Here are a few best-known strategies which shall run a thorough security check and test your apps viability piece by piece :

Unit Testing

Unit testing refers to practice of testing each and every function, module or class implemented in your code. The best results of unit testing are revealed when developers involved in the writing process perform this test. This is time efficient as no one better than the writers themselves shall be able to debug the mistakes better. Although there are several automated processes to perform this task but once again a human eye produces the best results.

Functional Testing

Functional Testing as the name might suggest is done with the perspective of testing the app’s functional features. It is in this process that you ensure if the app appears and works in the same way as you imagined. Best results of this app are obtained when this test is performed by the very people who performed the ideation. After this you get this app tested by people who are totally alien to the concept and who honest feedback shall be crucial addressing certain factors that have not been met to satisfaction.

UXA Testing

This is the part where you test the visual experience and design expectations as implemented by the UI designers behind the app. Besides functionality and core units, UXA is equally important. This part of the testing requires a very keen and experienced eye as UI bugs are very subtle and can go unnoticed in various stages of the process. But nevertheless, it can give a weak impression if any UI bugs are tested while the app has reached its business phase. It can hurt your spirits if all your efforts in functionality and complex coding have been compromised by a small and subtle UI bug that too by someone who is not a part of your app building team.

Performance Testing

This part of the testing is incorporated when a new feature, functionality or update is added to the preexisting module. This could affect the overall performance and code in terms of speed, flow and responsiveness of the app. Performance testing is once again a combined effort of both unit testers, functionality testers as well as any third party input who shall be willing to contribute. But as for the developers, it is very essential they receive a well-defined test script so as to identify the “before and after” differences in the app.

Load Testing

Load testing is where you check the threshold capacity of your performance. In other words it a test which checks the quantity of data or concurrent users that can cause your mobile app to collapse, crash, make it unresponsive or just reduce the speed of its performance. Website crashes on e-commerce sites like flipkart on particular sales days is an outcome of load testing shortcomings. Of Course in this case, even the site experts were not able to anticipate the amount of traffic because of which they were not fully prepared to handle the apps viability in those conditions. This simply explains how difficult the process of Load testing can be.

Device Testing

Every device is different and your app user experience as imagined it in a different device could vary when experienced in a different device or even a different OS. Device testing could also be done via emulators which eliminates the need of every external device in the first place. Based on certain features of manual device and emulator testing one must decide which would be better for which part of the feature you are testing as both methods have its own pros and cons.

Interrupt Conditions

This one gets easily left out as while developing complex codes and huge problem-solving apps it is easily forgotten that the medium is actually a phone and phone calls are the most important priority. The aftermath of your app after its functioning is halted by a phone call is one of the most horrifying things an app developer can imagine and must have the maturity to enable the desired corrections possible.

Security Testing

Now let’s say you did all the ethical tests head to the top and are expecting everything to go your way but for some stupid blind reason forgot the fact that mobile apps are more hackable than ever before, your entire efforts will come down crumbling like a house of cards hitched from the lowest level. This test includes knowing how to protect your data, data flow and prevent any scopes of data leakages whatsoever. These are however the most basic threats as hackers come up with new ways to reach your mainframes as the intentions might direct them too.

Here at BrainMobi, we have a thorough understanding of all these crucial tests and we believe it is one of the most important priorities to be implemented before labeling ourselves as one of the Top Mobile App Development Company.
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Hardware Testing: In this type of testing, we test the hardware including internal hardware, internal processor, resolution etc. This is commonly referred to as “Mobile Testing”.

Software Testing: In this type of testing, we test the functionality of the applications on mobile devices. It is commonly referred to as “Mobile Application Testing” or simply “Mobile App Testing”.

The type of mobile testing that we are interested in, for the sake of this blog, is the second one, mobile app testing. These are highly important since many of the negative reviews on app marketplaces are based on problems such as overuse of battery, network failures, and crashes. When done the right way, mobile app testing can significantly reduce the number of bugs in the app in the beta stage itself.

8 Different Types of Mobile Application Testing:

1. Functional Testing
2. Performance Testing
3. Memory Leakage Testing
4. Interrupt Testing
5. Usability Testing
6. Installation Testing
7. Operational Testing
8. Security Testing

Let’s learn more about each of the aforementioned types of mobile app testing services.

1. Functional Testing:

Functional testing focuses on the functional behavior that the application exhibits. It is done to ensure that the application is working according to the requirements. The user interface and the call flows of the app are put to test in this type of testing. Functional testing is mostly automated and not manual since if it is done manually, it gets time-consuming as well as complex and exhaustive. However, some functionalities must be tested manually. The results of both the tests are combined to get a better result.

2. Performance Testing:

Performance testing, as the name suggests, is carried out to test the performance and actions of the app. The app is tested on various situations such as testing performance on low battery due to heavy battery usage, poor bandwidth, network out of coverage area, changing connection mode, etc. Activities on client and server end, both affect the performance of the mobile app, hence performance testing is done on both the ends of the spectrum.

3. Memory Leakage Testing:

Memory leakage testing is done to ensure that there is no loss of data in the mobile apps. It is one of those issues that directly affect the performance of mobile devices. Transferring files may take a lot more time than it usually does, and the app may even switch off automatically due to a shortage of memory. There are various tools that are used for memory leakage testing.

4. Interrupt Testing:

Interrupt testing is the process of testing mobile apps to ensure that the functions are not interrupted while using the applications. The interruptions could be anything from incoming calls to network outage and low memory warnings. This test is vital to know how the app would perform in all of those situations. Apps must be able to go into a suspended state to hold these interruptions. Upon being freed of the interruptions, the apps must restart on their own.

5. Usability Testing:

Usability testing is the process of testing mobile apps in terms of flexibility, usability, and friendliness. It ensures that the app is easy to use and that it offers a suitable user experience to customers. This type of testing helps in improving the audience retention of the app and is hence very important.

6. Installation Testing:

Installation testing is the process of testing the installation, uninstallation, and updations of the app. This is done to ensure that these processes are carried out in the app without any interruption so that the user can install, uninstall, and update the app smoothly and flexibly.

7. Operational Testing:

All mobile operating systems provide inbuilt backup and recovery functions which help in saving or recovering all files or applications that were lost due to some reason. Operational Testing ensures that this process of backup and recovery works properly and responds as per the requirements of the customers.

8. Security Testing:

Security Testing is the process of testing the network security and the application data to check that they are responding as per the requirement/guideline or not. Security is an important issue in every app and hence this type of testing is one of the most important types of testing.

BrainMobi has a team of top mobile app testers performing all of the aforementioned types of testing. We are one of the best mobile app development companies and we feel that it is very important to perform thorough tests to ensure that the app is bug-free. Connect with us at sales@brainmobi.com to fulfill your expectations with your dream app.

This is the first post of a series of posts which would give you some useful insight about mobile app testing services. So stay tuned for the rest of them, and let us know in the comments below if you found this useful!

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