Chapter 3. Challenges in Mobile Testing

In Chapter 1, “What’s Special about Mobile Testing?” I described the unique aspects of mobile testing, covering user expectations, data networks, mobile devices, and mobile release cycles. But there are, of course, other topics that make mobile testing a special and challenging job.

This chapter contains more mobile testing challenges together with their possible solutions.

The Customer

As I mentioned in Chapter 1, customers and their expectations are one of the main challenges for mobile developers and testers.

To satisfy customers, it’s really important that you gather information about your possible target customers and their needs. If you release an app without any kind of knowledge of your target ...

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