[Exercise]Lesson 5: Mobile Data Networks

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Welcome Mobile Testing Learners,

this is the topic for exercise #5 - Mobile Data Networks. Here is a quick recap of the task scenarios.

Task: Compare your testing results when testing an app in a mobile data network and Wi-Fi connection

  • Take any app you have installed on your device
  • Note down 3 test scenarios you want to execute
  • Leave your place and test the app in a mobile data network
  • Come back to your Wi-Fi connection and perform the same activities

I am really looking forward to your results and questions.

Best,
Daniel

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So Development mode in iOS has a way to emulate slow networks, I’ve used for testing several times and depending on what the application under test does you might come up with some interesting scenarios. There is now way to do that from a physical Android device as far as I know, as a workaround I would just setup one of the iOS devices as a hotspot and use that network to test Android

Now for those that want to test a website you can use Chrome Development tools that has a throttling option while emulating a mobile view

Just found a couple of tutorials that show where and how:



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Hi Bill,

thanks for the reply and the great idea of using two phones to connect with each other and then to close the connection while using the other device! When I tested in different mobile networks I found so many issues, one can’t believe :D.

Thanks for the great resources attached to your post, they will help learners to go even further!

Have a great day!

Cheers,
Daniel

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