Post on 16-Apr-2017
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Computer software and hardware are developed independently but are expected to function properly together. For instance, the web application developed using HTML are expected to work properly on a Windows or Apple system browsers. Sounds simple, right? But there are numerous types and versions of browsers available for various operating systems including mobile devices and makes mobile compatibility testing a necessity.
Mobile Compatibility Testing – An Overview
Compatibility testing focuses on determining if the applications function properly on the systems with altered software and hardware configurations.
Mobile Compatibility Testing checks and authenticates that the application behaves true to its form across a combination of mobile browsers and devices that the customers will use to access the application.
Verify The Applications
A majority of time spent on mobile compatibility testing is focused on testing applications just like a customer or an end user would do on different browsers on operating systems and verify that the applications and screens perform and behave as expected.
There are many other tools available like simulators, emulators, and some third party tools that ease out the need of physical devices for testing.
Types of Compatibility Testing
Software: Inspects if the developed software is compatible with other software. For instance, the application MS Outlook should be compatible with MS Word, MS Excel, and more.
Hardware: Inspects if the software is compatible with different hardware configurations.
Operating Systems: Examines if the software is compatible with different operating systems like UNIX, Windows, Mac, and the like.
Types of Compatibility Testing
Network: Assessment of performance of a system network with changing parameters such as application performance, capacity, network speed, etc. It also checks applications in different networks with all the above parameters mentioned previously.
Mobile: Checking if the software is compatible with the mobile platforms like iOS and android.
Browser: Inspects the compatibility of the website with different browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and more.
Types of Compatibility Testing
Devices: Checks the compatibility of the software with different devices like Printers, Scanners, USB, Bluetooth, or any other media devices.
Versions of the Software: Assesses if the software application is compatible with different software versions. For instance, checking if MS Word is compatible with all the different versions of Windows 7.
The Process of Compatibility Testing
The first phase of Mobile Compatibility Testing defines the platforms or environments that the application is anticipated to support.
The tester should be aware of the platforms/ hardware/ software and should know the probable behavior of the application.
The environment should be available for testing on different platforms with different networks and devices and should test that the application works inevitably for all configurations.
Report the bugs and fix the defects. Re-test to confirm defect fixes.
The purpose of the Compatibility Testing is to ensure if the developed software (and its components) work as expected under different configurations stated in the requirements documentation.
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