Hardly any modern-day organization would think of functioning without a mobile application. Over 60% of businesses have an app or are in the process of developing one. However, building an app isn’t enough. You must test it across various performance parameters to ensure that it fulfills performance expectations and provides the desired experience to users.
Appium is a mobile app testing automation tool that makes app testing easy. Let’s take a look at how performance testing with Appium works, and what are some free tools that one can also use –
Benefits of Mobile App Performance Testing
Mobile app performance testing has many benefits. From enhancing the overall performance of an app, to making it more robust, and improving user experience. Mobile app performance testing allows to –
- Detect functionality or concurrence issues
- Determine how much load is supported
- Gauge the actions to be performed to eliminate risks
- Determine the application capacity and how much it can be increased
What is Appium?
Appium is a free and open-source tool that lets you automate native and hybrid mobile/web applications. It enables you to use the same API to write tests against multiple platforms, like iOS, Android, and Windows.
Automation with Appium works similarly to Selenium. Both Appium and Selenium are cross-platform test automation frameworks. The only difference is that Selenium supports major desktop browsers and operating systems, whereas Appium is more focused on mobile platforms.
Here are some reasons to use Appium for mobile testing automation.
- Free and open-source
- Enables testing of native and hybrid applications for desktop and mobile
- Offers support for numerous programming languages, including Python, Java, Ruby, and more
- Allows cross-platform testing on real devices, simulators, and emulators
