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Mobile apps have become indispensable in our daily lives, serving as tools for everything from communication to entertainment. However, many apps come with a frustrating downside: battery drain. Users quickly uninstall apps that consume excessive power, making battery performance a top priority for developers and QA teams. In this blog, we’ll explore the importance of battery drain testing, effective methods for testing battery consumption, and how platforms like Pcloudy can streamline the process. 

Why battery testing is Essential:

Battery life is one of the most critical factors influencing the user experience and overall app retention. In a world where smartphones act as a lifeline for everything—from communication and entertainment to navigation and health tracking—users expect their devices to last longer on a single charge. If an app is consuming excessive battery, users are quick to uninstall it and move to a competitor. 

Top 10 smart phone purchase drivers

The need for battery testing goes beyond just preventing app uninstalls. It also impacts brand perception, user engagement, and overall app performance. Here’s an in-depth look at why battery testing is essential for mobile apps: 

1. Prevents User Uninstalls and Negative Reviews

Mobile users are highly sensitive to resource-heavy apps. A poorly optimized app that drains the battery will likely result in negative app reviews, reduced ratings, and eventual uninstalls. Studies indicate that users uninstall apps that: 

    • Cause a noticeable drop in battery life. 
    • Overuse background processes. 
    • Trigger frequent notifications that wake the device unnecessarily. 

Why it matters: 

A single negative review highlighting excessive battery usage can deter hundreds of potential users. On the other hand, optimizing battery usage improves user satisfaction and encourages positive feedback. 

2. Improves App Performance and Responsiveness

Battery drain is often associated with excessive CPU and memory usage caused by inefficient processes, such as: 

    • Running frequent background tasks. 
    • Continuously accessing location services or sensors. 
    • Repeatedly syncing data with servers. 

By testing for battery consumption, developers can identify and resolve these inefficiencies, leading to a more responsive and lightweight app. 

Why it matters: 

When apps are optimized for resource consumption, they perform smoother, load faster, and are less prone to crashes—leading to a better user experience. 

3. Enhances Brand Reputation and Trust

Apps that are known to consume minimal battery build trust among users. A reputation for delivering resource-efficient apps can significantly enhance a brand’s credibility and increase user loyalty. 

Why it matters: 

Users are more likely to recommend apps that don’t compromise their device’s performance. Conversely, an app infamous for draining the battery can tarnish the brand’s reputation. 

4. Supports Compatibility Across Different Devices

There are thousands of different smartphone models with varying hardware capabilities, operating systems, and power optimizations. An app that performs well on a flagship device might behave differently on mid-range or budget devices. 

Why it matters: 

Battery testing ensures that the app behaves consistently across different devices, regardless of hardware limitations. Testing across multiple devices prevents issues that could disproportionately affect certain user segments. 

5. Ensures Efficient Use of Device Components

Apps often interact with device components such as GPS, Bluetooth, cameras, and sensors. These components are major contributors to battery consumption, especially when used inefficiently. 

Why it matters: 

By conducting battery tests, developers can identify areas where the app uses hardware unnecessarily (e.g., keeping GPS active even when not needed) and implement optimizations to reduce energy consumption. 

6. Improves Compatibility with Wearables and IoT Devices

With the rise of wearable technology, IoT devices, and connected ecosystems, mobile apps often communicate with external devices. These integrations can place additional demands on battery life. 

Why it matters: 

Battery testing ensures that apps remain power-efficient when interacting with wearables (e.g., smartwatches), Bluetooth devices, or smart home systems. This is crucial for providing a seamless, long-lasting user experience. 

7. Supports Compliance with App Store Guidelines

Both Google Play and the Apple App Store emphasize app performance, including battery efficiency. Apps that are flagged for excessive resource consumption may face penalties, such as removal from the app store or poor visibility. 

Why it matters: 

By proactively testing and optimizing battery usage, developers can ensure their apps comply with app store guidelines, maintaining app visibility and discoverability. 

8. Enhances Enterprise Applications and Workforce Productivity

For enterprise apps used by field teams, healthcare workers, or logistics personnel, battery consumption can directly impact productivity. If the app consumes too much power, it can limit the user’s ability to work efficiently throughout the day. 

