Questions tagged [mobile]

Issues related to testing on mobile devices (smartphones, tablets).

Further reading:

Karen N Johnson, The Mobile Environment: https://www.techwell.com/2012/10/interview-mobile-testing-expert-karen-n-johnson

A three part series from Jonathan Kohl on creating a physical test lab: http://www.kohl.ca/2012/creating-a-test-lab-for-mobile-apps-testing-part-1/ http://www.kohl.ca/2012/creating-a-test-lab-for-mobile-apps-testing-part-2/ http://www.kohl.ca/2012/creating-a-test-lab-for-mobile-apps-testing-part-3/

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What are some ways In which testing a mobile application is different from testing a PC application?

My company is considering offering an application for Android devices and iPhones. What are some of the challenges of testing a mobile application that are different from testing a PC application (or an application that runs in a browser)?
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What are some authoritative sources for smart phone market share for helping to determine test device purchases?

Our company plans to roll out a mobile support for our site later this year. I will need to test it. I will investigate several testing strategies, but one I will definitely use is testing on actual devices in-house. iOS runs a small number of…
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What is the right behavior when user press Logout button while being offline?

I am testing mobile application and have one question regarding the offline mode. When there is no connection, what should be the right behavior when user press Log out button? My concern is if the app allows log out then on server this user status…
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How to create or mock 100+ wifi networks for testing purposes?

We have found an issue while testing our application in a specific location; whenever there are too many wifi networks in the vicinity, the app crashes. Does anyone know: How many wifi networks can a phone show at one time? If there is a way to…
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How to test battery consumption of mobile app?

I want to test mobile app battery consumption on android. I am new to this. Is there anyone who can guide me about this?
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What is a good mobile application testing training plan?

As per my understanding, I have created following training plan. Please review and let me know if I'm missing something or anything needs to be update? Topics Introduction to Mobile Testing What is Mobile application testing? Why is Mobile testing…
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Testing mobile web in real carrier network

we have different products which are integrated with mobile carrier billing system. How can we test this remotely using any cloud services. I have gone through Keynote and deviceanywhere, but they have limited set of carriers. I am looking for…
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Need to know what kind of issue is this?

It is tough to select the date of birth from the calendar. Change the calendar format so that it should be easy to choose the year. It should be user friendly, what kind of issue is this? UI or Functional or Non Functional
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Testing mobile application based on GPS

We developed application based on GPS, google maps and location, now we make localization and I should test how our application will work in China. Any tips? My location is in Israel. How can I bring the device think that I'm at China?
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Which simulator I can use to do function testing for BB mobile application?

I work in QA and I am looking for a simulator to test on a Mobile application for the Black Berry Bold and Curve.
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