Mobile App Testing Pillars

A check list of mobile app testing pillars which need to be part of mobile app testing plan
1. Functional:

• Validation of functionality
• Smoke / Regression Testing
• Offline Access testing
• Negative testing

2. Non functional

• Network strength/Outage/Recovery
• Different NW types
• peripheral Testing

3. Interoperability (IOP)

• Voice/SMS Interrupts
• Notifications
• Battery/Cable Removal

4.  Memory Leak

• Memory Usage
• Memory Leaks
• Garbage Collection

5. Performance Testing

• CPU Usage testing
• Network Usage
• Page render time or activity Render time

6. Usability Testing

• User Experience
• Competitive Analysis
• Expert Review

7. Installation Testing

• New App Install
• Uninstall and Reinstall
• Upgrade Testing

8.  Security Testing

• OWASP Vulnerabilities
• Dynamic Testing
• Static Code Analysis
• Data Encryption

9. Language Testing

• Validation for locales
• Images and text
• Currencies,Time zones etc
• Context