40 Point Checklist for Testing Mobile Applications

Usage of Smartphones have been increasing by 58% year over year.

Businesses continue to integrate and deliver mobile applications with innovative and smart functionality to engage millennial customers. Ensuring quality of Mobile applications for their efficiency, performance and robustness will leave customers with an exemplary user experience.

However, making apps 99.9% bug-free is one of the biggest challenges that organizations are facing nowadays. Mobile application testing involves a number of checks in making sure that the app meets the needs of customers.

Here is a 40 point comprehensive checklist for testing mobile applications, that you will make your apps market ready!

Run Functional test to check if the App meets its purpose

• 1. App’s performance for designated and non-designated tasks
• 2. Compatibility in different devices, screen size, resolutions, OS and browsers.
• 3. Integration with other services like location/GPS, Wi-Fi, and social media
• 4. Functioning of redirect options
• 5. Application consistency in its desktop version
• 6. Adequate prevention from performing undesired actions
• 7. Misinterpretation or comprehensibility issues on the UI and design of the app.

Run Usability tests to ensure customers’ comfort in your app

• 8. Responsiveness of the App Logo and Name when clicking the Application Manager
• 9. Receiving visual feedback for user actions in the application within 3 seconds max.
• 10. Functionality of the exit options at any point of running the application
• 11. Keep away unmapped keys in your Application
• 12. Enabling responsive Mobile menu for Tablets and Mobiles
• 13. Easy Navigation across different screens

Boost the Look and Feel of the application with UI Testing

• 14. Interface changes with change in screen orientation
• 15. Clarity and Readability of application buttons
• 16. Responsiveness of drop down lists
• 17. Minimizing user actions by enabling them directly pick their choice from the screen
• 18. Prompt display of errors and warning messages
• 19. Distinguishing the inactive buttons from active buttons
• 20. Font options, zoom-in and out and legibility of app display

Test if your App performs well in the background

• 21. Making/Receiving voice calls while the app is running
• 22. Rejecting calls while viewing the application
• 23. Resuming App from the same point as left at the time of switching to another app
• 24. Sending/Receiving messages and alerts while the app is running
• 25. Sending/Receiving Push Notifications and responding to them

Performance testing is the key to your app’s success

• 26. Time taken to launch the application
• 27. Application performance at times of peak load conditions and continual key pad entry
• 28. Splash performance check and ensuring it remains on screen for less than 3-4 seconds
• 29. Application performance in low device battery and charging conditions
• 30. Deploy Live Monitoring Services to keep the app’s computing power on check
• 31. Integration with the device and other applications without hampering performance.
• 32. Application install/uninstall successfully within the desired timeframe
• 33. Displaying error messages and exits gracefully at times of low memory issues
• 34. App Performance at the time of a Network problem and error alert prompts
• 35. Application performance when the Network is back in action

Security and Data Privacy for Authenticated App usage

• 36. Customers’ Payment data security
• 37. Network protocols security for running applications
• 38. Breach in applications’ security and error reporting
• 39. Authenticating application certificates and permissions
• 40. Automatic Application lock out upon continuously entering invalid

Make your applications customer ready by implementing a tailored, scalable testing strategy. Hurry up! We are just months away from holiday shopping 2017.