App Security
With the complexity of different OS components, securing the app might seem challenging, but follow these steps:
- Lock down the source code and database
- Perform Input validation
- Conduct penetration tests
- Obstruct client-side injection
- Implement HTTPS-SSL/TLA security layers
- Safeguard local data storage
Seven Kinds of Mobile App Testing Your Squad Needs to DOMINATE
To ensure your testing team delivers quality results, here are seven testing techniques to rule the roost:
- Functionality Testing
Functionality testing checks if the app has met all functional requirements. Perform the following checks during functionality testing:
- Test sign-in, sign-up, login, and other functions
- Analyze app performance during push notifications
- Check power usage while using the app
- Examine every form and field of the app
- Test compatibility with various OS versions
- Check UI errors
- Detect conditions impacting functional performance
- Identify the project's business scope and best practices
- Performance Testing
Performance testing assesses the responsiveness, speed, and adaptability of the app under varying conditions. Test the following aspects to evaluate the performance of your app:
- Launch time
- Responsiveness with frequent keypad inputs
- Splash performance analysis
- Performance when multitasking with other apps
- Speed when downloading large files
- UI/UX Testing
User Interface/User Experience testing can be a headache due to the limited screen space. However, with automation, ensure layout, functionality, and order in the mobile app and other testing scenarios like:
- Check text visibility
- Examine popups and alerts
- Assess seamless navigation with swipe gestures
- Ensure the page load duration doesn't lag
- Examine company logos and image sizes
- Verify content flow during scrolling
- Check data retention when switching apps
- Usability Testing
Usability provides insights into an app's success by measuring user interaction ease. Ignoring usability can impact ROI as users may opt for easier or visually appealing apps.
- Create a sitemap to analyze user navigation difficulties
- Ensure apps aren't too dark, affecting readability
- Test app security regarding user personal data
- Verify navigational elements to prevent user disorientation
- Examine the call-to-action buttons, color, and content alignment
- Evaluate cluttered menus
- Minimize tedious forms for users
- Investigate image-related issues
- Evaluate browser compatibility
- Compatibility Testing
Though it's impossible to test apps across all devices, follow this basic checklist for cross-platform compatibility:
- Check buttons for functionality on all devices and platforms
- Ensure image display and performance issues on different platforms
- Assess UI-related issues with other devices like drop-down features, menu malfunctions, alignment issues, misaligned text, and app scalability.
- Inspect app behavior with auto-complete turned on and off
- Security Testing
Billions lose to cyber-attacks[1][2]. Encourage users with security assurance that their data is safe. Examine the following security aspects:
- Verify authentication and authorization
- Test data encryption
- Look for vulnerabilities: SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, insecure API endpoints.
- Secure storage of sensitive data
- Test the app's permissions
- Accessibility Testing
Don't skimp on accessibility for a better user experience and higher ROIs. Check the following accessibility aspects during testing:
- Scale text according to users' phone settings
- Orient display text upon screen rotation
- Assess readability for screen readers
- Examine multimedia content like images, videos, and audio
- Assess captions for media content.
- Scrutinize default language
- Ensure layout and design consistency
- Examine sensory interactions
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We, at Space-O, have skilled QA engineers following this checklist alongside the latest testing tools to develop high-performance and secure mobile applications.
Data-and-cloud-computing technology plays a crucial role in mobile app testing, providing efficient tools and methods for testing various aspects of the application, such as performance, functionality, security, and usability. Within the checklist for mobile app testing, technology like cloud-based testing platforms and services enable the testing of applications across multiple devices, platforms, and network conditions, ensuring cross-platform compatibility and optimal performance.
Moreover, the integration of data-and-cloud-computing technology enables testers to perform real-time monitoring, load testing, stress testing, and other performance tests, ultimately leading to a smooth and bug-free user experience. As a mobile app developer, understanding the importance of data-and-cloud-computing technology during the testing phase is essential for creating a top-notch, efficient, and user-friendly mobile application that leaves a lasting impression on users.
