With a variety of handsets running on different operating system versions (iOS, Android, Windows, etc) on different networks along with the added challenge of different hardware configurations, interface layers and network capabilities, manual testing of mobile apps can surely be a complicated and time-consuming affair. As with conventional applications, there is an increase in the need for mobile test automation services to improve scale and efficiency.

Features

• Support for all applications – native, hybrid or web
• Supports Android versions starting from 2.3 (Gingerbread) and iOS
• Cross-platform – can be set up on Linux, OS X or Windows
• Third-party integrations – Jenkins, JIRA, ALM
• No application changes – any third party app can be tested, no application instrumentation is needed
• Works for all – real devices and device simulators
• Better validation – Image recognition and test recognition
• Extended logging – records device screenshots, device videos during test execution
• Parallel/sequential test execution support

Benefits

• Easy to use – based on Python, a QA friendly language
• Easy to maintain – test data separation from test scripts
• Test what you ship – no application instrumentation, root privileges required on the device
• Better collaboration – reports integrated with Jenkins, bug reporting in JIRA, e-mail integration
• Extended reporting – HTML based single dashboard with report archiving