Android N - 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)
Phone Doctor Plus
Sensor Box for Android
AnTuTu Tester
CPU-Z
Hardware InfoBenefits 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
- 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 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
News Flash
Open-source Automation Tools release updates are:
- Calabash-android has released a newer version 0.7.2
Download link | Release notes - Calabash-ios has released a newer version 0.18.2
Download link | Release notes - Appium has released a newer version 1.5.0
Download link | Release notes
Mobile OS release updates are:
- iOS has released a newer version 9.3
Download link | Release notes - Google has released a beta version of newer OS named as Android N
Download link | Release notes
Mobile OS SDK release updates are:
- Apple has released a newer version of Xcode 7.3
Download link | Release notes - Android SDK current versions are:
Download link | Release notes- SDK Platform 23 - SDK Tools 24.4.1 - SDK Platform-tools 23.1 - SDK Build-tools 23.0.3
