A NOVEL GUI TESTING FRAMEWORK FOR AUTOMATED TESTING OF ANDROID APPLICATIONS

Abstract

Model-based Automation Testing used to implement with Android that includes the way applications have been modeled, how tests were designed and execution has been done, kind of problems have been found in the tested application during the process. By evolving into mass market like products, smart phones and tablets created an increased need for specialized software engineering methods. To ensure high quality applications, constant and efficient testing is crucial in software development. However, testing mobile applications is still massive, time-consuming and error-prone. The mobile applications effective testing is an “emerging research area that faces a variety of challenges due to unique features of mobile devices”. Currently there are several studies and approaches regarding the testing of the functionality, security and usefulness of mobile application, still the field of GUI design testing has not been widely explored. This thesis concentrates on the design testing, which is the part of usability, though it focuses not on how well the users can interact with the application, but rather on the visual appearance of the GUI. The challenge for GUI testing is to verify whether native applications are correctly displayed on different devices. An automation of this testing can reduce time, effort, errors and the cost of the testing process, and increase productivity. Main principle which guided the project implementation were to implement the variability to elements such as environment, end points, test data, handling of test devices, core protocols, locations separated out from the test logic (scripts) and moved into hierarchical libraries for reusability and to prevent constant modification in whole test script every time UI changes in new devices.