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Top 10 Automated Testing Tools for

MobileApps

With each passing day, the word automation is growing as the meat of
the matter for organizations. And why not? Ultimately, automation
saves time and energy of humans by performing monotonous work as
per the pre-dened standards. Undoubtedly, automation streamlines
business operations and establishes smooth organizational processes.
But along with other industries, IT is also leveraging automation to
simplify the various technically complex activities.

Testing is one of the very crucial parts of Information Technology. The

web or mobile application without testing is not considered as a
reliable one. Users might encounter with bugs, low system
performance, malfunctioning of the features, etc. Eventually, it
reduces the client base. So, an accurate and appropriate testing is a
primary need to launch a highly ecient system.

A variety of automation testing tools is available in the market that

enables developers to check out the quality and eectiveness of their
web and mobile software or hardware with detailed analysis. Such
automated testing software helps developers by saving time and
reducing errors occur due to human intervention. Have a quick
overview of the 10 best automated testing tools for mobile apps.

1. Appium
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1. Appium
An open-source mobile test automation tool to test Android and iOS
applications. Developers can test native, mobile web and Hybrid
mobile apps on this software. To run the tests, Appium uses
WebDriver interface. It supports C#, Java, Ruby, and many other
programming languages that belong to WebDriver library.

Testers can test native apps that are written in Android and iOS SDKs,
mobile web apps that can be accessible through mobile browser, and
hybrid apps that contain web view. Being a cross-platform tool, it
allows programmers to reuse the source code amongst Android and
iOS.

2. Robotium
Again an open-source tool to test Android applications of all versions
and sub-versions. It tests all Android hybrid and native apps. The tests
of Robotium are written in Java. Using the tool, it is quite easy to
write powerful automatic black box test cases for Android
applications. It automates multiple Android activities and creates solid
test cases in minimal time.

3. MonkeyRunner
MonkeyRunner is specically designed for the testing of devices and
applications at the framework/functional level. The tool contains
amazing features such as multiple device control, regression testing,
extensible automation, and functional testing to test Android apps and
hardware. The tests of MonkeyRunner are written in Python.
Developers need not to make changes in source code to automate the
testing.

4. UI Automator
In order to test the user interface of an app, UI Automator creates
functional Android UI test cases. It has been recently expanded by
Google. The tool seamlessly interacts with all Android software and
applications. It works with the all devices that support Android
version 4.1 and others that are released after 4.1. In the previous
version, testers need to use other testing tools. Additionally, UI
Automator can lock and unlock a tablet or a smartphone.

5. Selendroid

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Being one of the leading test automation software, Selendroid tests

the UI of Androids based hybrid and native applications and mobile
web. Client API tests are written using Selendroid 2. The tool supports
plugging of hardware devices. Moreover, it holds exceptional
capabilities to interact with multiple Android devices at the same
time. Selendorid is highly compatible with the JSON wire protocol.

6. MonkeyTalk
MonkeyTalk automates the functional testing of Android and iOS
apps. Non-technical person can also run the testing on this platform
as it doesnt require in depth knowledge of techie scripting and
programming. The scripts of MonkeyTalk are quite understandable
and simple. Testers can also create XML and HTML reports using this
tool. Additionally, it also takes screenshots when failure happens.
MonkeyTalk supports emulators, network devices, and tethered.

7. Testdroid
Its a cloud based program for mobile app testing that helps
developers in saving development cost, eliminating the unpredictable
operational cost, and improving time-to-market. It is one of the best
platforms to test your iOS and Android devices that are having
dierent screen resolutions, OS versions, and HW platforms. Testdroid
is a tool that reduces the risk with agile and real devices testing. It
also improves the daily users of the app along with review rating.

8. Calabash
Calabash works eciently with.NET, Ruby, Flex, Java and other
programming languages. It tests native and hybrid mobile apps.
Programmers can have APIs that enable native apps to run on touch
screen devices. Calabash involves libraries that permit test-code to
interact with hybrid and native apps programmatically. It also
supports the framework Cucumber.

9. Frank
Frank allows to test only iOS applications and software. The
framework combines JSON and Cucumber. The tool contains an app
inspector Symbioate that enables developers to have detailed
information about the running app. It is most suitable for web based
apps and emulators. It can be integrated with CI and run the tests on
the devices and simulators.

10. SeeTest
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10. SeeTest
SeeTest Automation is a cross-platform solution. It allows to run the
same scripts on dierent devices. It enables developers to run the test
on several devices parallelly. Being a powerful test automation tool, it
is capable of testing websites/mobile apps. It supports iOS, Android,
Symbian, Blackberry, and Windows Phone. The most important
features of this tool are phone testing, battery, browser testing, etc.

All these are great tools for automated testing of mobile apps and
software. Being a leading mobile app development company, Intuz
closely analyzes the current, popular and upcoming trends of the
industry. I have shortlisted the above companies based on their prime
visibility during my research. It doesnt indicate ineciency of any
other similar automated testing tools providers. In case, you nd any
similar company, do share with me using comment section below. I
will include that automated testing tool in my nest similar article for
sure.

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