A robust automated mobile app testing strategy for browser, native and hybrid apps means that you will wish to execute your tests on an emulator, a real device and then any device of your choice via a real device cloud service for distributed test automation.
Emulators or Virtual Devices are excellent when you first start to develop your mobile automation tests and prove that they are functionally sound and run consistently, however, you will not accurately simulate hardware performance when executing your tests.
Executing your tests locally on a physical device provides a much better real world representation of the experience your users will have. Local physical device testing is only limited by the hardware you have available to your test team. Maintaining a device farm however, from initial purchase, set-up, subsequent maintenance and ensuring its ongoing relevance, is time consuming, resource hungry and can be costly.
This is where it can make sense to embrace the use of real device cloud mobile test execution. As a tester, you’ll benefit from full access to the latest iOS and Android devices to test upon and you will enjoy real life software and hardware performance against which to test your applications. Work with the widest selection of mobile operating systems and browsers for full mobile cross browser testing.
As a mobile test automation tool, Test Evolve offers local emulator and real device testing and device cloud testing via our integration to Browserstack.