android app testing help manual

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Software Testing help manual for Android

Created by: Jaimin Limbani

Email [email protected]

Modification date 12/19/2014

Platform Android

Options/Events Dos Dont s

& screens App Fonts & Other

Contents

According to requirement , Fonts size and

style both should be proper.

Larger fonts should not increase numbe

lines of label/texts or should not create

issues with device width.

Font family,size and style should beproper, and clearly readable on all

resolution screens, available in market.

Choosing a different font family, size, ostyle should not affect the appearance a

usability of your application.

According to design ,all the content

should be managed properly

There should not overlapping issues for

small size devices

Screen Orientation While changing orientation -> Design

should be fit to changed environment

If requirement is specified as landscape

portrait then it should not change

orientation

According to requirement , it may be

locked by code also

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App should change orientation , if userrotate device

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Screen Timeout According to requirement , Screen light

may be dimmed or automatically turn off

If requirement is to keep lights on -> ap

should not allow to automatically turn o

the light.

Splash screen According to requirement , splash screen

should display/run for given time and

than next screen should appear in time.

App should not take extra time to prese

splash screen.

- User tap on back button on splash screeApp should not restart or lag.

- User tap on Home button on splash scre
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App should not crash or restart.

pp launch Launch Event Launch app and Go to HOME -> again

launch app from Home screen -> It

should resume app from where it was

suspended.

Launch an app -> Quickly tap on back bu

within 1-2 second -> It should not resta

app.

According to requirement, applications

may be designed to reset to the initial

condition on relaunch.

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er Sign Up

Verification

Sign up for app According to requirement , All fields

should be present

According to requirement, any field mu

not miss from sign up screen.

According to requirement , All mandatory

field should be mentioned with different

sign like *,# etc..

Any unwanted blank/white space in fie

should not create validation error.

According to requirement, all check box

and radio button should be there

Validation from the server and local mo

app must not different.

According to requirement , Submit/OK ,

Reset and cancel buttons should be

there.

Left all fields and click on Submit/OK bu

-> it should not submit the form.

User should be signed up successfully , if

all the mandatory fields filled with

correct information

Left any of the mandatory field and tap

Submit button -> Form should not subm

According to requirement,all text field

should bound with upper and lower

boundary value .

Quickly tapping on submit button mult

time, should not keep sending same for

Server.

According to requirement, All the date

pickers , check box and radio buttonshould be validated.

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Email id field should be validated -

After successful sign-up -> it should

display message

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Reset button should reset all the fields. -

Cancel button should dismiss the

registration process

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Log-in Pages According to requirement , User-name

may be designed uniquely i.e. If

Requirement is to combination ofalphabetical and numeric character than

it should be like abc123.

User-name should not left blank

User should be logged in if user-name

and password are entered correctly.

User-name should not start with or con

any symbols

Toast should be appear in android after

successful login.

User-name field should not accept more

than maximum characters

- User-name field should not accept less t


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minimum characters

- Password field should not left blank

- Password should not contain spaces an

period.

- Password field should not accept more

maximum characters.- Password field should not accept less th

minimum characters.

- If password or user-name do not match

above criteria than it should display me

for all cases.

Password Protected

Apps -> Log-in

User types correct password and it allow

user use the app.

User types incorrect password and it wo

allow user use the app.

User go to home and than go back to App

from open apps in BG -> It should ask for

password.

If Password is not correct -> It should di

message or toast.

Forgot Password User types correct mail id and it matches

in database -> It will send the request for

new password.

User types incorrect mail id or other det

and it won't send request for new passw

If it sends request for new password

successfully -> It should display message

.

If email id is wrong -> it should display

message or toast.

Log-out User tap on Log-out button -> should be

redirect to Log-in page

If Connection is lost or Offline -> It shou

not ask user for Internet connection for

out process and redirect to log-in screen

If connection is lost before user tap on

log-out -> it should redirect user to Log-in

page.

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For password protected app -> when user

move to home screen to some other app,

user should be Logged out of the app.

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avigation Navigation buttons The Up button should navigate within an

app based on the hierarchical

relationships between screens

Name or icon of the Up button should n

different than Up screen.