Why it matters: 

Efficient battery usage in enterprise apps ensures that workers can rely on their mobile devices for an entire workday without constant recharging, improving operational efficiency. 

9. Boosts User Engagement and Retention

Apps with optimized power consumption are more likely to remain installed and used regularly. Battery efficiency can directly impact how frequently users interact with an app and whether they keep it installed. 

Why it matters: 

By addressing battery drain issues early in the development process, developers can create apps that users engage with more frequently, leading to higher retention rates. 

10. Addresses Evolving Consumer Expectations

As technology advances, consumers have grown more aware of resource consumption and expect their favorite apps to be optimized for performance and battery life. 

Why it matters: 

Regular battery testing ensures that your app keeps pace with user expectations, building trust and maintaining competitiveness in the app marketplace. 

Key Battery Testing Scenarios

Battery consumption can vary significantly depending on how the app is used. Here are some key scenarios to consider during testing: 

    • Active usage: Measure the battery drain when the app is in active use. 
    • Background operations: Track the battery usage when the app runs in the background. 
    • Idle state: Assess how much power the app consumes when idle with minimal interactions. 
    • Heavy feature use: Monitor battery drain during resource-intensive tasks like video playback, GPS navigation, or data syncing. 

How to Test Battery Consumption for Android Apps

Testing battery consumption requires both a systematic approach and the right tools. Below are steps to measure battery usage effectively: 

1. Battery Test Flow 

    • Record the battery level before starting the test. 
    • Enable features like location services, data syncing, and streaming, if applicable. 
    • Monitor battery consumption while performing these tasks. 
    • Observe how the app behaves in the background and whether it sends unnecessary analytics or data. 

2. Testing from a User Perspective 

Real-world conditions significantly impact battery performance. Test under: 

    • Diverse network conditions (Wi-Fi, 3G, 4G, roaming). 
    • Different device types and operating systems. 
    • Varying battery health states to simulate real-life scenarios. 

3. Using Real Devices 

Android’s OS fragmentation across OEMs makes it crucial to test on multiple real devices. Device labs or cloud-based platforms, such as Pcloudy, can help simulate these environments efficiently. 

Tools for Battery Testing 

Several tools can assist in monitoring and analyzing battery consumption: 

1. Android Studio Profiler 

A built-in tool for real-time monitoring of CPU, memory, and battery usage. 

2. Battery Historian 

This tool provides detailed insights into battery consumption patterns, highlighting resource-heavy processes. 

3. Third-Party Tools 

    • GSam Battery Monitor: Tracks app power usage and resets testing cycles without draining the battery completely. 
    • Clean Master: Provides instant alerts for excessive CPU or battery usage. 

Why Use Pcloudy for Battery Drain Testing

Pcloudy offers a comprehensive platform for battery consumption testing on real devices. Here’s how it helps: 

    • Real-Time Monitoring: Track battery, CPU, memory, and data consumption in one place. 
    • Diverse Device Coverage: Access a vast range of Android devices to ensure compatibility and performance across different models. 
    • Comprehensive Functional Testing: Test all critical and non-critical app workflows while monitoring resource consumption. 

Conclusion

Battery drain testing is no longer optional; it’s a vital step in delivering apps that users trust and love. By focusing on optimizing battery consumption, developers can enhance user satisfaction, retention, and brand loyalty. Tools like Pcloudy make it easier to test across diverse devices, ensuring your app meets user expectations and marketplace standards. 

Ready to optimize your app’s battery performance? Discover how Pcloudy can help you deliver power-efficient apps. 

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Mobile App Testing Tools to Improve App Quality

 

Mobile is the key to the digital world in today’s era. The rise of Mobile Internet has ensured that we all are going to make most of our digital decisions on a Mobile device (primarily using an App). Mobile Apps are going to be everywhere.

One of the biggest challenges for App Development teams is to ensure that their Apps works on the variety of devices. They need their apps tested on multiple devices before it is released to the market, simply because of the plethora of devices available in the market.

Each mobile from each OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) with different specifications is a unique device where the application should be tested.

