Hands-On Mobile App Testing: A Guide for Mobile Testers and Anyone Involved in the Mobile App Business

Preface

Mobile phones have been around since the middle of the 1970s. The devices have of course changed profoundly since then, but the biggest change came in 2007 when Apple presented its first iPhone. From that moment on, the mobile smartphone market has known only one direction—UP! Eight years later, touch devices such as smartphones and tablets have become ubiquitous. More than two million apps are available for download in the stores of the biggest vendors, and this number is still rising.¹ There are apps for every aspect of our lives, ranging from photos and music, to office applications and games, and on to fitness and health. But what about the quality of those apps? Are they reliable, trustworthy, easy to use, well developed, and tested? ...