STRESS TESTING OF ANDROID APPLICATIONS USING TEST AUTOMATION
International Journal of Latest Trends in Engineering and Technology · 2017
Mobile devices are taking over desktop computers at a fast pace and are becoming an essential part of our life.As the users of the smartphones are increasing at a rapid pace, so does the importance of application quality.It is estimated that by 2017 over 268 billion downloads of android applications will generate around $77 billion worth of revenue.Mobile app downloads are growing every year.So the testing of mobile applications needs to emphasize on functional testing, security testing, performance testing, usability testing, regression testing and compatibility testing.Testing is one of the important factors in improving application quality.The apps written for smartphones are increasingly becoming advanced and complex, adjusting to the constantly developing computational power of the hardware.The techniques used for testing desktop/laptop software are accommodated in testing mobile apps too.Most of the previous studies focused on the testing of computer software, little thought has been given to the testing of mobile applications.In order to fill in the void on mobile application testing, this study tries to answer the following research questions: How to develop test scripts for automation? Does test automation enhance the effectiveness of mobile application testing?