Top Mobile Application Testing Checklist

Mobile application testing - a crucial step which can’t be ignored at any cost. It is the foundation of making an app functional and up to the mark.

You all have observed that there are various mobile apps roll out every day by different businesses. We have seen all the apps on the app store with relevant information. But the main fact is that, only some of them get downloaded by the users and rest are waiting in the queue to get used.

Have you ever even thought about why all this happening with the apps? According to me, the main answer is their imperfections and functionality. Mobile apps having trouble while using are not entertained by the customers for long time. Sometimes, these types of apps instantly get abandoned by the users due to less user interactivity and inaccuracy.

There is one and only way to get rid of this problem, i.e., mobile application testing.

Many app development companies often overlook to test apps prior delivering. As a result, flaws and functionality errors occur while running the app. On the other hand, app owners who know the value of app testing, always deliver an immaculate app which runs flawlessly on users’ devices. Here, you must have got the point that how making an app error-free is important for better results.

Today, I am here to put the light on some significant facts regarding mobile application testing. The tricks will surely help app owners to make their app perfect and worth using.

Here is the complete checklist for:

1. Usability Testing

• Check whether application installation and uninstallation are convenient.
• Clickable buttons color and size should be clear & visible.
• Written information should appear in clear font, color and size.
• Make sure that icons and images have uniform accessibility on all screens. Also, these should be easy to navigate.
• See the menu arrangement.
• An application should be simple thus no need to put many pop-ups and validations.
• Seamless page scrolling to accommodate large screen view.
• Try to design an interactive UI with a self-explanatory layout.
• Complete support for users to go back and undo the actions.
• Navigation functions should run properly without harming the app.
• Zoom in & zoom out options should be there in an app.
• Automated notifications for user awareness like network errors, timeout or server not working.

2. Functional Testing

• In each mobile app, application functionality features need to be checked.
• Application’s paid and free features should be well-defined and visible.
• Application should have the resume feature to make things easy for users.
• Check whether the proposed mobile app has the app stop feature if needed while the relevant process is killed suddenly due to some device settings.
• Applications like banking and retail should have data security option so that no data has lost.
• Application’s running mode should not disrupt the phone calls.
• Similarly, text messages should not be disrupted while app is running.
• Social media activities should also not get affected when something is running in a mobile app.
• Mobile key devices should run flawlessly when the app is in active mode.
• Conjointly, check the major states of an app like open, close, explore and exit.

3. Overall Performance Testing

• To make an app successful, you need to check the app’s performance under different conditions such as low memory, low battery or bad network availability.
• Again check the app’s behavior by installing it on a variety of mobile devices designed with different OS, processors, screen sizes and resolutions.
• You should also check the stability of a proposed app when:

• The device is overloaded.

• There are number of users accessing that app at the same time

• Users install the app simultaneously

• Check the time consumed to upload and download the app.
• Application’s upgrade should not consume much CPU time and memory.
• Analyze the app’s performance by running it on different networks such as 2G, 3G and 4G.

4. Accessibility Testing

• There should be an easy accessibility of an app to all.
• High contrast support is essential to ensure clear visibility.
• Application should be built at par with the W3 standards.

5. Compatibility Testing

• You can evaluate the application’s compatibility by knowing its performance on:

=> Different OS like Android, iOS and Windows.

=> Numerous browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox, IE and Safari.

• Compatibility of an app can also be justified by testing it on different mobile devices with:

=> Different screen sizes and resolutions

=> Memory size and OS versions

• Check the hardware capability to handle sudden interrupt
• App should have multilingual support
• More importantly, the application must run with different time zones according to the region.

 6. Compliance Testing

This is important to check the application’s UI whether it is designed as per defined OS guidelines

Examine that icons and app buttons are designed and work as per OS guidelines

Bottom Line:

In order to make your mobile app customer ready, it is important that you test it on different parameters. By going through and following the above given mobile testing services strategy will make your app internally and externally better. Hurry up! You are just few steps away to build and represent a highly-functional, dynamic, feature-rich and stable mobile app.

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