In the ongoing era, Mobile technology has become the driving force of generation. One cannot live without having a mobile phone of his/her own after the age of… Well, there seems to be no limit on both sides of the age spectrum. An old man using his mobile to play his favorite old melodies on Spotify is, as usual, a sight these days as a 16-year-old using a dating app like Tinder or Hinge.

Anything and everything can be done on or through mobile devices these days.

To keep this cool culture going towards a more liberated place, maintenance of the technology is imminent. Testing software is an essential and major part of this maintenance process. And as a major part of this culture depends on Mobile technology, Testing Mobile applications becomes of utmost importance.

Rotting down more on a micro-level, Performance testing of a mobile application is an essential process where the application is tested based on its performance so that the millions of people who are dependent on this technology won’t have any trouble using it.

So, let’s dig deeper into this subject of Mobile Application Performance Testing!

Strategies:

• A characterized strategy mainly for end-to-end Performance testing.
• Content Delivery, Content Rendering, and Network Reliance. i.e. Server Performance,On-device execution, and Network reliance, respectively.
• Innovative Performance test laboratory to simulate actual network situations.
• Cloud-based mobile application security testing platform (which is On-Demand) to bringing inclusive mobile security testing.

Mobile Performance Testing – Process

1. Device Performance

There are three main elements in this step.

1. Starting time

The amount of time taken by the application to open after the icon is clicked by the user is a determining factor in any application. One to two seconds is a standard for this. Also, when an app is running in the background and opened later, the form in which it appears should be similar to the earlier form. If not, some information might get lost. This should be tested

2. Variety in devices

Different devices might perform differently. That should be verified as it will impact on the wide range of user experience later. Like an app might perform well on Android devices but will be a disaster on iOS devices

3. Performance testing with other apps

There should not be any problem for an app to run when it is used with other applications in the background. The switching should be smooth. This should also be checked

2. Client Application Performance

This step has two factors.

Native Applications and Browser applications. It is shared with the device’s own hardware and software system.

When performing standard user conditions on a device, for its setup, the usual versions of elements and their acceptance is acknowledged. Like Memory, Model, Processor, etc. The app should be tested under various scenarios with specifications of the Processor or RAM as contributing variables.

When we impose certain features in the software, more memory is utilized. That’s why Memory usage must be verified in the testing process.

Among those two factors, in the case of a mobile device, The Local application is considered as a user in the situation. It is like it needs remote access to a server to apply itself.

On the other hand, the native app is always used for presentation, better security, and a more flexible system rather than a local app.

The performance of the applications which are on mobile and browser-based is dependent upon how the network application and server behaves technically. It is quite slow and suggests a bad user experience. But again, it might change from app to app.

In the case of a native app, the user’s view of execution can be changed. It depends upon the amount of the app’s information on the server software and how much is there on the local device.

3. Server/API Performance

The server application must have the capability to perceive the device-browser combination. It helps in rendering accurately.

Verifying the performance of the server is much like estimating a web application performance or a site in which one has to decode the analysis of the server into parts that are giving the administrations incorporating the database, application server, and related hardware.

The information sent from the server must be productively controlled by the application. Generally, the time required to load the information should not be too much.

Some applications send the information in a predetermined format. The time consumed in decoding the information and converting it in a suitable format can be troublesome if long. This response time must be verified to be less.

If in case, the server becomes inaccessible or goes down, one should be able to save the information offline in the local database. This allows one to execute or utilize the information stored in the local database when the server is down.

Nevertheless, the backup server should be in constant synchronization and replication with the primary server.

4. Network Performance

The application in question might perform differently on different networks. It depends on various factors like Network strength, Bandwidth, etc. It must be tested on various networks with speed as one of the variables.

It should be tried and tested on all the networks such as 3G, 2.5G, 4G. Both, Wi-Fi and Mobile networks are involved here.

Also, When two or more networks are available and the device switches between two networks, that is also one of the crucial testing scenarios for an application’s performance testing. The Latency here depends on the application. Its effectiveness in the transmission technique algorithm is the deciding factor here. Also, the quantity of information transmitted is a variable here. It is generally known as the payload.

There is an interesting term for the situation when a delay is witnessed in accepting information on the network. It is called as jitters.It is generally a problem with connection-less networks or packet switch networks.

The information goes by a differing way to the recipient from the sender when it is dispersed into packets. When and as the data reaches its required destination, it gets mixed. Hence, the mobile application must be capable of controlling jitters.

The appearance of an appropriate warning on the screen of the client, whether it be to resend the demand or to wait for the earlier to complete, is a must in such cases.

Conclusion

Before launching any application in the market, its testing is necessary. The application needs the same amount of rigorous hard-working ours of testers testing its performance as developers. Development is the basic step of mobile application creation but testing that essential aftermath without which the app won’t be of any remarkable impression.

How VTEST can help

With a technically sound testing team at hand, VTEST changes the perception of any app in its early stages from an amateur to a finely finished piece of software technology. We, at VTEST, know the essential nature of performance testing of a mobile app to maintain the flowing ecstatic technical mood of today’s world. With VTEST, test the performance of your application and step into the future.

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About VTEST

VTEST is an independent software testing company catering to product and service teams across the globe. We are a team of software testers who are passionate about quality and love to test. We develop an in-depth understanding of the applications under test and include software testing services strategies that deliver quantifiable results.

In short, we help in building incredible software.