Emulators and simulators in mobile application testing

Utilization of emulators and simulators in mobile testing

Mobile OS popularity in the world

Mobile OS popularity in the USA

Emulators are used for• developing mobile websites and applications• rapid smoke-tests• testing in parallel with physical devices

Emulation of devices and browsers• Device emulators can be found in vendor’s SDK• Browser emulators are distributed by their developers• Exception – Java apps emulation (jme & jse)

Available device emulators http://www.developer.nokia.com/Resources/Tools_and_downloaSymbian SDK ds/Other/iOS https://developer.apple.com/xcode/index.phpAndroid http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.htmlBlackBerry http://us.blackberry.com/developers/resources/simulators.jsp http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylanWindows Phone 7 g=en&id=27570Java app emulator http://www.microemu.org/

Mobile browsers emulatorsOpera Mini http://www.opera.com/developer/tools/mini/Opera Mobile http://www.opera.com/developer/tools/mobile/ Standard device browsers are emulated together with the devices

Nokia (Symbian) emulatorsSymbian Belle 1.0, Symbian 3 1.0,Nokia N97Symbian 5th Edition, Symbian 3rd Edition, FP2 v1.1. http://www.developer.nokia.com/RS60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1 esources/Tools_and_downloads/OtS60 3rd Edition her/S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 2 (formerly 2.2)S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 1 (formerly 2.1)S60 2nd Edition (formerly 2.0)S60 1st Edition, Feature Pack 1 (formerly 1.2)S60 1st Edition (formerly 0.9)Old Series 40 SDKs http://www.developer.nokia.com/D(for these emulators prerequisite is required - evelop/Java/Tools/Series_40_platfoJava 6 Update 27 or earlier) rm_SDKs/

iOS emulatorsThe most convenient ones: https://developer.apple.com/xcode/index.php To use them one must have OS X computer or a virtual machine with Mac OS to install XCode environment

Android emulatorsLess convenient than BlackBerry,and the necessary devices are not http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.htmlalways found here: Device vendors may have additional add-ons for these emulators, or even their own emulators for more reliable emulation

BlackBerry emulators http://us.blackberry.com/developers/resources/The most easy-to-use emulators simulators.jspTo work with Internet you’ll needBlackBerry® Email and MDS http://us.blackberry.com/developers/resources/Services Simulator Package Also require Java prerequisite

Windows Phone emulators http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/detailsStandard emulator: .aspx?displaylang=en&id=27570 To install applications you’ll need Application Deployment Be careful – when restarted, everything returns to default settings.

Specific devices and OS – remote access to devicesS60 3rd Edition - Symbian Belle – theeasiest way to test via Nokia Remote http://apu.ndhub.net/Device AccessSamsung Android - Remote Test Lab http://rtl.innovator.samsungmobile.comSamsung Bada - Remote Test Lab http://rtl.innovator.samsungmobile.com

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