At present we witness formation and evolution of mobile technology. Specialists in web site testing, desktop testing and mobile application testing notice that current evolution of mobile software products reminds evolution of desktop programs in 1990s.
Among the Resemblances Are:
- struggling with poor and unreliable networking connection;
- shortage of resource and insufficient performance capacity of the devices;
- searching balance between the best user experience and suitable performance of the software;
- contest between native and web applications.
Nowadays both native and web mobile programs are rapidly developing. A lot of mixed mobile applications appeared as well.
Manual and automated testing shows that advantages of native mobile software products over web ones are the same that were advantages of native desktop applications in 1990s.
Strengths of Native Mobile Software Are:
- better performance in comparison with web programs;
- taking advantage of all the abilities and specific features of the platform for which it is developed.
These benefits are achieved because native systems are written in a certain language, use special libraries, and are developed in special frameworks, with usage of special instruments provided by the operating system owners.
In contrast with desktop technology of 1990s, when the majority of computers utilized one operating system, there are several popular mobile operating systems now.
2 Mobile Operating Systems That are Widely Used Nowadays:
- iOS elaborated and installed on their own tablets and smartphones by Apple;
- Android created by Google.
Each mobile operating system has a store containing free and commercial native applications. If a program owner wants his or her program be available for the users, he or she must make sure that it complies with requirements of the chosen store. It is necessary to consider the requirements from the beginning of the development process.
Software Products for iOS
Such applications are programmed in Objective-C language in integrated development environment called X-Code. If a program is written on another language, it is necessary to create its version in Objective-C for functioning on iOS platforms.
One should use special instruments provided by Apple in order to execute mobile testing of software for iOS on an emulator, on a personal computer.
Software Products for Android
Programs for Android are coded in modified Java programming language. Eclipse integrated development environment is mostly used for creating Android applications.
Google provides Software Development Kit or SDK in short. It’s a selection of different instruments for creating software products and executing web site testing or mobile application testing on Android platforms.
A professional software testing company recommends utilizing these tools while testing programs for Android on an emulator on a personal computer.
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