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ICSE 2019
Sat 25 - Fri 31 May 2019 Montreal, QC, Canada
Wed 29 May 2019 16:40 - 17:00 at Mansfield / Sherbrooke - Mobile Apps Chair(s): Sandeep Kuttal

This paper proposes Mimic, an automated UI com- patibility testing system for Android apps. Mimic is designed specifically for comparing the UI behavior of an app across different devices, different Android versions, and different app versions. This design choice stems from a common problem that Android developers and researchers face—how to test whether or not an app behaves consistently across different environments or internal changes. Mimic allows Android app developers to easily perform backward and forward compatibility testing for their apps. It also enables a clear comparison between a stable version of app and a newer version of app. In doing so, Mimic allows multiple testing strategies to be used, such as randomized or sequential testing. Finally, Mimic programming model allows such tests to be scripted with much less developer effort than other comparable systems. Additionally, Mimic allows parallel testing with multiple testing devices and thereby speeds up testing time. To demonstrate these capabilities, we perform extensive tests for each of the scenarios described above. Our results show that Mimic is effective in detecting forward and backward compatibility issues, and verify runtime behavior of apps. Our evaluation also shows that Mimic significantly reduces the development burden for developers.

Wed 29 May

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16:00 - 18:00
16:00
20m
Talk
Large-scale Empirical Study on Industrial Fake AppsSEIPIndustry Program
Software Engineering in Practice
Chongbin Tang East China Normal University, Sen Chen Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Lingling Fan Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Lihua Xu , Yang Liu Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Zhushou Tang Pwnzen Infotech Inc., Liang Dou East China Normal University
16:20
20m
Talk
Practical Android Test Recording with Espresso Test RecorderSEIPIndustry Program
Software Engineering in Practice
Stas Negara Google, Naeem Esfahani Google LLC, USA, Ray Buse Google
16:40
20m
Talk
Mimic: UI Compatibility Testing System for Android AppsTechnical Track
Technical Track
Taeyeon Ki Samsung Research America, Chang Min Park University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Karthik Dantu University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Steve Ko University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Lukasz Ziarek SUNY Buffalo, USA
17:00
20m
Talk
IconIntent: Automatic Identification of Sensitive UI Widgets based on Icon Classification for Android AppsTechnical Track
Technical Track
Xusheng Xiao Case Western Reserve University, Xiaoyin Wang University of Texas at San Antonio, USA, Zhihao Cao Case Western Reserve University, Hanlin Wang Case Western Reserve University, Peng Gao Princeton University
Pre-print
17:20
10m
Talk
Studying Bad Updates of Top Free-to-Download Apps in the Google Play StoreIndustry ProgramJournal-First
Journal-First Papers
Safwat Hassan Queens University, Kingston, Canada, Cor-Paul Bezemer University of Alberta, Canada, Ahmed E. Hassan Queen's University
17:30
10m
Talk
Navigation-aware and Personalized Prefetching of Network Requests in Android AppsIndustry ProgramNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Ivano Malavolta Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Francesco Nocera Polytechnic University of Bari, Patricia Lago Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Marina Mongiello Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy
Pre-print Media Attached
17:40
20m
Talk
Discussion Period
Papers