System Back button is used to navigate,in reverse chronological order, through

the history of screens the user has

recently worked with.

If a screen is the topmost one in an appshould not present an Up button.

Back button should be used to remove

floating views like dialog box and pop

ups.

When the previously viewed screen is a

the hierarchical parent of the current sc

pressing the Back button should not hav

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tap-able enabled when User opens Navigation

Drawer.

Navigation Drawer should work smoothly

for Expand and collapse view -> It can be

used to reach more current place in app

easily.

If the user navigates away from a view w

selected content, Selection should be

removed all the content before navigat

to the new view.

- If user tap on any content outside the

drawer to close it -> it should not allow

tap on that particular content.

op-downs,

uttons and

xt fields

Radio button and

Check-box

For custom radio button and Check-box -

> size should be big enough for tapping.

Custom radio and check-box should not

time in response.

Custom check boxes -> Select All box

should change the state to marked

automatically , if all the options below

are selected manually

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Custom check boxes -> If all options areselected and user unchecked an option

from list, Select All box should be turn to

unchecked.

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Drop-down menu According to requirement , default value

should be selected.

For medium and small size character len

> any character should not be missed.

According to requirement , values should

be sorted properly.

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For very long Character length ->

maximum number of characters should

be displayed.

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According to requirement, Drop-down

box should be bounded by size.

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Picker Picker should provide time and date etc...

in correct format.

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According to requirement, there should

be validation on picker for time , date

etc..

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Text Fields According to requirement , there may be

validation for special characters or

numbers or alphabets etc..on text fields.

Text fields should not accept invalid inp

According to requirement , size may be

limited for text fields.

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According to requirement, there may be

restriction for copy/paste on it.

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ploads and

ownloads

Upload Images It should upload image to server

successfully.

It should not upload other extension file

like .pdf, .txt etc.. apart from Image files

It should display thumb image without

stretching

According to requirement, image size sh

not greater than maximum size.

According to requirement, There may be

option to remove images from thumb.

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Uploaded image path should be proper

or valid.

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Image change functionality should work

based on requirement.

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Image upload progress bar should

display.

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Download in app App should handle the pause , resume

and stopping of resource file download

to phone.

In case of , Network lost or switching

network while downloading content in

>It should not ask user to download aga

should not create any other error.

aring Mail Attachments According to requirement , mail id might

be auto attached to Mail id field.

After sending mail , it should not stay in

same screen.

For Mail functionality , App should

redirect user to list of all Mail sender app

or defined Mail sender app.

All files/texts that user trying to send

through mail , should not go missing on

email app screen.

After sending mail , it should display

message whether it is successful or not.

It should not allow to send file greater t

25 MB, or display proper message for it

e Export Export as excel File extension of the exported file shouldbe proper.

It should not stop exporting if file size islarge.

File name for the exported Excel file

should be as per the standards, like File

contain Time-stamp or Date-stamp etc.

Than name should replace by actual

Date-stamp or Time-stamp

Special characters and signs etc.. should

be missed in exported files.

File should have proper column name. For numeric value, Formatting should n

change.

Excel file data should be formatted

properly with header and footer text,

date, page numbers etc. values for allpages.

Sorting value should not change in expo

files.

aps Maps Map should be load completely on app

screen.

Pin size and color should not be differen

than requirement.

According to requirement, pin should be

drop at exact location

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According to requirement, there may be -


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Zoom in button, Zoom out button and

scroll bar, and all three should function

properly.

otifications

nd

essages

Notification According to requirement, it may work in

BG also when user is playing game or

watching videos etc...

It should not stop working when app is

closed.

It should work in multiple time zone also. App should not display same notificatio

again and again.

It should be tap-able or open new

activity.

If app is open and notification appear o

app screen then it should not appear ag

as notification.

If there are more number of message or

texts sent then it should display latest

message(s) on the notification.

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If app is open and notification comes -> it

should display in app screen.

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Acknowledging App should display acknowledge text to

let the user know that the action they

just invoked has been completed.

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According to requirement , It can be

present with Undo option also.

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Confirming

message & other

messages and

labels

App should ask the user to verify that

they truly want to proceed with an action

they just invoked.

