Testing a mobile app differs from testing a web application. Users of mobile apps want more than just the app’s features, such as a sleek design, a quick user interface, and speed. Users will imagine a good option for an existing app if they are dissatisfied with it, thanks to a highly competitive environment. Mobile application development is a booming industry, and the market is becoming more intense with each passing year. When it comes to ensuring that the products are of the highest quality, testing is the most effective method. Mobile app testing is important for creating a high-quality app that meets all of the specifications. While testing, there are a number of things that testers and developers should bear in mind. During testing, many developers make easy errors. These errors drive up production costs dramatically. They also extend the production process, making it even less cost-effective.
Here are some common mistakes that testers can avoid when testing mobile apps.
1. Testing before Determining the Objective
Testing without understanding the concepts of MVP, MVC, and MVVM patterns of mobile apps is the first mistake testers make. For better testing, the QA team can collaborate with developers from the beginning of the project to know about the technologies that the mobile app will be based on. You can’t accomplish it if you don’t know what an app’s function is. As a result, before you begin testing, make sure you understand what your goal is.
This is the most significant barrier to remember because if you don’t know what you’re testing for, you could end up developing tests that don’t accurately assess the app’s specifications. Before beginning the project, developers and testers should define business objectives, which will give them a clear understanding of the creation and testing processes, as well as how to develop them in the future.
2. Too Much Emphasis on the User Interface
The rules must be followed. Disregarding a variety of secret API issues and network connections, on the other hand, can be disastrous for the app’s performance. Your user interface may glow like a diamond in the sky, but if it hobbles along like an old bicycle, you’re in for a rough ride.
3. Inadequate Installation Testing
This is a subject we cannot emphasize enough. You can think of an installation process as a business card that you give to a customer. It’s crucial to make a good first impression. It makes no difference how nice your app is if no one can test it. Concentrate on the installation and updating procedures. Make sure they’re in full working order.
4. Failure to Conform to User Interface and User Experience Principles
Any iOS testing company will place a high value on UI and UX quality. Along with glitches and failures, this is one of the most common reasons for Apple Store product refusal. Always pay attention to the UI and UX guidance. These are designed to make your application more enjoyable for your users.
5. Inadequate Device Scope
Due to the diversity of the smartphone industry, app testing for different hardware and software combinations is one of the most difficult tasks. This also causes testers to miss out on a large number of applications, as well as upcoming devices. Despite the difficulty, it’s critical to test on a variety of mobile devices to ensure a wider range of devices, such as iPhones, iPads, and Android devices. However, tend to concentrate on the ones that your intended audience is most likely to use. Some of the cloud-based solutions eliminate the pain of manual testing on a variety of Android and iOS devices running various OS versions. You can monitor any device and perform manual and automated tests on your traditional, composite, and mobile web app using a cloud-based device testing service.
6. A Lot of Manual Work
Bugs and errors are difficult to detect. Making a bug-free application will take months. To free up time for other aspects of testing, put more work into developing automated testing tools. They’re difficult to code, but they pay off by saving hundreds of hours of testing time.
7. Excessive Testing
Even a professional mobile app testing company might make a mistake here. You don’t have an endless supply of resources. Testing must be cost-effective in terms of both time and money. You won’t be able to monitor every part of the application. This will, in many cases, take so long that your launch date will be years late. Concentrate on checking functionality that is critical to the application’s performance. For a basic table-based application, testing how your flexible demonstration works aren’t as relevant. On the other hand, it is important to ensure the content is accessible and easy to read.
8. Separately Analyzing Each Test
Attempting to comprehend the results of a test without analyzing the consequences and interventions of other tests or scenarios, would never provide a complete picture. When you begin testing and switch from one test to the next, you don’t forget about the consequences and correlations between the first and second tests. Regression testing should be attempted. Continuous regression testing is far more essential to maintain that your tests are relevant and that your implementations are of high quality.
To offer more practical feedback to the experiments, use data generation tools and provide performance data. Strictly adhere to each test and look for any abnormalities or errors. You can also use reporting software to report on events and compare data from different formats.
9. Only in-office Tests are Accepted.
When your software is ready to be released, spend some time testing how it performs outside of your office. You have optimum conditions; your system is up and running, and your app does as well. Things can, nevertheless, change in the wild. What if the network isn’t working properly? Have you tested it out?
10. Network Testing is Lacking
Due to the exponential rise in data traffic and network inconsistency, mobile applications that run in a client-server mode encounter networking challenges. Mobile applications are expected to run on a variety of networks, including Wi-Fi, 5G, and 2.4G connections. To meet these challenges, testers should make sure that each and every mobile application is put through comprehensive test scenarios that compensate for “variability” on a mobile network, as well as other critical performance considerations. However, manually monitoring mobile applications on various types of networks is difficult because it is impossible to test an app’s actions on all networks by sitting in a single place.
Testers may use network plugins to solve the problem described above. Emulators for networks allow you to create realistic scenarios commonly found in real networks. It entails inducing data loss, glitches, high latency, and low bandwidth scenarios. All of this can be accomplished without the use of any cables or equipment. You can also configure the repeated network to meet your needs while testing an application in the scenarios mentioned above.
11. Insufficient Security Testing
Mobile app developers are well aware of the importance of securing their products. Mobile apps are becoming more advanced than ever before, handling more sensitive personal and corporate data than ever before. A coding error that goes unnoticed could result in a severe security compromise.
To avoid a breach, development and security teams must have visibility across the software development life cycle (SDLC). Unfortunately, a fragmented collection of app security solutions and a lack of visibility into threats on end-user devices have hampered their efforts.
Some developers don’t give emphasis to security testing and face breach of data or fraud as a result of attacks or reverse engineering which damages company’s reputation and bottom line as a result of the disclosure of confidential information. Companies should perform security testing to avoid fines imposed by regulators as a result of noncompliance or a breach.
12. Testing it as if it is a Website
Many different factors must be considered during web creation, but user software and hardware usability are not one of them. You’ve covered about 70% of the market and more than 90% of the world if you try your website on Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, and Opera. When it comes to mobile device testing, you’ll need to use more tools and hardware. Test it like a director, not like a website.
13. Ineffective Communication
Your testing would be ineffective if your testers do not report all of the bugs and glitches they discover. It’s critical for testing activities to ensure that all of the staff are on the same track.
14. Crash Logs aren’t Adequately Addressed
Many developers believe that their software is bug-free after rigorous testing. Regrettably, this is a misconception. Make sure that testing is followed by detailed crash logs that will assist your team in determining the causes of various bugs and crashes discovered after the update.
Conclusion
Mistakes like the ones mentioned above are very popular and can have a significant effect on the company. These mistakes are even extremely risky since testers take the wrong method initially and adopt a flawed plan. Your application could be rejected by the Apple Store Review Committee if it hasn’t been thoroughly tested. You’ll need some time to correct errors and reapply for the test. It consumes time and increases the cost of growth. Focusing more on pre-release monitoring is the best way to avoid such costs.
To ensure that the best outcome is obtained a substantial number of times, testing is performed with multiple monotonous cycles of conducting the same tasks. Only then would you be able to say that your goal of producing a high-quality product has been met.
The above list can help a tester avoid potential mistakes at all stages of testing, allowing his testing process and results more valuable and useful to a developer. Finally, it could result in a better App being created in less time.
TestDel test engineers have extensive experience testing applications for a variety of operating systems and systems. To expedite the mobile application testing process, we use both manual and automated testing methods. TestDel Automate tests on real mobile devices to cover the most extensive needs in mobile application testing. We will make sure that your mobile application works as intended.