mobile web and app development testing and emulation

8/7/2019 Mobile Web and App Development Testing and Emulation

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Mobile Web and AppMobile Web and App

Development Testing andDevelopment Testing andEmulationEmulation ToolsTools

Ramkumar Lakshminarayanan

Vision Technologies (HP Education)


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y There are almost twice as many mobile

phones in the world than there are

computers.

y With that phenomenal thought in mind

you can understand why developing

mobile apps is so lucrative.


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y Mobile Application Development is a huge

market with its users demanding ever

more powerful and functional applications

bridging the gap between mobiles andcomputers.

y They face the huge challenge of testing

there application across a multitude ofdifferent handsets and Oses.


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y Each handset is slightly different and each

has its own little quirks that can not be

ignored, and that is before you even

contemplate the huge differences fromthe mobile operating systems.


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y In this presentation I have compiled a list

of free tools for testing your application

across the most popular mobile operating

systems, including iPhone, Blackberry,Android, Symbian and Palm.

y Here in this presentation we are going to

discuss about the various areas in mobiletesting.


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y There are also tools below for checking

your web sites mobile-friendliness.

Some will allow for visual views, others

will give you detailed reports and gradeyour site on its mobile effectiveness.


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YourMobileAppStrategyYourMobileAppStrategy

y One of the first and most critical

decisions a mobile company will make is

whether to develop a native application

or spend their resources optimizing formobile web browsers.


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The Case For (and Against) theThe Case For (and Against) the

Mobile WebMobile WebPros:y Single platform (the web)y One app to build, launch and maintainy

All thats needed for some companiesCons:y Less controlled user experiencey Slower user experience

y No app store distributiony Lack of standards across mobile browsersy Mobile Web


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The Case For (and Against)The Case For (and Against)

NativeAppsNativeAppsy Pros:y Rich media functionalityy Controlled user experiencey

Faster experience for usersy App store distribution

y Cons:

y Multi-platformy Must build, test & maintain multiple appsy Not necessary for some companies


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Alternatives to Native AppsAlternatives to Native Apps

and Mobile Weband Mobile WebWAC:y Mobile leaders like AT&T, Verizon, Sprint,

China Mobile, Orange and others, as well

as manufacturers like Sony, Samsung and

LG. This community intends to enable

developers to develop one mobile app

that will work across ALL carriers, devicesand operating systems.


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Mobile ConstantsMobile Constants

y No matter which route you choose

native apps or the mobile webcertain

tasks and backend functionality will

remain a constant, including:

y API/web services

y Architecture

y Database


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y The key lesson here is that app quality

begins before coding or testing. You

should start by reviewing the make up of

your users. What features andfunctionality do they want? What types of

information are they trying to access?


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Other key decisions that every mobile

company will have to make include:

y Static content vs. rich content

y Commerce vs. functionality


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Mobile Testing Types: FunctionalMobile Testing Types: Functional

TestingTestingy The most essential testing procedure will

be to verify that the basic functionality of

your application. Early on, much of this

attention should focus on the downloadactivities of the prospective user (i.e. that

the download process is seamless and

intuitive).From there, you can begin toverify more specific functionality.


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Mobile Testing Types: UsabilityMobile Testing Types: Usability

TestingTestingy Usability testing plays an important role

for launching a quality mobile application.

Usability testing should occur as soon as

the basic stable for the application isready. This is also true in order to test

whether the application UI is user-friendly

or not, or whether somepart/functionality of the application is

easily discoverable or not.


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Mobile Testing Types:Mobile Testing Types:

Performance TestingPerformance Testingy Performance testing is another critical

step in the successful launch of a mobile

application. The key factor to be aware of

here is mobile carriers, which can effectthe speed and ease-of-use of the

application.


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y If the application performance is poor for

the end user, they will be likely to divert

to other apps and services. The

application must therefore be tested withdifferent devices and carriers depending

on the county and region.


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Mobile Operating SystemsMobile Operating Systems

y iPhone OS from App

The iPhone uses its well known operating

system, the iPhoneOS, which is derived

from MacOSX. The iPhoneOS has four

abstraction layers: the CoreOSlayer, the

CoreServiceslayer, the Medialayer, and the

CocoaTouchlayer.


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y RIM Blackberry OS

The BlackBerryOS is a proprietary

software platform, created by Research In

Motion, for their BlackBerry phones. The

OS is focused on easy operation and was

originally designed for business

professionals.


