ISSUES AFFECTING TESTING ACTIVITIES IN PORTING MOBILE APPLICATIONS
Gabriel Lazarus Dams1 & John T. Ogbiti2
1Department of Mathematical Sciences, Tafawa Balewa Way, Kaduna State University – Kaduna,
2Department of Computer Science, Edo University Iyamho, Nigeria
Email: damsgabe@gmail.com or damsgabe@kasu.edu.ng, johnogbiti@yahoo.com
Abstract: Competitions in the mobile market has driven mobile software application organizations to meet market demand by developing applications within a short period of time which should run on different mobile platforms. As such, porting these mobile applications to other platforms once they have been developed on one platform, has been considered a desirable attribute.However, the methods used in porting these mobile applications to other platforms have been adhoc which has also affected the testing activities of the ported mobile applications. Literatures revealed that 85% of testers do not use specific models for testing mobile applications. The lack of use of specific models has also made testing of the ported mobile applications to be adhoc based.In this research, issues responsible for affecting the testing activities in porting mobile applications were identified and highlighted. Data were gathered through questionnaires and interviews and analyzed. The results showed that testing requirement phase is usually overlooked by the testing teams. The results also revealed the problem of communication between the developers and the testing teams due to lack of a well-defined testing strategy peculiar to porting mobile application.
Keywords: Mobile Application, Ported Software Applications, Testing Activities, Testing Standards