Guigle: A GUI Search Engine for Android AppsDemosIndustry Program
The process of developing a mobile application typically starts with the ideation and conceptualization of its user interface. This concept is then translated into a set of mock-ups to help determine how well the user interface embodies the intended features of the app. After the creation of mock-ups developers then translate it into an app that runs in a mobile device. In this paper we propose an approach, called GUIGLE, that aims to facilitate the process of conceptualizing the user interface of an app through GUI search. GUIGLE indexes GUI images and metadata extracted using automated dynamic analysis on a large corpora of apps extracted from Google Play. To perform a search, our approach uses information from text displayed on a screen, user interface components, the app name, and screen color palettes to retrieve relevant screens given a query. Furthermore, we provide a lightweight query language that allows for intuitive search of screens. We evaluate GUIGLE with real users and found that, on average, 68.8% of returned screens were relevant to the specified query. Additionally, users found the various different features of GUIGLE useful, indicating that our search engine provides an intuitive user experience. Finally, users agree that the information presented by GUIGLE is useful in conceptualizing the design of new screens for applications.
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14:00 - 15:30 | Requirements Engineering for Mass-Market SoftwareSoftware Engineering in Practice / Technical Track / Papers / Journal-First Papers / Demonstrations at Van-Horne Chair(s): Paul Ralph University of Auckland | ||
14:00 30mTalk | (SEIP Talk) Data-Driven Requirements EngineeringSEIPIndustry Program Software Engineering in Practice Walid Maalej University of Hamburg, Maleknaz Nayebi Polytechnique Montréal, Guenther Ruhe University of Calgary | ||
14:30 20mTalk | Guigle: A GUI Search Engine for Android AppsDemosIndustry Program Demonstrations Carlos Bernal-Cárdenas William and Mary, Kevin Moran College of William & Mary, Michele Tufano College of William and Mary, Zichang Liu College of William & Mary, Linyong Nan College of William & Mary, Zhehan Shi College of William & Mary, Denys Poshyvanyk William and Mary Pre-print Media Attached | ||
14:50 20mTalk | StoryDroid: Automated Generation of Storyboard for Android AppsTechnical TrackIndustry Program Technical Track Sen Chen Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Lingling Fan Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Chunyang Chen Monash University, Ting Su Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Wenhe Li New York University Shanghai, Yang Liu Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Lihua Xu | ||
15:10 10mTalk | Metamorphic Relations for Enhancing System Understanding and UseJournal-First Journal-First Papers Zhi Quan (George) Zhou University of Wollongong, Australia, Liqun Sun University of Wollongong, Tsong Yueh Chen Swinburne University of Technology, Dave Towey University of Nottingham Ningbo China | ||
15:20 10mTalk | Discussion Period Papers |