Framework for automated testing of mobile apps

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9563544-B2
Application number	US-201213347059-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 10, 2012
Priority date	Jan 10, 2012
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

A framework for the automated testing of mobile applications is disclosed. A mobile application to be operated on a mobile device is built based on a source code of the mobile application. The mobile application operates with a backend system. A test configuration for the mobile application and the backend system are defined. An automated test is performed with the test configuration on the mobile application on the mobile device and on the backend system. A log of test results is generated from the automated test performed on the mobile application and on the backend system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
building a mobile application at a mobile application building server based on a source code of the mobile application, the mobile application configured to be operated on a mobile device and to operate with a backend system comprising an authentication server configured to authenticate a user of the mobile application on the mobile device and a backend server configured to provide a functionality to the mobile application via an application of the backend server;
generating a frontend script to test, on a test server, front end functionalities of the mobile application on the mobile device by checking values generated by execution of the frontend script against expected values;
generating a backend script to test backend functionalities of the backend system by checking values generated by execution of the backend script against expected values;
defining a test configuration for the mobile application and for the backend system;
integrating, based on the configuration, the frontend script with the backend script into an automated test, including a front end automated test and a back end automated test, configured to perform end to end testing on the mobile application and the backend system;
performing the front end automated test, on the mobile application, with the test configuration at the test server to generate front end functionalities test results of the mobile application;
providing at least a portion of the generated front end functionalities test results to the back end automated test; and
after receiving the provided front end functionalities test results, performing the back end automated test on the backend system to generate backend functionalities test results of the backend system, the back end automated test comprising an authentication server functionalities test and a backend server functionalities test.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the automated test comprises a plurality of tests from testing tools corresponding to tests to be performed on the mobile application to be operated on the mobile device and components of the backend system.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the source code of the mobile application corresponds to a test script stored in a content management system.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the automated test comprises a plurality of test scripts corresponding to a plurality of test scenarios.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the test configuration comprises a location of the test script, test data parameters, and test settings.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a log of test results from the performance of the automated test, the log of test results comprising the front end functionalities test results and the backend functionalities test results.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein the backend server further comprises:
an application server configured to generate the application of the backend server having a data protocol;
a gateway adapter configured to tailor a data model and a functionality of the application of the backend server for the mobile application; and
a gateway configured to interface the mobile application with the data protocol associated with the application of the backend server.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the test configuration is configured to test a stack used by the mobile application.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the test configuration is configured to provide end to end testing of various testing scenarios of pieces of the mobile application during development.

10. A system comprising:
a mobile application building server configured to:
build a mobile application at a mobile application building server based on a source code of the mobile application, the mobile application configured to be operated on a mobile device and to operate with a backend system comprising an authentication server configured to authenticate a user of the mobile application on the mobile device and a backend server configured to provide a functionality to the mobile application via an application of the backend server;
define a test configuration for the mobile application and for the backend system;
generate a frontend script to test, on a test server, front end functionalities of the mobile application on the mobile device by checking values generated by execution of the frontend script against expected values;
generate a backend script to test backend functionalities of the backend system by checking values generated by execution of the backend script against expected values;

an integration server configured to integrate, based on the configuration, the frontend script with the backend script into an automated test, including a front end automated test and a back end automated test, configured to perform end to end testing on the mobile application and the backend system; and
a test server configured to:
perform the front end automated test, on the mobile application, with the test configuration at the test server to generate front end functionalities test results of the mobile application;
provide at least a portion of the front end functionalities test results to the back end automated test; and
after receiving the provided front end functionalities test results, perform the back end automated test on the backend system to generate backend functionalities test results of the backend system, the back end automated test comprising an authentication server functionalities test and a backend server functionalities test.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the automated test comprises a plurality of tests from testing tools corresponding to tests to be performed on the mobile application to be operated on the mobile device and components of the backend system.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the source code of the mobile application corresponds to a test script stored in a content management system.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the automated test comprises a plurality of test scripts corresponding to a plurality of test scenarios.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the test configuration comprises a location of the test script, test data parameters, and test settings.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the automated test is further configured to generate a log of test results from the automated test, the log of test results comprising the front end functionalities test results and the backend functionalities test results.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the backend server further comprises:
an application server configured to generate the application of the backend server having a data protocol;
a gateway adapter configured to tailor a data model and a functionality of the application of the backend server for the mobile application; and
a gateway configured to interface the mobile application with the data protocol associated with the application of the backend server.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, performs operations comprising:
building a mobile application at a mobile application building server based on a source code of the mobile application, the mobile application configured to be operated on a mobile device and to operate with a backend system comprising an authentication server configured to authenticate a user of the mobile application on the mobile device

Assignees

• Mecke Christoph
• Gienger Armin
• Borkowski Mirko
• Sap Se

Inventors

• Mecke Christoph
• Gienger Armin
• Borkowski Mirko

Classifications

• G06F11/3684

  for test design, e.g. generating new test cases · CPC title

• G06F11/3688 Primary

  for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites · CPC title