As mobile applications become more complex, specific development tools and frameworks as well as cost-effective testing techniques and tools will be essential to assure the development of secure, high-quality mobile applications. This paper addresses the problem of automatic testing of mobile applications developed for the Google Android platform, and presents a technique for rapid crash testing and regression testing of Android applications. The technique is based on a crawler that automatically builds a model of the application GUI and obtains test cases that can be automatically executed. The technique is supported by a tool for both crawling the application and generating the test cases. In the paper we present an example of using the technique and the tool for testing a real small size Android application that preliminary shows the effectiveness and usability of the proposed testing approach.
A GUI Crawling-based technique for Android Mobile Application Testing / Amalfitano, Domenico; Fasolino, ANNA RITA; Tramontana, Porfirio. - (2011), pp. 252-261. (Intervento presentato al convegno Third International Workshop on TESTing Techniques & Experimentation Benchmarks for Event-Driven Software (TESTBEDS 2011) tenutosi a Berlin, Germany nel 21 marzo, 2011) [10.1109/ICSTW.2011.77].
A GUI Crawling-based technique for Android Mobile Application Testing
AMALFITANO, DOMENICO;FASOLINO, ANNA RITA;TRAMONTANA, PORFIRIO
2011
Abstract
As mobile applications become more complex, specific development tools and frameworks as well as cost-effective testing techniques and tools will be essential to assure the development of secure, high-quality mobile applications. This paper addresses the problem of automatic testing of mobile applications developed for the Google Android platform, and presents a technique for rapid crash testing and regression testing of Android applications. The technique is based on a crawler that automatically builds a model of the application GUI and obtains test cases that can be automatically executed. The technique is supported by a tool for both crawling the application and generating the test cases. In the paper we present an example of using the technique and the tool for testing a real small size Android application that preliminary shows the effectiveness and usability of the proposed testing approach.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
