Mobile App Testing – Secret to Successful App Functionality and User Experience

In this day and age it is becoming more difficult to make a successful mobile phone application, let alone sustain its popularity. The smart players have identified the secret of the success, and it is no far from the experience that the app gives to the user. It is not what the app’s supercomputing capabilities and feature-rich manifestos that appeal to the users, but in fact what really does matter is how the app gets the work done for the user, plain and simple. Mobile app testing is a definitely must if you want your app to consistently perform and get the job done, and thus be in the must-have wish lists of the users.

Why App Testing Really Matters?

A successful app is not which only works, but is one which works the way you want it to work. App testing ensures that the mobile app not only works as you intend it to work but also fulfills the needs of the users. Intensive app testing actually provides an assurance that the final product that reaches in the hands of the users would be of paramount quality and would sustain some serious hammering at the hands of the users. After all, who likes to get poor reviews and bugs raised by the users? App testing is not an overnight effect; it is a process which if done correctly and consistently will improve app functionality, and hence user experience.

Start with the Basics: Ensure the App Functions as Intended

At the core of any app the real deal is its functionality. You want users to use your app because it functions well and makes their lives easy. Any break in functionality is a break in deed that you promised your customers of. Three things that all successful apps do is function accurately, consistently, and quickly. All elements that require user inputs should be tested at the beginning to ensure that the app correctly responds to the user interactions. Additionally, the app should also pass through the test routines that check the internal functionalities that process the user inputs. Yes you have an app that is a potential hit among the users, but what use is it if it can’t even correctly add up 2 and 2.

Mobile Devices Add to the Mobile App Testing Woes

The biggest challenge that comes in mobile app testing is having a consistent performing app across all devices. There are innumerable mobile devices which the users would use to access your app, and thus all the devices which you would like to have your app supported on must be considered during mobile app testing. Now, you can either set a limit to the number of supported devices, which would also directly put your app in danger of not working consistently on other devices, or you can go all out and test your app on as many devices as you can. And, of course, having all the physical devices is not cheap. You need to have an alternative approach for device testing. For the test teams which do not have physical devices to test with there’s a good thing that we have App Emulators for testing the app on mobile phone emulations. Albeit the app emulators may not be as effective as the physical device testing, but they do get the work done quite efficiently.