are you ready for a mobile testing community challenge? Take a look at the video, where @danielknott is describing the things you need to do in order to participate in the challenge and win his book.
Here are the hard facts for the challenge:
1. Download the mobile testing cheat sheet here. 2. Pick 2 sections from the cheat sheet and test your or any other app against the sections. 3. Write down your findings in the comments below this post and share your thoughts/ ideas/ findings with the community. 4. The most commented/ liked result will win Daniel’s book “Hands-On Mobile App Testing” as e-Book and get a badge and certificate of achievement from ShiftSync.
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You must watch out for these dates:Â
Submission last date – September 5, 2023Â
Winner announcement – September 6, 2023
We are really looking forward to seeing all your comments!
Love the initiative! I am quite new to the mobile testing besides security testing so this is a great opportunity to try something new!
Hey Daniel and ShiftSync Community!
Thank you for sharing this amazing sheet! It's really helpful!
The app #1 I chose is Starbucks from Brazil's APP Store
Here's the bug report summary from app #1
- When the user taps many times the continue button during the registration flow  (gestures testing strategy)  the apps got frozen and the user is not able to continue the registration process unless send the app to background > put to active again OR kill the app and restart the whole process.
The app #2 is Whatsapp. The pre condition info is that the mobile has to be more than 80% of local storage used.
- In this scenario, users are not allowed to go through favorite stickers/images without crashing the app.
Thanks for stimulate this challenge!
Best, ​​​​​​​Eduarda
I have tested an unnamed mobile game in which the main goal is to improve your hero. Each day a player is limited by the amount of energy that is consumed after each activity. There is also an ingame shop where a player can buy premium currency in exchange for real money. A daily login bonus is available as well.
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Date and time
At 01:00 AM each player receives a daily login bonus. This is usually checked by a server-side event. If you however turn on the “aeroplane mode” and change the system time, it will allow you to pick up a daily reward whenever you want. Changing the default timezone allows for picking up a reward once an hour instead of once a day + having an unlimited amount of energy since we can restart it whenever we want. After If we change to US time format, the application crashes.
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Language
If we select chinese as the language on our phone and open the game, we are then forwarded to the chinese payment gateway instead of the geologically closest one. In case we install the not supported language, the application crashes.
Hello @danielknott and Shiftsync community!
I'd like to extend my gratitude to Daneil Knot and the entire Shiftsync community for the opportunity to participate in the challenge. During this challenge, I thoroughly tested the Testing Daily application, following a comprehensive cheatsheet. My focus was primarily on two crucial aspects: Usability and Multitasking.
I've tested the Nanograms Katana app on two mobile phones. I've chosen to test it against two phones because there is a significant difference in the state of the screen. One of the phones has a somewhat cracked screen, while the other has a complete screen with a protective screen on top.
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Phone specifications:
Phone 1:
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Device name: Huawei Mate 20 lite
EMUI version: 12.0.0
Kernel Version: 4.14.116
Description: The phone that I use during the day. I've had this phone for 4+ years (if I remember correctly) and I've used and abused it to the max. The phone needs a factory reset, but I don't want to do it because it's too much pain in the … + it's the screen is cracked and it's due to replacement anyway.
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Phone 2:
Device name: Galaxy A32 5G
Android version: 13.0.0
Kernel Version: 4.14.186
Description: This is my work phone. It's pretty new, and I have minimal non-work-related apps installed. I use it mainly for calls and quick Internet searches. One of the major apps I'm using on it is Spotify as its battery lasts much longer than the one on the Phone 1. It has a protective screen over its 'native' screen for extra protection
Picture:  Couldn't take it as the camera on Phone 1 is not working properly – the camera lens is pretty scratched so it takes foggy pictures.Â
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App:
I've chosen the Nanograms Katana app as it needs a lot of 'touch' gestures to play it. It's the app in which you fill in the empty grid based on the numbers on the sides. It has lots of touch, drag, and pinch functions so it seemed like a perfect candidate for the test. Here's an example of the game screen:
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Testing - gestures:
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Test
Phone 1
Phone 2
Touch: Touch the screen with a finger tip
The app is responsive and the usage is smooth. Every field responds immediately to the tap regardless of the cracks in the screen
I've obtained the same results as for Phone 1
Long touch: Touch the screen for a longer time.
 Elements that are supposed to expand on long touch respond without any issues
I've obtained the same results as for Phone 1
Swipe: Move your fingertip over the screen.
Swipe works without any issues.
I've obtained the same results as for Phone 1
Tap: Briefly touch the screen with a finger.
When I tap on the empty field of the central map, the app responds immediately
I've obtained the same results as for Phone 1
Double tap: Briefly touch the screen with fingertip twice
Double tap action is performed without any observable issue
I've obtained the same results as for Phone 1
Drag: Move a finger over the screen without losing contact with the screen.
Dragging is responsive and works without any issues. The expected response from the app is achieved almost immediately
I've obtained the same results as for Phone 1
Multi touch: Use two or more fingers on the screen at the same time
When using the two fingers the app behaves as expected – the central board of the app can be moved around without any issues. However, when using three fingers the central board freezes in the middle of the screen and it can't be moved around
I've obtained the same results as for Phone 1
Pinch open: Touch the screen with two fingers and move them apart.
 Both pinch-open and pinch-close work like a charm. The central board increases/decreases in size without any delays.
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I've obtained the same results as for Phone 1
Pinch close: Touch the screen with two fingers and bring them closer together.
Rotate: Use two fingers on the screen and rotate them, some apps will rotate the content of the app
App doesn't support rotation
App doesn't support rotation
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Conclusion: The app works perfectly on both phones. I expected to see some issues when using it on the Phone 1 as it has a cracked screen, but it wasn't the case.
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Testing - multitask:
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Test
Phone 1
Phone 2
Close app to put to background
When switching between the apps in the background there is a significant delay observable
Transitions are smooth and the app opens in an instant
Open app via multitask
Could not achieve it on the selected phone
The app works like a charm even the multitask. No issues observed
Open several apps in parallel on device
There is a slight delay when switching between the apps on the phone. This could be due to the general, bad state of the phone. Regardless of the position of the app on the screen, once it loads, it works like a charm
App works like a charm even in the multitask. No issues observed
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Conclusion: The Phone 1 has some issues when using multiple apps at the same time. This could be due to the bad state of the phone at the start. Phone 2 is superior in every aspect, but the test should be repeated after some time to check if the current performance persists
🌟Time flies when you’re having fun! We came to the end of our Mobile Challenge.
But the fun doesn’t stop here! We’ll be announcing the winner of the challenge today, so stay tuned for that 🏅
And in the meantime, we want to thank everyone for their submissions and for being a part of this challenge!
