The document outlines the challenges and methods in mobile application testing, specifically for Android, highlighting device fragmentation, user expectations on gesture controls, and tools for debugging. It details various application types including native, hybrid, and web apps, as well as design principles for effective user interfaces. Key tools mentioned include Android SDK, Android Debug Bridge (ADB), and various monitoring and debugging features necessary for developers.

1. (Human Interface Guideline, Tools)
Android Mobile
Application Testing
Smirnova Iuliia
QC Engineer at
SoftServe

2. Who am I
Smirnova Iuliia
QC Engineer,
- Android manual and automation
- iOS manual

3. Agenda
1. Mobile technologies
2. Application types
3. User Guides
4. Tools

4. Mobile Technologies

5. Global mobile statistics 2014
• There are nearly 7 billion
mobile subscriptions
worldwide. This is
equivalent to 95.5 percent
of the world population
• Sales of smartphones
worldwide topped 1.2
billion in 2014, up 28%
from 2013
Source: The International Telecommunication Union (May 2014)

6. The Future of Mobile Testing

7. Why is it challenging?
•Device Fragmentation
•Data Consumption
•Processing Power and Battery Life
•GPS, Biometric Scanners, Gyroscopes, Accelerometers
•Touchscreen UX and GUI

8. Mobile platforms

9. Evolution of Android

10. Application types

11. Applications
•Applications are the top layer in the Android
architecture and this is where our application are going
to fit
•Several standard applications come pre-installed with
every device, such as:
1. SMS client app
2. Web browser
3. Contact manager
…

13. Native apps
•Downloadable
•Native APIs.
•Performance
Examples:
Facebook (from 2013)
LinkedIn (from 2013)
Evernote (from 2015)

14. Hybryd apps
•Cross platform
•Web view limitations
•Downloadable
Examples
Basecamp

15. Web apps
•Cross platform
•No need to download

16. User guide

17. Design principles

18. Common App UI
1. Action Bar
2. Navigation Drawer
3. Content Area

19. Action bar
1. App icon
2. View control
3. Action buttons
4. Action overflow
Contextual Action bar

20. Gestures
Users don’t click, they use gestures
•Tap/Double Tap
•Drag
•Flick/Swipe
•Zoom/Pinch
•Long Tap
Users expect all these gestures to work the same
regardless of the app they are currently running

21. Tools

22. Device. Enable developers mode
• Settings > General > About phone
• Software information > Build number
Rapidly tap on 'Build Number' five times and you will
see the message 'You are now a developer!'

23. Developers options
•USB debugging
•Stay awake
•Show touches
•Pointer location
•Don't keep activities
•Background process limit
•Show all ANRs
•Allow mock locations
•Desktop backup password
•Take bug report
•Process stats
•Revoke USB debugging
authorizations
•Show surface updates
•Show layout bounds
•Force RTL layout direction

24. USB debugging

26. Workstation. Android SDK
http://developer.android.com

27. Android Debug Bridge (ADB)
Is a command line tool that lets you communicate with
an emulator and device.
Includes three components:
▪ The Client
It is what runs on your development machine
▪ The Server
It is held responsible for communication between
the client and daemon running on a device/emulator
▪ The Daemon
It runs as a background process on each
device/emulator instance
<sdk>/platform-tools/

28. ADB Commands
ADB Debugging
adb devices adb kill-server
Package manager
adb install adb uninstall adb shell pm list packages
File manager
adb pull adb push adb shell [ls/cd..]

29. $ adb logcat

30. $ android avd
1. From the main screen, click Create Virtual Device

31. 2. In the Select Hardware window, select a device
configuration, such as Nexus 6, then click Next.

32. 3. Select the desired system version for the AVD and
click Next.
4. Verify the configuration settings, then click Finish.
To launch the AVD in the Android Emulator, click the
launch button in the list of AVDs.

33. Android Device Monitor
Tool with a graphical user interface for several Android
application debugging and analysis tools.
From the command line, in the SDK tools/ directory,
enter the following command:
$ monitor

35. Hierarchy viewer

36. Inspecting layouts

37. Take screenshot

38. Video record
1. Android 4.4 and higher:
adb shell screenrecord
•File under /sdcard/movie.mp4.
•Limit is 180 seconds (3 minutes)
2. Lower Android versions:
Using apps from GooglePlay (root required)

39. Network troubleshooting
• Burp Suite
• TCP Catcher

40. Location
• Fake GPS location from PlayMarket
• Android Device Monitor