Mobile App QA Tools and Trends: MobiCast - Spring 2016

Mobile App QA Tools and Trends: MobiCast - Spring 2016

Mobile App Testing, Mobile QA, Mobile Testing | By QASource | April 27, 2016

Android N - Major Features

Major Features

Split-screen multitasking
Improved doze and background optimizations
Actionable notifications
Number blocking and call screening
Improved quick settings
Picture in picture support & TV recording
Data saver mode
Android for work updates
Screen zoom

Release Date: Q3-2016 (tentative)

Code Name: Nutella (tentative)

Version Number: 7.x (tentative)

Android Apps for QA Toolkit

(Nice to have)

Benefits to Engineering Team

Fast and simple ways to verify details of Android device’s SOC architecture
Helps in detecting all available and supported android mobile sensors
Quicker way to view device performance (monitors the hardware, battery, memory & storage health)
Supports multi touch testing and dead pixel test

Tips & Tricks

Test responsive design of web apps in Chrome

Responsive Design

Launch your application
Press F12 or Console drawer
Click on sources tab
Click on 'Toggle device mode' button

Test verify your application in different devices.

Major reasons of app crash

App Crash

App can crash due to following reasons:

Memory leakage
Null pointer reference: One action calls another non-existing module
Race-condition: e.g. login with same user in multiple devices concurrently or performing multi-touch in non-supported apps
Multi-tasking: Running multiple apps in background resulting in h/w failing to support apps

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