Practically it is not possible to test the application on each and every mobile device available in the market. But the app must be tested on a large set of the devices depending on the market segment of App under test.

 

Introduction:

 

pCloudy is a cloud-based remote mobile app testing platform which allows testing of Android and iOS mobile applications on remote REAL devices. It allows the user to do Manual testing and also facilitate to run test automation on multiple devices in parallel.

It provides a whole lot of statistics like session video, device logs, Screenshots, data usage, memory usage, CPU usage, battery consumption and frame rendering count. The devices are also equipped with Real Operator SIM’s to make MO/MT calls and can receive and send SMS.

Preparing for Manual Test

Before we start the test on pCloudy, we recommend uploading the test application, test data or even test suites to the cloud drive provided by pCloudy. This is the secured location for each user.

Click on the Upload button and select the file from your local system through file explorer. After selecting the file select upload and the file will be uploaded to your cloud drive.

MyApp Data
You can also manage the cloud drive by download. These applications can be installed on the devices as explained below.

Performing Manual Test remotely

Based on test requirement, you can search for any specific device by using the filters provided at pCloudy.

(Note: Click on any image for enlarged view)

Search device using filters

You can access any device for Instant Access. Also, you can book the device for a longer duration for your planned testing using “Book your Device” link.

After selecting the device just click on the “Connect to a device” button to connect to the device. The below device page will be displayed with all the supported features.

Device Information

The device is displayed in the middle pane with some features on the right, left and top pane.

  • The Left pane where the device information is displayed, followed by other tabs like App/Data, Device Settings, Debug and Automation
  • The top pane with handy features & a timer to show the remaining time & wake up the device and release the device back to the cloud.
  • The right pane to view the device logs and Performance vitals for application under test.

How to Install the application on the Remote Mobile device?

  • Install from my App data – enables user to upload app on device.
  • Push to Device – This feature allows you to transfer your test data to the device.
  • Upload App – Upload and install an app from your local system.

Install APK on Device

Once the application is installed you can test the application on REAL Remote Device the way you test the application with the phone in hand. You can use the mouse to give touch gestures to the device. You can click the button, drag the screen or double tap the image.

While doing functional testing on the remote device, you can also monitor the device logs next to the device. Please start the logs from the right page and start monitoring the logs next to the device.

Device Logs

All Mobile App Testing tools at one place: One of the biggest advantages of pCloudy platform is it provides performance statistics like Memory Usage, CPU Usage, Battery usage, Data usage & frame rendering count of the application under test without any extra efforts by the test engineer.

To view this vital statistic on pCloudy platform, please select Performance tab -> Choose an APP -> Select the application under test.

Select an app

Start navigating through the application to complete the function test flow.

On the right pane, you will start seeing the important vitals of the performance.

Performance Metrics

On the left pane, you can expand the device settings. All the important frequently used applications are made available to use on the device.

Device Settings

You can perform below actions on the remote device:

  • Reboot the device remotely
  • Toggle the Wi-Fi connection
  • Adjust the volume of the device
  • Manage the Apps
  • Open Developers options
  • Open Play store
  • Open Device settings
  • Use Set Phone Location

If your application under test is a location aware app and if it reads the geo-location from the device to provide the necessary results, “Set Phone Location” feature can be used to inject any location on the earth to the device and the device will be teleported to the selected location.

Once you select the “Set Phone Location”, the platform shows the google maps and you can select the location of your choice on this map. The same location is injected to the device.

Other key features during manual tests

Key Features

  • You can capture high-resolution screen shots with the skin of the device
  • Change the orientation of the device to Landscape and portrait
  • Open the browser from the list of preinstalled browsers
  • Use the extended keyboard if you want to enter some text on the device. However, for Android ver 5.0 and above you can directly enter the text from your system keyboard.
  • Check the stack trace (crash logs) if the application is crashed
  • You can navigate the application with the buttons
  • Zoom in/out the device shown on the screen
  • Reset the zoom level to bring the device to default size
  • Extend the session if the device is available
  • Wake up the device from sleep mode or push the device to sleep mode
  • Release the device back to the cloud

Reporting

Report

Under reports folder, you can see the entire device session data for all the devices you used. You can find Videos & Logs (by default platform generates), screen shots and performance data if selected by the user.



