Sofy Android Automation Testing

Sofy Android Automation Testing Improved by 60%

Android automation testing takes a lot of time. But it doesn’t have to. Speed it up with Sofy’s 60% execution speed improvement

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UPDATED: JUNE 06, 2023 – POSTED: MARCH 23, 2023

What’s the most important resource in modern mobile app testing?

The answer is simple: Time.

There never seems to be enough of it, and when it’s gone, it’s gone. That’s why it’s important to save time wherever and whenever possible. And with increased speeds of 60% for Android automation testing, Sofy saves you a whole lot of time. Sofy makes Android testing easier all the time.

What could you do with 60% faster Android testing execution speed?

Wish you could complete your automated Android app testing runs a little faster? How about a lot faster? Sofy supercharges your Android automated testing runs, providing an increase of 60% over Sofy’s previous testing performance. Test more thoroughly. Release faster. Iterate more quickly. Reduce costs. Improve productivity. Testing is key—it doesn’t have to be slow.

Dramatically reduced Android test execution time

Everyone wants to testing early and often. The problem? It takes time. Dramatically cut down the time necessary to execute tests, reduce focusing on repetitive tasks, and instead shift focus on making your app even better. Shift left while keeping your production pipeline moving.

And better yet, with Sofy’s Real Device Lab, do it all on real devices from anywhere.

Quicker Android feedback loops

It’s no secret that feedback is a crucial component of the testing cycle. In fact, the sooner you can get it, the better. Sofy supercharges your feedback loops with lightning speed, wielding the strength of no-code, allowing anyone on your team—not just specialists—to get more from your feedback, faster. Identify issues with ease, improve release quality, and keep your userbase happy. No more temptation to cut corners.

Blazing fast Android deployments

Deployments taking forever? Waiting around when you could be working on higher priority tasks? Not with Sofy. Benefit from much faster deployments, reduce your time to market, and all while keeping quality sky-high.

Get those deployments through the door and focus on what’s most important: Making your mobile app the best it can be.

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How to run an automated test on a real Android device

With Sofy, running an automated test on a real device from anywhere is as easy as five simple steps:

Click on the Automated Tests tab

Select a test

Click on the play button

Sit back and review

And you’re done. Why work harder when you can work smarter? Faster test Android executions means more time to focus on innovation and getting ahead of the competition.

Read to make Android automation testing a piece of cake?

At Sofy, we know how complicated testing can be. While mobile apps are increasingly central to our everyday life, they’re also under higher scrutiny than ever before, and competition has never been fiercer.

That’s why it’s important to test as often and as early as possible. Fortunately, with Sofy, you never need to cut corners to make more time. Sofy profoundly reduces the time it takes to run automated tests on Android devices by 60%, empowering you to focus on what’s most important: Making the best Android app possible.

If you’re a current Sofy customer you can start experiencing faster Android test runs today. All you need to do is login .
Don’t have a Sofy account? Schedule a demo with a Sofy team member and save time on our Android test runs.

Software Engineering and Abstraction

To get started we need to briefly recap the history of abstraction in software engineering. Abstraction is generally defined as the process of removing or generalizing physical, spatial, or temporal details or attributes in the study of objects or systems to focus attention on details of greater importance. The earliest programming relied on binary code to perform all actions, followed later by more mature programming languages, then low-code visual editors with optional coding, and now finally today’s concept of scriptless programming. This highly modern approach removes access to the code entirely. It replaces it with intuitive visual editors that can be used by developers and non-developers alike. You may also hear this code-free concept referred to as no-code, codeless, drag-and-drop, WSYWIG and GUI editors.

Just as today’s phone users don’t need access to the underlying code in their phones to use them effectively, scriptless options allow users with varying technical backgrounds to edit functions that were formerly controlled by code directly. In this case, the formerly manual process of coding mobile app tests can be converted into a simple, visual drag-and-drop editor.

Benefits of Scriptless Automation in Mobile App Testing

The benefits of embracing visual editors for mobile app testing are many. In terms of resource management, the intuitive and accessible nature of this option heavily reduces the traditionally long learning curve. Test cases can be created by clicking several buttons. QA teams no longer need to hire and onboard specialists who then create and maintain manually created code. Even users with non-technical backgrounds can get started in minutes. This benefits organizations by saving both time and expertise.

Scriptless automation, naturally as a form of automation, is also highly scalable when compared to manual coding and testing. By choosing automation you have the ability to run tests at nearly any scale imaginable. Automation tools also generate reports in a fraction of the time that manual testing would have taken. In practice, organizations switching to this approach have reduced their overall app testing time from days to hours.

These time and cost benefits are even more pronounced when pairing scriptless automation with cloud device labs. While simulators and emulators can be tempting in their initial ease, they often fail to catch real-world scenarios. For example, issues involving GPS and battery usage are extremely hard to get data on with virtual machines. Utilizing scriptless automation with services that test on an array of real devices saves both time and budget, furthering efficiency gains.

Potential downsides of Scriptless Automation

Because the code is not accessible to user creating test cases, reporting and debugging work very differently with scriptless automation options. This may create some initial pushback when transitioning. With this method, reports are offered in several formats including detailed graphs and playback videos. Thankfully with well-chosen scriptless automation tools, reporting options can be easily combined and streamlined. Ultimately this option has the potential to reduce friction between QA engineers, triage teams, and developers on whether a bug can be reproduced, where the logs are, and environment setup.

In Summary

When implemented seamlessly, scriptless automation offers enormous efficiency improvements over manual testing in terms of time, budget, and headcount. It is not only more productive and accurate, but also highly scalable.