Mimic: UI Compatibility Testing System for Android AppsTechnical Track
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.
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16:00 - 18:00 | Mobile AppsJournal-First Papers / Technical Track / Software Engineering in Practice / Papers / New Ideas and Emerging Results at Mansfield / Sherbrooke Chair(s): Sandeep Kuttal The University of Tulsa | ||
16:00 20mTalk | 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 20mTalk | Practical Android Test Recording with Espresso Test RecorderSEIPIndustry Program Software Engineering in Practice | ||
16:40 20mTalk | 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 20mTalk | 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 10mTalk | 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 10mTalk | 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 20mTalk | Discussion Period Papers |