All Reports

Running test automation remotely

pCloudy platform supports test automation on multiple devices in parallel. Below test frameworks are supported for Android platform.

Automation Testing

You just need to select the Test platform, Choose the application under test, Test Suite, time to run on single device and test cycle name.

The biggest advantage of this platform is it generates performance vitals for your test automation scripts without you adding any hooks in your scripts. Otherwise, you will be using multiple mobile App testing tools to achieve the same result.

Once the above data is provided, user can select the devices on which the test automation to be run. Once the devices are selected, the user can schedule the test cycle.

Device for automation testing

The platform will book the devices on your behalf and will start the test automation as soon as the devices are available. Once the execution is over, the user will be notified with an email and user can see the test reports.

APPIUM Test Automation

You can run the Appium test automation scripts directly from Eclipse or Android Studio. The platform provides the plugin for both the IDE’s. Simply copy a small piece of code to your driver code and run the project, select the devices on which this tests to be run.

The “LIVE VIEW” feature will allow you to monitor the test automation runs through video streaming on the platform.

appium test automation

LIVE VIEW

Live view for automation
Live view – To see the automation happening on devices

Live View on devices

Automation Test Reports

All the test automation reports will be available under Reports folder.

Automation test reports

The reports will open in another tab with video, logs and performance data.

Appium Reports

To view the performance data for each device, please click on the device icon for each device.

Performance Analytics

Opkey Integration

pCloudy has seamless integration with OpKey, which is a zero code multi-channel automation tool. A unique combination of Mobile App Testing Tools for manual and Automation testing.

OpKey allows single click recording and generation of automated scripts for Mobile Apps.

OpKey Integration

You can run the automated scripts on multiple devices on pCloudy directly from OpKey interface.

run the automated scripts

Advance Features:

pCloudy also provides many advanced Mobile App Testing tools like Network Virtualization Tests, Device Tunnel (access of devices from Developer IDE and Jenkins Integrations).

Conclusion

The quality of App is extremely important for its success in the market. Right devices and right mobile App testing tools are critical ask from every Mobile Dev and Test team. pCloudy with its comprehensive set of devices and tools could be a perfect companion to every Developer and Tester.

Robotium automation testing tool for Android

 
pCloudy allows you to run your Robotium test script over android devices. Robotium is an open-source test framework for Android applications.

Here are steps to run Robotium test script over android device:

  • Login over www.pcloudy.com with your registered Email ID & Password
  • Go to the Automator Page
  • Select Android OS version & Manufacturer
  • Select and add desired device
  • Choose Robotium (to run Robotium test scripts)
  • Select Application .apk file (the App to be tested)
  • Select Test Script .apk file (the Test Script developed for testing)
  • Enter Single Device execution Time (Time required for the entire script to be executed on single device)
  • Enter Name of your Test Cycle (this name will represent your Test Cycle)
  • Click on Schedule Test Cycle

Robotium
 
In the next step, you need to confirm schedule of test automation. Here, you can see your selected application, test script, device etc.
robotium-confirm-test-cycle
 
Further, you get a pop up message of test automation schedule confirmation.
Click on OK to proceed.
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Finally, you get Cloud Automator Report of your scheduled test automation.
robotium-cloud-automator-report

Testing Mobile Apps

 

If you are someone using a smartphone to get through most of your day, then I’m sure would you’ve experienced it – You are in an elevator using your smartphone trying to find a restaurant for dinner but the app you are using unexpectedly crashes, or you are in a crowded subway using your smartphone to upload a video to some social media portal but the app you are using takes too long to respond, or you are just waiting for a friend in the basement of a parking lot and in the meanwhile you decide to shop for some new shoes but the e-commerce app you are using does not respond the way it should. Isn’t it frustrating when the apps you are using does not work when you require it the most? In these situations, the first thing you do is simply uninstall it, or in the worst case write a bad review.

Strangely, though most of the apps are functional and performance tested, they are still found to be defective by the users. It could be possible that not all scenarios are covered during testing. So, where is the gap? Deeper investigations have revealed that mobile apps behave differently in different network environments. In the above scenarios particularly, it seems like there is more evidence indicating that these issues are caused due to irregular mobile networks in locations such as the Elevator, or the crowded Subway, or the basement of a parking lot.

