How do platforms handle mobile app testing?

General Discussions
1

I’m trying to understand how leading automation platforms handle mobile app testing. Do they support hybrid apps, gestures, and device-specific behaviors reliably?

2

LambdaTest handles mobile app testing really well. We’ve tested both native and hybrid apps across multiple Android and iOS devices. Gestures like swipe, pinch, and tap behave reliably, and device-specific quirks are easier to catch because we can run tests on real devices.”

import io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.HashMap;

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
HashMap<String, Object> ltOptions = new HashMap<>();
ltOptions.put("w3c", true);
ltOptions.put("platformName", "iOS");
ltOptions.put("deviceName", "iPhone 14");
ltOptions.put("platformVersion", "16");
ltOptions.put("isRealMobile", true);
capabilities.setCapability("lt:options", ltOptions);

AppiumDriver driver = new AppiumDriver(new URL("https://username:access_key@hub.lambdatest.com/wd/hub"), capabilities);
driver.get("https://example.com");```
3

For our mobile testing, having a combination of real and virtual devices on LambdaTest was key. We could cover old OS versions without maintaining a huge device lab. The platform’s logs and session videos also make debugging gestures or device-specific behavior much easier.”

String[] devices = {"iPhone 14", "Pixel 10"};
for(String device : devices) {
    DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
    HashMap<String, Object> ltOptions = new HashMap<>();
    ltOptions.put("w3c", true);
    ltOptions.put("platformName", "Android"); // or iOS for iPhone
    ltOptions.put("deviceName", device);
    ltOptions.put("platformVersion", "16");
    ltOptions.put("isRealMobile", true);
    capabilities.setCapability("lt:options", ltOptions);

    AppiumDriver driver = new AppiumDriver(new URL("https://username:access_key@hub.lambdatest.com/wd/hub"), capabilities);
    driver.get("https://example.com");
}```
4

For our mobile testing, having a combination of real and virtual devices on LambdaTest was key. We could cover old OS versions without maintaining a huge device lab. The platform’s logs and session videos also make debugging gestures or device-specific behavior much easier.”

String[] devices = {"iPhone 14", "Pixel 10"};
for(String device : devices) {
    DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
    HashMap<String, Object> ltOptions = new HashMap<>();
    ltOptions.put("w3c", true);
    ltOptions.put("platformName", "Android"); // or iOS for iPhone
    ltOptions.put("deviceName", device);
    ltOptions.put("platformVersion", "16");
    ltOptions.put("isRealMobile", true);
    capabilities.setCapability("lt:options", ltOptions);

    AppiumDriver driver = new AppiumDriver(new URL("https://username:access_key@hub.lambdatest.com/wd/hub"), capabilities);
    driver.get("https://example.com");
}```