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In this issue, the editor will bring you about how to analyze the current situation of mobile app testing. The article is rich in content and analyzed and described from a professional point of view. I hope you can get something after reading this article.

As soon as the concept of "traffic is king" is introduced, there are as many Internet mobile app as stars, and enterprises in various industries are approaching the mobile end, but there are not many app that can make their own characteristics and break out the tight encirclement. It can be said that the quality of app user experience and other levels are uneven. If you want to stay in the Internet ocean for a long time and give full play to the maximum value and profit of app created by yourself, enterprises and industry personnel still need more deep ploughing and efforts.

As a mobile app tester, we should be sensitive to the opportunities and challenges we have to face. The following new dream software testing makes a simple analysis of the current situation of domestic mobile APP testing, hoping to bring some effective suggestions and popular science to newcomers in the software testing industry.

What is the current situation of domestic mobile testing in enterprises?

At present, many small start-up companies are developers responsible for application testing, self-testing is actually a very difficult thing. Some companies do not test because of capital and other reasons. There are also some companies that recruit a lot of functional testers and Android testers, but most companies are not particularly mature and perfect, and it is difficult to cover the overall function through single point testing, automated testing and other means. As a result, there are many startups trying to dig deep in this area in order to solve the pain point.

For mobile application testing, even if you are equipped with a test team, you may not find too much bug, or even the found bug is not very important, but big problems will be exposed after launch. In this regard, the composition of a mature testing team should be manually tested by some people with more experience and strong logical thinking, and be equipped with testers with strong development ability to carry out performance testing or automated testing. and then recruit some people with good aesthetics and in-depth understanding of user psychology to do user experience testing.

What is the status quo of overall mobile APP testing? What are the obvious problems?

1. There are many models of mobile phones, and the speed of upgrading and elimination is too fast, and the problem of App compatibility is very prominent.

At present, there are so many models of Android, coupled with various operating system versions, screen sizes and custom ROM of various equipment manufacturers, which have brought serious compatibility and adaptation problems to App. For example, the excessive caching of App by Xiaomi's ROM may lead to problems such as the failure of the newly installed App to take effect after the revised desktop icon of the new APP. As Apple releases new phones at a faster pace and IOS versions are updated, compatibility issues on IOS phones are also on the rise. App testers do not have the time or ability to verify whether the App is working on all models, so in most cases they can only buy a few commonly used models for simple verification tests and then hastily launch them. As a result, it is conceivable that there are all kinds of unexpected adaptation problems on the end-user's phone.

2. In order to catch up with the times, the app iteration speed is too fast, and the app test time is compressed too short.

The current App iteration update cycle is very short, usually a large version in January and a small version in one or two weeks. Due to the uneven level of developers, it is difficult to deliver the test version according to the scheduled plan, and the testable version is often available just before release, so the time left for the test team is very limited. Directly lead to the test team may not be able to conduct a comprehensive test of App, can not guarantee the quality of App. So it often happens that App comes online in a hurry with Bug.

3. Product designers lack awareness of the market, which leads to continuous revision of the function.

Not black products and design, but at present, because most of the product design leaders in China are still working hard, do not go out to have a look, and lack of market research and analysis, the real user demand is only based on conjecture and pat on the head. resulting in a constant revision of the same functional module. This makes the development and test team feel frustrated and resistant to version updates. As a result, product designers are constantly coming up with new solutions, but they are not trusted and supported by others. Often a functional design solution appears in the formal version, the revised version, the final version, the final version and so on.

4. It is difficult to guarantee the accuracy of App test and problem tracking.

Due to the lack of real-world user usage scenarios, the missing bug in App tests can be as high as 20-50%. In addition, in some organizations, the testers themselves are unprofessional and lack of general App testing tools, which leads to many serious problems such as App crash and flashback, it is difficult to provide developers with accurate error logs, so that developers can not accurately locate and analyze the problem.

What are the main stages of APP testing?

Functional testing: that is, after the App development is completed, it will enter the internal testing phase. The internal tester verifies the function.

Performance testing: response time and loading speed are always the constant topics that affect user satisfaction, so it is necessary to test the performance of APP when the function is basically stable. Performance testing is mainly reflected in the performance problems of interface return, network speed and resource loading.

User experience testing: after the functional verification is passed, internal testers and real users are introduced to conduct user experience testing, respond quickly according to the real feedback of users, and quickly adjust the function of App.

Compatibility adaptation testing: at present, App may have serious compatibility adaptation problems on different mobile phones. So in the iteration of a large version, or when the underlying framework of App is adjusted, compatibility testing needs to be carried out to ensure that App works properly on most phones. Usually, the company's equipment resources are limited, so it is a universal choice to introduce third-party services to help complete compatibility testing.

Security testing: with the increase of criminal cases in mobile Internet, security testing should also be included in mobile phone testing, otherwise it is difficult to win the trust of users, especially in the APP where there are transactions.

Quality control: because of the complexity of the real environment and the unpredictability of user behavior, even perfect testing can not guarantee zero bugs, so the quality monitoring after the launch of App is particularly important. At this time, you need to use quality monitoring tools to grasp the real problems such as crashes and flashbacks that occur on the client side of App.

Mobile app test management requirements

With the development of the times, the post-90s have become more thoughtful about life, so many young people may have more visions besides money, including whether they are happy at work and whether they have improved themselves. It's not that they don't care about money, but they will have their own ideas and pursuits. In the face of such a group of people, the management style of the manager itself also needs to be changed, and some guidance needs to be given from various angles such as the company's process, business development, personal planning, technology development and so on.

Mobile app tester requirements

In the field of mobile testing, functional (business) testing, automated testing, etc., will become a tester's basic ability to adapt to a variety of needs. Abandon prejudices and face the future and challenges correctly. As long as you have the courage to admit your shortcomings and learn quickly, you will have a place in the mobile test.

The above is how to analyze the current situation of mobile app testing. If you happen to have similar doubts, you might as well refer to the above analysis to understand. If you want to know more about it, you are welcome to follow the industry information channel.

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