 

Why do apps behave differently in different network environments?

The network has a huge impact on the behaviour of your apps. Most of the apps that we use today are functioning by constantly communicating and fetching information from some servers or users that are miles away. The communication that happens is on wireless networks that are unfortunately not always reliable or consistent. Though most MNOs have established wider and better networks, it is practically difficult to achieve absolute seamless connectivity with excellent signal stability using existing wireless technologies. This is because, inherently, wireless networks have several inconsistencies like the lack of bandwidth in some places, the drop in packets caused by handovers and routing while moving, and more interference from other networks. Additionally, the networks through which data is transferred wirelessly also vary based on the technology used like GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA, LTE etc.

 

Why should apps be tested in different network environments?

The unpredictability of wireless networks has a huge impact on the functionality, performance and user-experience of an app. This is why we often see certain functional defects, performance defects, and sometimes crashes only when the app is running on a certain network or in some specific locations. Besides, mobile apps are expected to function on everything from an excellent Wifi connection, to a snail-paced 2.5G connection. Hence mobile apps have to undergo a wide range of tests on different networks with a variety of conditions before they are released to the users.

 

Are you testing your apps on different network conditions?

Traditionally, mobile apps are tested using the best networks in perfect conditions. But in real environments when the apps are being used anything can go wrong – the network bandwidth might not be enough, the latency might be high, data losses might occur, or there might be interference from other networks. App development companies have now realised the impact a network can have on their apps and are slowly filling up the gaps in mobile app testing. They are now focused on ensuring the app’s functional stability and relentless performance despite network inconsistencies. But testing mobile apps on different varieties of networks with a range of uncommon conditions is overwhelming and challenging. Moreover, these apps have to be tested on numerous mobile devices. It’s a tedious but crucial task. Additionally, tools that support such testing are scarce.

 

How can you test your apps in different network environments?

  1. Testing Mobile Apps using live networks – Live networks can be used for testing mobile apps. The apps can be installed on real devices and can be tested on various networks like GPRS, UMTS, LTE, CDMA, etc. But the procedure of using real networks for app testing is slow, cumbersome, and mostly provides inaccurate results. Testers need to travel to different locations or wait for the network conditions to occur for conducting the tests. Furthermore, when the developers try to reproduce the bugs in order to fix it, the exact network conditions are hard to be replicated; eventually, most of the bugs will be closed as “Cannot Reproduce” while the bug still remains.
  2. Simulated networks – Network related tests for mobile apps need not be such a hassle if the testers are given full control of the network being used. Using a simulated lab network, testers can easily test their mobile apps by simply selecting and applying the type of network profile to be used. They can also create and customize different network profiles by simply changing parameters like Uplink Bandwidth, Downlink Bandwidth, Latency, Loss Percentage, Packets Corruption, etc. This setup helps testers to replicate a myriad of network conditions for testing mobile apps.
    On a larger view, when a mobile device cloud like pCloudy is being used you can test your mobile apps on varieties of networks, on hundreds of real mobile devices in parallel, through manual tests or automation runs. It is one platform that takes care of your entire app testing needs by helping app developers to easily test and experience the app functionality and performance on different networks and different mobile devices.

Introduction to iOS TestFlight

TestFlight is an online service used to distribute and test beta iOS applications. Developers can use Test Flight to evade the Apple’s bitter binding procedure for testing new versions of their apps. It provides over-the-air installation, testing, tracking and managing of Beta apps. In simple words, TestFlight acts as a link between the developer, the tester, and the Apple Developer Center.

How is it useful?

  • Distribution of the app over-the- air to Testers
  • Tracking and managing testing using TestFlight’s dashboard
  • Receiving feedback from testers to improve the app
  • To obtain reports about the device models, OS version used while testing the App
  • Automatically records any crashes the testers encounter and sends it to the Developer

This tutorial will walk you through integrating TestFlight into your own apps.

What do you need to start?

