Mobile App Testing

Six types of mobile application testing, a step-by-step process, and the release checklist that catches device-specific defects before your users do.

What is Mobile App Testing? Types, Process, and Tools

Whether filing a claim, updating policy information, or sharing data to help improve risk assessments and reduce premiums, policyholders want fast, personalized and secure, self-service mobile experiences.

Learn the latest best practices for knowing which mobile devices to test on, plus our recommended devices to test on by region and business size.

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If you’re looking for an alternative to Microsoft App Center, this article will cover the top considerations and how Sauce Labs handles these in its Mobile App Distribution offering.

With native Flutter integration test support, Sauce Labs continues to provide expanded testing capabilities for modern mobile development teams.

Chris Tozzi reviews the most popular JavaScript test automation frameworks and presents several things to consider as you select the best option for you and your organization.

See upcoming trends to plan your mobile app testing strategy for 2025

Join us for this exclusive webinar and discover how to meet the modern customer mandate for mobile app excellence.

In this session, we’ll explore how retailers test and validate digital experiences. Learn how the Sauce Labs platform accelerates data analysis, shortens release cycles, and helps your teams bring new features online without compromising quality.

In this session, we'll explore how you can accelerate your release cadence without compromising on quality or security. Speed and quality aren't mutually exclusive—they're two sides of the same coin, and with the right tools and methodologies, you can have both.

Join us to explore how a unified quality strategy with Sauce Labs helps you test for compliance, performance, and user experience all at once, so you can deliver a mobile app that not only meets strict regulations but also delights your customers.

Join us to discover how cloud-based real device testing and a continuous quality approach can help you overcome fragmentation, reduce operational overhead, and close quality gaps throughout the SDLC — enabling you to deliver high-performing mobile apps at scale.

Walk through the key compliance frameworks to consider—including SOC 2, ISO 27001, KY3P, FSQS, and more—so you can meet regulatory requirements without slowing down development and explore the growing importance of safely implementing and testing AI in software pipelines.

Learn how to shift your mobile test strategy left with the most scalable virtual device cloud, now with Apple Silicon support.

Mobile app development doesn't have to be stressful. Discover how automated beta testing, crash reporting, and user feedback management can significantly reduce toll and frustration.

Watch our panel of testing leaders explore test strategies and tooling that lead to business resilience in 2025

Read insights from a recent survey of 100 engineering and software executives about how top teams balance speed, stability, and cost in the AI era

This report describes the Sauce Labs website's compliance with W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

Continuous testing is the key to unlocking digital confidence. How does your organization stack up?

Discover the potential ROI and other benefits of investing in Sauce Labs for mobile application testing

Download Enterprise Strategy Group's (ESG) Economic Validation report to learn the qualitative and quantitative benefits that Sauce Labs customers can expect from using the Sauce DevOps Test Toolchain's Real Device Cloud for web and mobile app testing.

Download this report to explore how the nuances of all different aspects of DevOps are continuing to change how we build, test, and deploy code today.

While your policyholders may not look forward to using your app, following the checklist below helps ensure that they trust your company, builds trust with them, so that when their annual renewal comes, they stick with you instead of heading for a competitor.

Software quality is the foundation of your business.

This guide outlines the top 3 continuous quality-focused testing strategies that drive innovation velocity. Find out how leading enterprise companies like Verizon, Roblox, and Quickset test in a way that turns testing into an accelerant instead of a bottleneck.

This document is an overview of the technology, processes and security operations that govern the Sauce Labs Continuous Testing Platform.

From developing mobile applications compatible with multiple platforms, and distributing beta app versions to the right users, to managing application risks in production, mobile teams face daunting challenges at each stage of the software lifecycle.

To provide comprehensive guidance on everything you need to know before choosing the right mobile test automation framework, this whitepaper dives into the three popular solutions available today: Appium, XCUITest and Espresso, and lists out the key factors you should consider when determining when to choose which framework.

This comprehensive how-to guide was written by Appium project lead Jonathan Lipps. It explores everything you need to get started including issues specific to the Java client and resources to use once your tests are up and running.

This paper compares the costs of setting up an on-premise Selenium grid versus using a cloud-based testing platform.

New to Appium? Want to test the same app you are shipping? This refcard provides a walk-through on everything you need to run your first Appium tests.

Walmart tests at scale running 50K tests a day on Sauce Labs using their proprietary open source test management platform

Running 1,000 tests a day across web and mobile lets eHarmony expand test coverage and ensure bug free apps.

Baden-Württembergische Bank (BW-Bank) offers its customers an app that enables them to manage securities accounts from their mobile devices.

Mozilla, a leader in the open source community and creator of one of the most popular web browsers, needed to quickly and reliably find failures and scale their testing.

Explore Real Device Access API. Unlock deep device control, persistent high-performance sessions, and AI-ready workflows built for modern mobile engineering.

Eliminate testing bottlenecks and ship with confidence. Sauce AI for Test Authoring automatically generates durable, self-healing tests so your team can focus on building, not fixing broken scripts.

Get access to the most extensive range of Android and iOS real devices, a programmable and AI-ready infrastructure, and the deepest mobile diagnostic suite. Real Device Cloud is part of Sauce Labs AURA, the AI-Unified Release Assurance platform, empowering development teams to validate AI-generated code at the pace it's written and ship high-quality mobile apps with confidence.

Explore Backtrace. Capture production crashes, reproduce untraceable bugs, and accelerate AI-driven debugging workflows built for LiveOps and modern game development. Protect player experience, ratings, and app store standing—all at scale.

Explore Sauce Connect 5.0. Unlock enhanced performance , advanced security protocols , and simplified integration for highly secure and performant testing.

Access the most extensive range of testing solutions and leverage best-in-class mobile app analytics with AI-powered insight.

Deliver high-quality retail and consumer apps at speed across the mobile development lifecycle.

Access the most extensive range of testing solutions and leverage best-in-class mobile app analytics with AI-powered insight.

Digital experiences are the foundation of your business. Ensure software quality with Sauce Labs—the centralized platform that unites your quality-driven teams and projects.

Learn how to optimize your mobile testing processes in this step-by-step demo video.

See the key results from The Total Economic Impact™ of Sauce Labs, a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Sauce Labs, June 2023.

Accelerate mobile testing and release faster with Sauce Labs mobile emulators and simulators. Learn how.

Watch this video to learn about Sauce Orchestrate, Sauce Labs' unique solution for browser and mobile testing that can transform your test automation and CI/CD.

We explore using ChatGPT, an OpenAI natural language processing model, to improve web app testing and continuous integration. While ChatGPT can generate human-like text, we'll discuss its limitations for complex software engineering tasks.

Kristin Jackvony is a principal engineer at Paylocity, where she leads teams to create top-notch software solutions. We get on to a bunch of topics about concepts, skills, testing strategies testing and so much more.

Learn about the features and benefits of the Sauce Labs Real Device Cloud in this video.

Learn how to run an automated mobile web test using Android emulators and iOS simulators.

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