An automated testing framework for testing Android mobile applications in the cloud

The testing of mobile application faces many issues due to the complexity of testing these applications and the limited resources available in mobile devices. Testing in various mobile devices under varying conditions takes a lot of time when done manually. Also by using emulators it is not possible to generate the same real time network connections and real device characteristics. There is a need for a testing framework that allows automated testing of mobile applications in many mobile devices in limited time. In this paper we propose a mobile testing framework in the cloud environment that aims to provide automated testing of mobile applications in various mobile devices. This testing framework has an automated testing tool, the Mobile Application Testing (MAT) Tool integrated to it that performs functional, performance and compatibility testing of mobile applications.