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y LinuxOperatingSystem

The Linux operating system is strongest inChina, where it is used by Motorola, and in

Japan, where it is used by DoCoMo. Ratherthan being a platform in its own right, Linuxis used as a basis for a number of differentplatforms developed by several vendors,

including Android, LiMo, Maemo,Openmoko and QtExtended, which aremostly in compatible.


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yHP/PalmwebOS

The HP/Palm webOS is Palms next

generation operating system. Palm Source

traditionally used its own platform

developed by PalmInc.Underneath the

graphical user interfaces its a software

stack that has much in common with mainstream Linux distributions for desktop

computers.


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yWindowsPhone7fromMicrosoft

On February 15th, 2010 Microsoft unveiled

its next generation mobileOS,

WindowsPhone7. The new mobileOSincludes a completely new over-hauledUI

called Metro. It includes full integration of

Microsoft services such as Zune, Xbox Liveand Bing.


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Mobile Development PlatformsMobile Development Platforms

y BREW (Binary Runtime

Environment for Wireless) from

Qualcomm

yJ2me by Sun

y LiMo

y Qtopia


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Google Android EmulatorGoogle Android Emulator

y To test drive Android you can use this

Android Emulator which is patched to

run on a Windows PC as a standalone app

without having to download and installthe complete and complex Android SDK


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Official Android SDK Emulator

y Android SDK includes a mobile device

emulator which mimics all of the

hardware and software features of a

typical mobile device (although, withoutthe calls).


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MobiOne

y MobiOne Developer is a mobile Web IDE

for Windows that helps developers to

code, test, debug, package and deploy

mobile Web applications to devices suchas iPhone, Blackberry, Android, and the

Palm.


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TestiPhone.com

iPhone Application Web Based Simulator

y TestiPhone is a web browser based

simulator for quickly testing your iPhone

web applications. This tool has been

tested and works using Internet Explorer7, FireFox 2 and Safari 3.


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iPhoney

y iPhoney gives you a pixel-accurate web

browsing environment powered by

Safari that you can use when developing

web sites for the iPhone. It's the perfect320 by 480-pixel canvas for your iPhone

development.


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iBBDemo Blackbaud iPhone Browser

Simulator

y iBBDemo correctly renders Webkit

targeted html including the custom -

webkit CSS extenstions, effectively giving

you a compelling demo/test platform foriPhone Web content from the comfort of

a Windows desktop.


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Emulator Palm Developer

Centery This official Palm emulator emulates the

Palm webOS device on a Linux,Mac and

or Windows. If you already the SDK

installed, you will already have theemulator on your computer.


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BlackBerry Simulator

y BlackBerry Simulators can be downloadedfrom www.blackberry.com

y With any of the BlackBerry device

simulators, you can demonstrate and testhow the BlackBerry device software,screen, keyboard and trackwheel willwork with your application. These

simulators will also simulate behavior invarious wireless network conditions.


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Nokia Platform and Device SDKs

y When coupled with your favourite

development tool, the S60 platform and

device SDKs provide all the features

required to quickly and efficiently buildand test Symbian applications on a PC.


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WinWAP Smartphone Browser

Emulator

y WinWAP Smartphone Browser Emulator

let's you use WAP services on your

Windows PC. The browser is a mobile

Internet browser that emulates the wayyou would use the mobile Internet

services on the built-in browser of a

smartphone.


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Windows Mobile 6.1.4 Emulator

Images

y This official Windows Mobile 6.1.4

Emulator Images package adds emulator

images to Visual Studio 2005 or Visual

Studio 2008 that allows you to testapplications for Windows Mobile 6.1.4,

including Internet Explorer Mobile 6.


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MicroEmulator

y The MicroEmulator is a versatile and

expandable CLDC/MIDP 1.0 mobile

device emulator.

y It will allow you to demonstrate MIDletbased applications in a web browser

applet and can be run as standalone java

application.


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Perfecto Mobile -Test Mobile

Applications on Real Devicesy The Perfecto Mobile Handset Cloud

service will allow you to test your mobile

applications, websites or services on a

multitude (over 450 hand-sets) of REALhandsets. (Not Free)


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mobiReady dotMobi

Compliance & mobileOK Checker

y The mobiReady testing tool evaluates

your websites mobile-readiness using

industry best practices ands standards.


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W3C mobileOK Checker

y The W3C mobileOK Checker is a free

service from the W3C that helps check

the level of mobile-friendliness of Web

documents, and in particular assertwhether a Web document is mobileOK.


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ConclusionConclusion

y Customers specify their testing

requirements for location, language, OS,

browser and more.

y Keep Learning .

y Thanks.

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