Mobile testing

Mobile testing overview

Users expect mobile services to be relevant and user-friendly, and to perform well. The limitations of the medium impose significant challenges to designing and testing products that meet all of the users' expectations. Performance is a crucial contributor to a trustworthy mobile user experience. With NeoLoad, mobile applications—with their specific features—can be load tested to ensure end-users perceive them properly. NeoLoad makes it possible to check the mobile applications performance issues on the server side and prevent:

• Variations in response times
• Delays and drops in delivery of packets
• Applications crashes

In order to test mobile applications and have a clear picture of their performance, it is necessary to figure out how to proceed to get realistic records on one hand, and how to launch relevant load tests on the other hand. Considering the ins and outs of the conditions when mobile application tests are recorded and replayed is essential.

NeoLoad 9.0 answers questions that are specific to the challenges of testing mobile applications:

• Recording the use cases for the mobile application. How do I record the actions performed by a user of my mobile application?
• Performing realistic tests. Network access is different than LAN access, so how can I simulate users accessing with 3G, for example?

• Tip: A number of questions and answers about recording mobiles applications are available on the NeoLoad Community website.