Hi all, I’m pretty new to mobile app testing and there are some expected behaviors, of the app under test, that depend on the users phone number and country. I’m in the USA and am wondering if anyone has ideas on how to get phone numbers to test? I can’t outsource this or use a cloud test solution.…

Finding Test Phone Numbers for Mobile App Testing Testing mobile apps across different countries means dealing with phone numbers from around the globe. The Ministry of Testing community got together to tackle this head-on, sharing some useful approaches for testing features like SMS verification an…

There are some services (some of them free ones but with some limitations and issues), I suggest you do your own research because I don’t remember which ones I used and I can’t recommend anything in particular but I assume something like that https://onlinesim.io/ :wink:

Maybe something from this thread can help you. Especial to last 2 comments [image] Mobile testing with network emulator tools 🗄️ Archive Hello ‘ze Club’, I would like to test our mobile app over network emulator in order to see how it performs with a 3G/4G connection with…

You can use any temporary online SMS numbers platforms online. There are many different ones which provide a number from different countries. They are often used for creating sock puppets in OSINT Recon. https://smstome.com/ https://onlinesim.io/ (as mentioned above) SMS Verification | Receive SM…

I’m also now, wondering why a tester would want to test in this way, this is exactly what component tests are for. A properly architected product will expose a way to internally test the behaviour without having a real phone, and that’s the correct road to go down and then feed the component with th…

Hi Conrad, Thanks for your input. There is some component testing being done by the developer. As I mentioned I’m new w/mobile so I am primarily black box testing while learning enough to test at that level. Also in the middle of the process is a liveliness check and document scan intake. That part …

It’s super hard to work out as a tester where to invest your automation and manual testing energy, and with any embedded platform that is very much harder than with browsers and desktops. So yeah, I fully understand the pain. I am lately suspecting that a lot of mobile testers also test on other pl…

Temporary phone numbers work great for that exact purpose so it’s one of the best solutions you can get actually, there are services like https://anonymsms.com/ which provide those numbers for free or to rent one

These days there’s nothing easier than getting temporary phone numbers worldwide for whatever purpose you need to use them. Here is my favorite provider https://temporarynumber.com check it out

I don’t know much about most services, but I want to share something with you based on my personal experience in case it’s useful to you. Some time ago I needed a phone number for work. SMS Man helped me solve the problem. It took me only a few minutes to get the temp phone number. SMS-Man site offe…

Many websites offer virtual numbers of different countries that you can use free of cost for testing or another purpose, however, you have to ensure that no sensitive information is visible in the message as anyone who is on the website can access those messages. e.g. https://receive-smss.com/ Howe…

How to get phone numbers from around the world for testing mobile app behavior?

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sebastian_solidwork (Sebastian Stautz) 13 June 2024 09:19 3

Maybe something from this thread can help you. Especial to last 2 comments

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