Mobile Application Testing

Key Difference and Biggest challenge to testing of Mobile Apps is lots of devices involved, and  testing in various devices needs different techniques, technology and resource., we will start with Functional aspect first

Functional Test/App on Device angle -

how you can get access to multiple devices[For Device testing] and technology for test Mobile Application

Some options and  suggestions are

1.1 Can use Emulator to verify basic operation

1.2. Acquire as many friends as possible with different devices

1.3. Remote Lab for testing

1.4 Join the Social Community on Mobile Application test

On above we can check more at 1.3 and 1.4, and 1.1, 1.2 are left to testers choice...

Remote Lab for Device Simulation –

(FREE) Choices first

SAMSUNG LAB.DEV-Samsung   offers a free remote lab web service, called Lab.Dev. It includes some Windows Mobile devices and Android Devices, Lab.dev is a remote test lab service. You can test your developed application in the same environment of real device through Lab.dev.

Nokia Remote Device Access-

Forum Nokia offers a free (yes, free!) remote lab solution for Symbian and Maemo devices called Remote Device Access (RDA), shown in Figures Figure 1 and Figure 2. To use the service, you can accesshttp://www.mobilexweb.com/go/rda (you’ll need to have already created a Forum Nokia account). You will need Java Runtime 5.0 or newer, because RDA is a WebStart Java application.

Still no Free Test Lab Options for ios , if any get info about this, please share

(PAID)

Most Popular ones

Keynote Device Anywhere

Perfecto Mobile

Below sites give clear comparison of both and its pricing

 http://mobiforge.com/testing/story/testing-physical-devices-made-easy

http://info.nttdata.ca/bid/124027/Mobile-Application-Testing-Tools

Popular Mobile test community-

 one must subscribe into their forum/blog for continuous update 

(http://www.mob4hire.com) Mob4Hire is a mobile social network aimed at joining testers with mobile devices around the world and developers who want to test applications or websites using a payment service. You can search for testers by country, operator, and device to access the devices you want.

http://mobiforge.com/

mobiForge is a mobile development and design resource site run by the mobile domain registry, dotMobi. Its stated purpose is to help stimulate the growth of the mobile web by providing technical resources and tools to educate the mobile development community. The site is run independently of any one mobile operator or manufacturer, and as such the content carried is operator and manufacturer agnostic.

http://www.utest.com/

-Crowd based testing and SAAS platform [one of the largest] in Testing area[this include Mobile Application test , Not only this]

Recommended Reference –

http://www.qaac.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Mobile-Testing-QAAC.pdf

- this presentation from gopinath.jayamalra cover more elaborate detail on Mobile Application test one should refer to..