Teste baseado em modelo em aplicativos móveis: uma avaliação com as ferramentas GraphWalker e Appium

Abstract

With the growing market of software available via mobile applications, studies about the variety of testing approaches for this environment become relevant in order to reinforce the quality of those systems. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of Model-Based Testing (MBT) on automation of end-to-end tests in Android applications, using GraphWalker as MBT tool and Appium as automation framework. The tests were implemented in three open-source utility applications by the first author and followed well-defined steps for modeling, coding, test execution, and failure analysis. The results indicated a balanced evaluation, consistent with the steep learning curve of TBM found in literature. Considering that the level of prior knowledge with the tools was low in the context of the study, the best results were obtained in a reduced-scope implementation where the application had well-indexed elements, which facilitated the use of Appium, and the tests were modeled with a single and lean model, which facilitated the use of GraphWalker.