Mobile Application development – FAQ

The backbone of your application is its functionality. It is recommended to conduct the following functional tests.

• Designed and undesigned task : It is important to validate if an app is performing a designed task. However, it is equally important to ensure that it is not performing any tasks that are not as per the design.

• Interruptions : Evaluate how well the app handles interruptions like phone call, text messages, alarm, notifications,etc.

• Installation / Uninstallation : Install the app and check if it is compatible with the hardware. Now, uninstall the app and verify if all the items related to the app like directory, local database are uninstalled.

Put yourselves in the user’s shoes to better understand and predict their behaviour.

• Provide sign In & sign up using social media

• Use appropriate text size and colours to gain user’s attention

• Ensure app supporting both landscape and portrait mode behaves accordingly

• Test the app for different cases which can lead to crash or App Not Responding

With a wide variety of screen sizes, hardware configurations and operating systems, it is vital to test the app on different devices.

• Test your app against multiple OS

• Run a device test to ensure the application runs smoothly and the UI and UX are convenient for real users

• Assess and understand the activity of your app on real devices and not just on emulators and simulators.

• Ensure that the app is developed following app store guidelines

When it comes to mobile apps, security is a major concern. To start with, few basic vulnerability tests can be conducted for the app including:

• Data Storage

• Brute force attack

• Unnecessary permission

• Authentication

• Data leakage