What is mobile testing with example?

 

What is mobile testing?

It is a testing method where applications for modern mobile devices are tested for their performance, usability and functionality. Mobile application testing can be carried out in both manual and automated mode. The application that is delivered is ensured that it makes business and user requirements. It also ensures that the mobile user’s expectations are adequately met.

Mobile application experience testing, mobile web experience testing and real-world experience testing are the three types of mobile testing.

 

Mobile testing example:

For example, there was a bug that has been detected because proper interruption testing was not performed on the specific mobile application used for official purposes. As the person was preparing a certain official report using this mobile application and was nearing completion, but, not knowing that the battery was getting discharged after a few minutes, the mobile device switched off for an obvious reason.

The person quickly recharged the application and then opened the app only to know that the entire report that had been prepared has been lost because of inadequate backup. This clearly means that proper interruption testing was not done for this specific mobile application when the battery was discharged.

When a specific application is being run by a user and then a voice call comes and needs to be attended to, then it is also a kind of interruption. The application should be developed in such a way that it should not freeze/restart from the beginning after the voice call has ended. The expected behavior should be such that the application should resume from where the user left it when the battery got discharged.

 

Following are a few interruptions for a mobile application that needs to be tested accordingly:

·         Incoming call

·         The device gets auto-locked when another task is being carried out such as a meeting or video etc.,

·         Internet disconnection

·         SMS

·         Notification from other applications

·         Connecting charger

·         Low battery notification

·         Alarm