Sunday, May 13, 2012

Different Mobile Application Testing Tools

Mobile application development is achieving new highs everyday and becomes talk of the town these days. People or users are getting more ‘n’ more involved with their smart phone devices and expecting quality applications from developers, these put lot of pressure on mobile application developers to pay much more attention on the applications or websites they develop for mobile. It becomes necessary to test your mobile applications carefully to provide error free apps to the mobile user.

Testing of a mobile application is totally different from traditional testing. But thanks to readily available mobile automation and testing tools which can help you out to check quality of mobile app as well as mobile websites. This leads me to list out some of the prominent testing tools available in the market which will assist mobile app developers in their application testing.

• Android Emulator:- It is basically a virtual mobile app which can be operated from your computer. It helps in modeling, implementing and testing of your android applications. You don’t need to use any real device for testing your app.

It includes all the basic functions and features of traditional mobile devices but you can’t make calls or receive any on it! It shows your mobile app on one screen.

• FoneMonkey:- It is most popular iOS testing tool all around the globe. It offers great functionality to record, edit and playback UI tests to perform testing for iphone apps. Now, they have launched MoneyTalk cross platform for testing iPhone and Android app from one tool but still it is not officially launched.

• W3C MobileOK Checker:- As it name suggests, it basically allows you to check your mobile apps compatibility with mobile devices by performing different kind of test on it. Basically checks for mobile web pages.

• TestComplete:- It very well known mobile application testing tool. It allows fully automated testing for various mobile apps quality. It can record tests, tests can be manually created and than can be used for automated playback and error or bug checking.

• Keynote DeviceAnywhere:- This testing tool offers modeling, testing and monitoring the usability, performance and functionality of the various mobile applications and mobile websites.

Apart from above mentioned testing tools, there are lots of other testing tools like iPhoney, DotMobi Emulator, BlackBerry Simulator, M-Eux, IBBDemo etc. Hope this information helps mobile application developers to choose right testing tools.

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