You have to have your certificates, app ID, and provisioning profiles in place before distributing your apps using Test Flight. Here’s the list of items you need:

  • A Developer ID to login to your developer account.
  • A Certificate for Distribution to export builds and distribute apps
  • An App ID
  • A Device UDID
  • Ad Hoc Provisioning Profile to distribute your app on testers devices
  • Sign your app with a valid ad hoc provisioning profile

These items will help you obtain an .ipa file that can be distributed for testing in iOS devices with UDIDs mentioned in the provisioning profile of the app.

Uploading your app for Beta Testing

Open up your project in Xcode, make sure you have a correct Bundle Identifier and that you’ve chosen the correct Distribution Certificate:

Choose Product\Archive from the top toolbar:

Once Xcode finishes archiving your project, click the shiny blue Submit to App Store… button:

Choose your development team

Hit Submit

Wait for your build to upload. Once done you will receive a “Submission Successful message”

Inviting Testers

Test Apps on Real Devices

Using Eclipse or Android Studio to code your app? Now with just a few simple mouse clicks test apps directly and in parallel on multiple real mobile devices.

Eclipse and Android Studio are two popular IDEs for mobile app development. The reason behind their popularity is, these are open source tools and have a great community of developers whom you can turn to for any support. Anyway, if you are one of those mobile app developers using these popular IDEs then there’s good news for you!

What if you could extend the capability of your IDEs to improve the quality of your apps? What if you could test your app on hundreds of mobile devices right from your IDE? What if you could with the help of simple plugins take your mobile app development process to a whole new level?

Well, you can – with a simple yet salient solution from pCloudy.com. With a cloud based device lab, pCloudy is contributing to the cause of redefining mobile app testing by providing remarkably useful platform and plugins to test your apps on real mobile devices. As mentioned in our previous articles, it is not enough if mobile apps are tested on Emulators alone. We need to ensure that the apps are tested on Real Devices as well. It is also important to test your mobile apps on different devices based on a carefully analysed device matrix to hit maximum downloads. To continuously develop, integrate and release mobile apps in your DevOps environment such solutions are crucial.

Here’s how can our plugins benefit you

 

Description:

Our Plugins act as a wizard that allows you to:

  • extend the ability of Eclipse to use real devices over a cloud platform
  • select and install an app from a Cloud Drive or from local
  • select multiple real devices from a cloud (Public, Private, On-premise) to test your app
  • run test scripts in parallel on multiple devices
  • perform Automation or Manual Testing

How does it work?

If you have already created Test Scripts ready for Test execution, then all you need to do is to select some real devices over the cloud platform and run the execution to test your app. To help you out with this, the Plugin generates a pseudo-code that can simply be copied into your existing test scripts using Android Studio or Eclipse. With simple changes in the test script, the app will get installed and test execution is performed on the selected mobile devices. In the end, a detailed automation report will also be generated through our platform.

With these plugins app developers and testers can:

  • choose from hundreds of mobile devices to test your App
  • effortlessly test their apps directly on real mobile devices
  • can view or perform an activity on mobile screen from directly within on your IDE
  • perform automation runs in parallel on multiple mobile devices

Download and install the plugin:

Choose the Right Testing Platform

 
As a mobile app maker, how sure are you about the success of your app? A small failure to recognize bugs can cost you thousands of dollars! A small mistake can turn you into a big failure among the users. Now, the question is, how to choose the best platform for testing.

Every mobile application is created differently from the other and the right platform to test can be the most important reason for your app’s success.

Right Testing Platform for Your App

 

Choosing the right platform among the various competing ones require a set of clear evaluation.

  • The nature of the targeted audience for your app. This will define the device matrix you should be targeting for your App Testing. Does that platform provide right device matrix for your testing needs?
  • Cloud based vs in-house setup – Does you testing process allow Apps to be allowed on outside cloud? Does your App have functionalities which work with in a secured network?
  • Type of Testing required for your App – Whether your current testing is manual or automated? Does your App require non-functional Testing?
  • Reliability and Scalability of the platform- Can it scale with your needs? Can the platform integrate with your existing tools and frameworks?
  • Return on Investment

 

Criterion

Description

Device Fragmentation

Can the platform handle you need of devices?

