Criteria for Selecting Mobile Application Testing Tools

The importance of software testing has been discussed and proven in many articles and in existing research. Software testing plays a key role in providing quality software solutions and services. Standard testing approaches and methodologies were adequate until the arrival of mobile technologies. With mobile technologies, the testing process was forced to change in the face of significant challenges, the most important one being mobility. Mobility provides a pallet of challenges that are unique and demand new testing approaches and methodologies in software testing. The identification of challenges and issues has helped the development of the mobile software testing process and tools. With a wide range of new testing tools, testers face a new challenge in selecting the right tool and methodology for testing mobile applications. In this paper, we will present criteria for selecting mobile application testing tools based on identified challenges and issues, testing approaches and strategies. We will provide a proposal for a simpler and quicker way of selecting the appropriate tool for testing mobile applications.