Some action should not taken without

warning or messages like Delete,Exit et

It should display with warning ormessage. There should be no grammatical or spelmistakes in Splash / Title / Logo / Loadi

Screen,About screen,Help/Instructions

Screen,Main Menu and all its subsidiary

menus and other labels...etc

- Button name should not mismatch with

event of the button.

pp setting

nd

anagement

Manage Lengthy

Operations

According to requirement , any web

related operation that is taking more

than expected time should ask user with

proper message and 'Cancel' option.

For web related operation, if app is kee

loading for long time then operation sh

be aborted with proper message.

App Setting If app is launched with known setting ->

user changed setting in App menu like

volume,orientation or language etc... ->

when user Exit or Minimize app , it

should restore previous setting.

According to requirement, Setting may

may not change when user restart the a

It should save all the setting on Exit of -


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app.

Memory-File

System

management

App should handle any type of memory

exception properly.

While app is writing data to file system

app closed, it should not crash and any

should not lost.

It should display warning when app istrying to store data in file-system and

memory space is not sufficient for it.

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essage

change

Send or receive

messages in app

Message should be in proper format

while sending or after receiving it.

After sending message -> It should not t

more time than expected time.

On message receive, it should notify user

or it should launch app with sound.

Any content should not be missing whe

reaches to receiver side.

nguage Languages According to requirement , App should

have all required languages.

It should not change last selected langu

again if user Exit app and again opens it

If language in application set as auto-detected -> App should set language

according to phone's language

When user change language -> It shouldrestart app in Android.

When user change language manually in

app -> App should change it quickly , with

no time delay.

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atabase Database Correct data must get saved in database

upon successful page submit.

Null value should not submit in column

which doesn't allow it.

Data should be stored in either single or

multiple column based on design.

Data must not committed to database

before the operation completed.

Table should have primary key column. Null values should not be allowed forPrimary key column.

Add/Update operation log should be

added.

Input data must not truncated while sav

Valid database name should be assigned

to it.

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All the table constraint like primary key,

foreign key etc.. are implemented

correctly.

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Radio button and drop-down list options

are saved correctly in database.

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Data should be rolled back in case offailed transactions.

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ecurity Security All credentials should be transferred

after encryption.

Error messages should not reveal any

sensitive information.

Log-out functionality should function

properly.

Page crash should not reveal applicatio

server info.


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File upload functionality should use file

type restrictions.

Sensitive fields like passwords and cred

card information should not have auto

complete enabled.

Password and other sensitive fields

should be masked while typing.

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App password should be combination ofthe alphabets, number and special

characters

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pgrade Upgrade an app While upgrading an app, data and setting

of old app should be preserved.

After upgrading an app, any type of dat

should not be missed.

App should upgrade path from all

previous version.

After upgrading an app, user setting sho

not removed/reset.

According to requirement , push

notification may display on notification

bar.

After upgrading an app,Credential shou

not be removed.

uch

reens

Single Tap on

screen

It should trigger the default functionality. Tap on a object and swipe finger out of

should not trigger any functionality.

- Tap on a object and finger swiped from

object to another object, it should not

trigger the functionality of second objec

Long Press/tap Android smart phones, pressing and

holding an item will bring up a context

menu in the middle of the screen.

It should not trigger the default functio

like Single tap.

Enter the selection mode to select

different items/texts.

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Swipe or Drag Scrolls overflowing content, or navigates

between views in the same hierarchy.

It should not open context menu in the

middle of the screen.

Swipes can be quick and should affect

even after the finger is picked up.

Swiping left/right should not be difficul

open the other options.(swiping time)

Swipe left typically used for the user to

jump back and forth between the list and

the detail view in Android.

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Swipe left and right -> can be used to

change the tabs.

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Multiple Tap on

Icons/Buttons

Tap with two finger on screen at two

different location -> it should trigger the

functionality of firstly tapped

icon/button.

Tap and hold on a object and tap on ano

icon/button with another finger -> it sh

not trigger the event of second icon/bu

- Tap with two finger on screen at two

different location -> it should trigger the

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and should not open both one after ano

Double Tap For nested views, scales up the smallest

target-able view, or returns it to its

original scale.

