Mastering Mobile Test Automation

Advantages of mobile emulators

The following are a few advantages of using emulators for mobile test automation:

• If we want to validate the original look, feel, and behavior of real devices without investing in one, then using an emulator is the best option.
• We can easily configure the hardware specification of the emulated real device that we want to use depending on the needs; for example, we can configure the operating system version, RAM, whether an SD card is present or not and its size, and many more for a lower-level validation with real-world conditions.
• Physical devices are cumbersome to maintain and manage, besides being costly, and any organization will have to keep its inventory updated with numerous releases of newer devices. With emulators, ...