A SURVEY OF AUTOMATED TESTING TECHNIQUES FOR ANDROID-BASED MOBILE APPLICATIONS

Ndukwe-Oke Eke; Ibrahim Anka Salihu; Asmau Usman; Rosziati Ibrahim; Yusuf Mshelia

doi:10.4314/njt.v44i2.15

Authors

N. O. Eke Wigwe University, Isiokpo, Rivers State, Nigeria
I. A. Salihu Department of Software Engineering, Nile University of Nigeria, Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7015-8741
A. Usman Department of Computer Science, Nile University of Nigeria, Nigeria
R. Ibrahim Department of Software Engineering, Nile University of Nigeria, Nigeria
Y. Mshelia Department of Software Engineering, Nile University of Nigeria, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.v44i2.15

Keywords:

Mobile Application Testing, Systematic mapping, Software Testing, Test Automation, Model-Based Testing

Abstract

To conduct a survey of Mobile Applications Testing (MAT) to determine the research contributions in mobile applications testing such as the test approach, test strategy, testing techniques and evaluation methods used in mobile applications testing, as well as to determine the publication frequency and the publication region. This study adopted the guidelines provided by Kitchenham and Charters, and Petersen et al. for conducting this systematic mapping study. A total of 242 studies were selected using predefined inclusion/exclusion criteria. Studies were retrieved from five major academic databases (IEEE Xplore, ACM Digital Library, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and EBSCOhost) using validated search strings. Findings show that MAT publications increased steadily between 2009 and 2022, with 2018 recording the highest number (n = 33). China and United States were the most active contributors. Model-based testing emerged as the most commonly used testing technique, while fault detection and code coverage were the most widely adopted evaluation methods. Dynodroid, with 952 citations and an NCII score of 79.3, was identified as the most influential MAT-related study. This study presents a structured overview of MAT research trends, methods, and influential works, offering a valuable reference for researchers and practitioners in the software testing community.

Author Biographies

N. O. Eke, Wigwe University, Isiokpo, Rivers State, Nigeria

NDUKWE OKE EKE received BSc. in Information Science from Abia State University in 2013, M.Sc. degree in Information Technology at the National Open University of Nigeria, and currently pursuing his second M.Sc. degree in Computer Science from Nile University of Nigeria. His research interest includes mobile applications and software testing.
I. A. Salihu, Department of Software Engineering, Nile University of Nigeria, Nigeria

IBRAHIM-ANKA SALIHU received the B.Sc. Computer Science degree from UDUS, Nigeria in 2000. After several years of experience in the IT industry, he proceeded for his master’s degree. He received the M.Sc. Information technology from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, in 2013, and the Ph.D. degree in Software Engineering from the Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, in 2017. He worked as a Research Fellow with the Department of Software Engineering in from 2018 to 2019. His is currently a Senior lecturer in the Department of software Engineering, Nile University of Nigeria. His research interests include software testing, algorithm optimization, static analysis, reverse engineering and IoT.
A. Usman, Department of Computer Science, Nile University of Nigeria, Nigeria

ASMA’U USMAN received her B.Sc. degree in Information Technology from Al-Madina International University (MEDU), Malaysia, in 2016, and the M.Sc. degree in Information Technology from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, in 2018. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in the Department of Computer Science, Nile University of Nigeria. Her current research focuses on software testing.
R. Ibrahim, Department of Software Engineering, Nile University of Nigeria, Nigeria

ROSZIATI IBRAHIM received the B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. degrees in mathematics and computer science from The University of Adelaide, Australia, and the Ph.D. degree in software specification from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane. She is currently a Visiting Fellow with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, QUT. She is also a Lecturer with the Software Engineering Department, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. Her research area is in software engineering that covers software speci_cation, software testing, operational semantics, formal methods, data mining, image processing, and object-oriented technology.
Y. Mshelia, Department of Software Engineering, Nile University of Nigeria, Nigeria

Yusuf U. Mshelia is a T4D Consultant and a Lecturer in Software Engineering. He currently Lectures at Nile University of Nigeria’s Department of Software Engineering. While a PhD candidate of Computer Engineering, he earned a Master’s in Computer Engineering from the same University of Benin, and a Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering from the American University of Nigeria, Yola. His research interest is in software quality and measurements. He is part of several projects like the PILAB Project, DOHSS Project, Data Aid Project and the Non-Digital-Native (NDN) Consortium.

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