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Pinch Zoom In/Out Two or more finger to zoom In/Out

contents

It should not work as Swipe

etwork Networking Only in Wi-Fi network it should work

fine.

Switching between network should not

cause app crash.

Should work in only 3G connection If Sim-Card is removed, app should not

working.

Should work in only 2G connection -

In Airplane mode (or all connections

disabled)

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It should work fine using the network

through a USB connection to a PC

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It should work fine in case of user moves

to Out of network.

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Should Work fine in device with no SIM

card.

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It should work fine if user walk out of Wi-

Fi range so the connection automatically

switches to 3G/2G (for example, in a

large building like a hospital or airport, or

outdoor

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It should display message ,if connection

is lost.

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The Application will work until time out

and then give an error message to the

user indicating there was an error with

the connection

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ther Hard

ares

SD card interaction If your application can potentially store

or retrieve items on the device's SD card,

then it is important to test the

application!s behavior when there is an

SD card present or not.

Remove the SD card in mid operation sh

not affect the app.

If SD card is required for app , Message

should be displayed if SD card is not

available

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Sensors Gyroscope or Accelerometer Sensors:

While changing the position, angle and

alignment of the device , it should move

or navigate in app.

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Proximity sensors: For phone call or auto

screen lock , it should turn off display at

right time and when object removed

from over the sensors, it should turn on

the screen automatically.

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GPS sensors: In MAP related app, it

should detect exact location and app

should display it in time.

GPS sensors: According to requirement,

user is out of some specific area,then ap

should display default location as curre

location.

Ambient Light Sensor: According to

requirement, It should be enabled and

disabled the sensors e.g. For some games

, full brightness is mandatory

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Compass sensor: In MAP related app, Itshould point toward right direction in

right time in user's app.

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Battery Usage Use of JPEG images can slow down

battery draining instead of PNG images.

JPEG compresses images better and is

faster to render, and is therefore more

energy efficient.

GPS and blue-tooth should be turn to

disabled when there is no more use of i

Background service should be disabled

when device lose connectivity.

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Developers should set frequency of

background updates to reduce the effect

of those updates on battery life, refresh

rate should be maximum whenever the

device is connected to a wall charger and

if the device is discharging, reducing your

update rate helps prolong the battery

life.

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Background updates rate can be set

according to battery level changes.

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terruptions

nd Crashes.

Phone calls or

Other Interruption

If user receive or dial call while using

application -> App should be paused and

resume after end the call.

App should not be hanged after receivin

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Text messages, Voice-mail notifications,

Calendar events, Social media

notifications (Facebook, Twitter, etc),

Alarm clocks and Low battery notification

-> App should work fine after such

interruption

App should not be hanged or data loss a

interruption of Text messages, Voice-m

notifications, Calendar events, Social m

notifications (Facebook, Twitter, etc), A

clocks and Low battery notification.

App Crash Programmer should Handle the a poor

network connection,it can force an app

crash as well.

When a programmer references an obje

variable that doesn't exist, technically c

a null-pointer error.

For some low memory devices -> app can

crash easily compare to high end devices.

Programing Errors in the coding that trig

invalid and unauthorized instructions ca

cause app crash.

me-Out Time-out According to requirement, App log-in/out

function can be set to specific timeout forsecurity purpose.

If app is idle then it should not be long t

for secure app like banking app.

While uploading or downloading data ,if

it takes more time due to interruption or

lost network, it should be timeout.

If server is responding very slow or due

any other interruption there is any is

then it should not be keep loading, it sh

be timed out

According to requirement, app can be

designed so that user redirect to some

specific screen after specific time interval

in ideal condition.

oudaring

Cloud Sharing According to requirement , app may usedstore/share data to clouds like Drop-box,

Box.net, SugerSync etc.

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While uploading or Downloading data to

cloud, it should display progress

While uploading or Downloading data

user should not allow to do any other a

After redirect to cloud app, Log in/out

functionality should work properly.

After redirect to cloud from the app W

logging in/Out , app should not crash.

While Downloading data from cloud it

should ask to store data on desired

location.

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If in the same file/Folder user wants to

copy data, and a file with samename/data is already exist there it

should inform user about it.

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