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Towards Automated UI-Tests for Sensor-Based Mobile Applications

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Intelligent Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques (SoMeT 2015)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 532))

Abstract

Mobile devices changed human-computer interaction, caused the need for specialized software engineering methods and created new business opportunities. The mobile app market is highly competitive and software developers need to maintain high software quality standards for long-lasting economic success. While powerful software development kits support developers in creating mobile applications, testing them is still cumbersome, time-consuming and error-prone. Especially interaction methods depending on sensor input like device motion gestures prevent automated UI testing – developers and testers are forced to manually test all different aspects. We present an approach to integrate sensor information into user acceptance tests and use a sensor simulation engine to enable automatic test case execution for mobile applications.

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    windows, icons, menus, pointers.

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    http://calaba.sh.

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    http://calaba.sh.

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    http://www.specflow.org.

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    http://junit.org.

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    http://cunit.sourceforge.net.

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    https://code.google.com/p/openintents/wiki/SensorSimulator.

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    Nexus 4 and 7, Nexus S, LG Optimus 3D, HTC Desire S510e.

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    http://www.vimov.com/isimulate/.

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  1. Paluno - The Ruhr Institute for Software Technology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Gerlingstr. 16, 45127, Essen, Germany

    Tobias Griebe, Marc Hesenius & Volker Gruhn

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  1. Iwate Prefectural University, Takizawa, Japan

    Hamido Fujita

  2. University of Naples "Federico II", Napoli, Italy

    Guido Guizzi

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Griebe, T., Hesenius, M., Gruhn, V. (2015). Towards Automated UI-Tests for Sensor-Based Mobile Applications. In: Fujita, H., Guizzi, G. (eds) Intelligent Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques. SoMeT 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 532. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22689-7_1

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