Mobile Automation Testing-New Challenges

There is so much with mobile application testing, that you need to know if you want to consider the testing strategies for mobile testing automation.  There is a lot of restriction with the mobile devices when we compare it with desktops. There is a very limited process access unless and until the phone is rooted. It is also quite hard to control the UI navigation of the mobile device. It is quite hard to predict the mobile UIX response time and hence the screen grab based predictions of pass/ fail is quite hard as compared to the desktop.  The mobiles are not statically located entities and hence there are many new challenges that need to be tackled apart from major desktop challenges. The mobiles come with different screen sizes and the form factors always make the UI testing more complicated and tough. There are so many other challenges as well as advantages that you will be seeing right now.

You will be getting many challenges related to the mobile test automation as well as advantages. For every mobile tester, there are so many challenges that you have to face. You have to face challenges like:

1. You will need to improve the testing efficiency. However, with mobile environment the testing efficiency is always increased.
2. You need to ensure consistency as well as repeatable testing process. These are much easier to implement in case of mobile automation testing.
3. You need to make sure that you have to go through an improved regression testing. Regression testing is always improved in case of mobile automation testing.
4. You need to ensure that more tests can be run in least time and you also need to ensure improved coverage in shorter time. In mobile environment, the testing is always improved.
5. You need to ensure 24/7 operation and better resource utilization. These are quite challenging issues and might cost you more money if you do not plan properly. However, through mobile testing environment, you are able to ensure the 24/7 operation in much better way as well as you can make sure that all the resources are utilized in much better way.
6. There is one big problem of reoccurrence in desktop testing environment. You will find that the defects might be reproduced again and again and that might cause a lot of problem in case of desktop. However, in case of the mobiles, the reoccurrence problem is not that common and can be tackled in much better way. 

One of the other restrictions with mobile automation testing is that it is relatively new and lots of work is to be done even now. Right from app features, the testing starts with creation of test plans. It continues with unit testing during implementation of designs. However, the automation tools that can be used after all the testing phase is completed, is still restricted. Lots of work is to be done with the automation tools as well. We have platform specific tools right now. However, we need different testing tools for each platform that you can think of like different testing tool for android and different testing tools for IOS based tools.