There are mainly two types of testing that can be performed on a Mobile App. One, Manual Testing and, two Automation Testing. While many believe that Manual Testing is on its way to extinction, both of these testing methods are essential to test mobile apps.The foundational thought behind testing a mobile app is to check the endurance of the app across devices to ensure its quality, functionality, acceptance criteria, performance, etc.

Back in the day, when people built apps, they would share it with their friends to check and see how it performed on their phones, however, now with various cloud testing platforms, we have access to hundreds of devices on a single platform. While this type of testing is what we call the Beta testing. There are many other tests that are performed much before we move to Beta Testing involving real people who test the phone for its usability, UI and functionality. The first step to any mobile app testing is to see if it fulfills the requirements that were placed and agreed upon as the acceptance criteria for the app.

Mobile App Testing is a process of testing apps that are built for mobile devices used to perform a particular task or a set of tasks on the device. The key objectives of Mobile app testing is to ensure that the quality of the app is consistent across all real mobile devices, check to see if the app is OS compatible. Some tests even check the hardware functionality, usability, overall performance and app experience. Monitoring Performance stats like battery consumption, network connectivity, Memory usage and leakages are essential components of Mobile app testing.

There are many different types of testing that mobile app testing entails. Some of them include performance testing, functional testing, security testing, visual testing, etc. In each and every type of mobile app testing our end goal is to ensure that the app performs as expected if not better by providing a great experience to its users.