Performance, Data Security and Privacy Testing in iOS Mobile Applications: Multi-User Application Development

Abstract

Mobile applications are an area of increasing popularity. This increasing popularity makes mobile application testing more important and functional. Mobile software testing includes test procedures used to check whether the developed applications work correctly, and consistently and to determine how well they meet user expectations. In the literature, the focus on mobile software testing is on the Android platform, while iOS mobile application testing is one of the most understudied areas in the literature. This study involves the development and testing of multi-user mobile applications developed on the iOS platform. It includes manual and automated testing of test scenarios to test the operation of the developed mobile software application under different conditions. In addition, performance and data security and privacy tests are applied. By evaluating the results obtained, recommendations are presented to developers on iOS software development and the missing parts of the literature on iOS mobile software testing in the literature are completed.

Keywords

• Data Security
• iOS testing
• Mobile Application Testing
• Software Testing

Project Number

2021.06.01.1268

iOS Mobil Uygulamalarda Performans, Veri Güvenliği ve Gizlilik Testleri: Çok Kullanıcılı Uygulama Geliştirme

Abstract

Mobil uygulamalar giderek popülaritesi artan bir alandır. Artan popülarite ise mobil uygulama testlerini daha önemli ve işlevsel hale getirmektedir. Mobil yazılım testleri geliştirilen uygulamaların doğru, tutarlı çalışıp çalışmadığının kontrolü ve kullanıcı beklentilerinin ne düzeyde karşılandığını belirlemek için kullanılan test prosedürlerini içerir. Literatürde mobil yazılım testleriyle ilgili odak noktası Android platformu üzerinedir. iOS mobil uygulama testleri ise literatürde eksik kalan çok fazla çalışılmamış alanlardandır. Yapılan çalışma, ios platformunda geliştirilen çok kullanıcılı mobil uygulama geliştirilmesini ve bu uygulamaların testini içermektedir. Geliştirilen mobil yazılım uygulamasının farklı koşullar altında çalışmasını test edebilmek için, test senaryolarının manuel ve otomatik testlerini içermektedir. Ayrıca performans ve veri güvenliği ve gizliliği testleri uygulanmaktadır. Elde edilen sonuçlar değerlendirilerek iOS yazılım geliştirme konusunda geliştiricilere tavsiyeler sunulmuş ve literatürdeki iOS mobil yazılım test konusunda literatürde eksik kalan kısımları tamamlanmıştır.

Keywords

• iOS test
• Mobil Uygulama Testi
• Yazılım Testi
• Veri Güvenliği

Supporting Institution

Düzce Üniversitesi

Project Number

2021.06.01.1268

Ethical Statement

Bu çalışma, Düzce Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Koordinasyon Birimi (DÜ, BAP, Proje Numarası: 2021.06.01.1268) tarafından desteklenmiştir.

Thanks

Bu çalışma, Düzce Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Koordinasyon Birimi (DÜ, BAP, Proje Numarası: 2021.06.01.1268) tarafından desteklenmiştir.

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