{"id":2536,"date":"2016-02-16T09:58:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T09:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gallop.net\/blog\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2022-07-28T15:46:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T10:16:00","slug":"how-to-overcome-4-top-challenges-of-mobile-application-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigniti.com\/blog\/how-to-overcome-4-top-challenges-of-mobile-application-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Top Challenges of Mobile Application Testing & How to Overcome Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, every day, thousands of new apps are uploaded. With apps integration now possible into cars, wearable tech and home appliances, people download them by billions on their smart devices – tablets, smartphones, vehicles, watches, kitchen appliances, etc. \u2013 only to move on to download an alternative if the app is not up to their standards or doesn\u2019t fulfil their needs. This increasing intolerance towards below-par performance, device compatibility issues, functional defects, or poor user experience makes mobile testing of apps a business critical function.<\/p>\n

The need to launch the perfect app, and then to continuously keep on upgrading it to match the wants of consumers is creating a tremendous, continuous pressure on the professionals responsible for quality and testing \u2013 not to forget the developers. The testers need to stay upskilled to be able to manage the ever expanding number of configurations, OSs, devices, OSs, user interfaces, etc., QA departments are trying to catch-up with innovative methodologies like Agile and DevOps, along with testing apps properly before releasing them. Add this to the challenge of insufficient and inefficient mobile testing tools that do not allow testing apps to the maximum levels.<\/p>\n

As per the Cap Gemini Quality Report (Mobile Testing), almost 18% companies state lack of time to test mobile apps, 65% say they do not have the right tools, and 52% cite lack of devices as reasons for not performing mobile testing. To overcome some of these challenges of mobile testing, per the World Quality Report 2015-16, 35% of the QA and Testing Budget for new development is being spent on mobile and front office (customer channel) solutions.<\/p>\n

4 Mobile Testing Challenges and Solutions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most organizations are neither ready, nor able to manage the ever growing complicated web of multiple OSs, devices, platforms, or services. Even if they are, they have to face the challenges of:<\/p>\n

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  1. Platform, OS\u00a0and Device Fragmentation: <\/strong>Not just newer and smarter mobile devices, but also operating systems are being launched with such a high frequency that it is becoming very complicated to understand the possible permutations and combinations required to provide the seamless functioning of apps \u2013 so desired by the users. Device fragmentation is by far the most complicated aspect of the mobile testing matrix – especially for the Android operating systems. In 2012, there were nearly 4,000 separate Android device models available. In 2013, the number exploded to 12,000. Even the variety of mobile operating systems pose a huge challenge for engineering teams. What complicates this further is the compatibility issues mobile applications face while being deployed across devices having different Operating systems like iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows etc. or Versions of an operating system such as iOS 4.X, iOS 5.X, BB 4.X, 5.X and 6.X.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The following solutions may be useful in solving the issue:<\/p>\n