Availability

How critical for you instant availability of devices. Is you testing planned?

Automation

How much of testing is done using Automated scripts? Does the platform support the Automation tool that you are using or planning to use.

Type of Testing

What all functional features that you need to test? Does your App require non-functional Testing?

Extensibility ( integration with in-house frameworks)

Can the platform integrate with your in-house frameworks ( Automation, Test Management , Bug Management etc..)

DevOps

Can the platform support DevOps? Can it integrate with your build systems/dev IDEs or continuous integration systems.

Security

Can you upload your app on an external cloud? Does you App require interaction with your internal server?
Usage level and Cost

What is the usage pattern of your test and developing team and what is your budget?

 

Market Share: Andriod VS iOS

 

pCloudy provides the necessary tools for convenient, effective and immediate mobile app testing. Our device is based on cloud and it enables continuous development and testing on real devices. Our unique debugging feature recognizes potential errors that will significantly reduce costs and time. Our platform provides single-click access to end numbers of real Android and Ios devices.

To experience the best with your app, we have developed three different types of cloud environments for you.

Public Cloud

With pCloudy’s publicly accessed cloud, you can perform tests directly from your browser. You won’t get confused to choose between manual or automated because both are available in our public cloud environment. We allow our users to test on a comprehensive list of real IOS and Android devices. You can also test your app over various network conditions like 2G, 3G, 4G or Wi-Fi. You can either configure your own browser or choose from our wide range of pre-installed browsers.

Private Cloud

This option is similar to our public cloud environment, except it comes with additional benefits of personalized security and dedicated access. Here, we would provide you a host of devices in our enterprise grade data center and you can choose your own device. If you have a geographically distributed team, then they will have secured devices over a browser. We make sure that your data is safe on our platform, as we allow only authorized team members to access.

On-premise cloud

In this option, we provide you with the necessary hardware and give you the freedom to set up your own secure device lab. You will have complete control of your own on-premise lab.

In addition to have exactly the same features of our public cloud, on-premise model contains supplementary benefits. On-premise cloud gives you the freedom of plug-in with your existing set of devices and provides you access to a geographically distributed team. Manual and automated- both the testing techniques can be used and with a simple plug-in, you can access it from any rack. Also, there is no limit for the number of devices which can be linked!

At the end of the day, the developer has to choose the best platform for his app. But choosing the right one saves so much of hassles.

 

Test Your Mobile App on Different Devices

The Technology involved in mobile devices is changing rapidly. Mobile phones have literally personalized the choices in our lives, experts forecast that the future devices will be the remote controls of our lives.  The services or functions are run by apps in specified platforms. And each platform has its own set of parameters to run an app. Mobile phone or device manufacturers are going through a breathtaking pace of change over the years and keeps on innovating new ways of doing things!

 

app

 

Why Apps fail?

 

Why Apps fail?

 

 

 

Why Apps fail?

Above data clearly show that handling Device fragmentation is one of the biggest challenges for App developers. Android has more fragmentation issue compared to iOS. Because the number of mobile vendors, is comparatively higher. However, even iOS faces certain amount of fragmentation issue. As there are different software versions and devices. And different devices run different iOS versions.

 

                            iOS versions                                           iOS versions

Mobile browsers can be challenging too! There are end numbers of browsers like Safari, Opera, Goggle Chrome and Dolphin. And each one of them has different versions for different platforms!

 

“So, what’s the right choice? Buying every device available in the market?”

Not necessarily, right device matrix is the key to success.

You can choose one of the two approaches to arrive at your device matrix

Device diversity Approach

  • Decide the device matrix based on key parameters like OS versions, screen size/resolution, manufacturer/device family (Android), operator, CPU, and input method
  • Objective is to maximize the variety of devices

Market segment + Device popularity approach

  •  Choose devices with the highest market share
  •  Objective is to maximize market coverage

Once you have the right device matrix, Device Cloud is the best option to get quick access to your device matrix.

 

 

 

As a tester, you must consider the ever increasing number of physical devices. The most important implementations should be automation, quality assurance, security and device compatibility. Also, ensure that the software scripts cover the core functionality of the application, so that it can run across all the platforms.