Global Market Research Company US US Mobile Application Testing Services Market | Page 5

Product Overview
Mobile Application Testing (MAT) is a set of activities, executed to ensure software applications designed for
mobile devices including smartphones, tablets, etc., are performing their functions with optimal efficiency. By
using mobile application testing services, developers are able to test the functionality, feasibility, and reliability
of the application.
Mobile applications can be further bifurcated on the basis of their architecture:
Native Mobile Applications: These mobile applications are designed to function on specific operating systems
like Android, iOS, Windows, etc., and devices, i.e. Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, HTC, etc., and have complete
access to inbuilt hardware and software capabilities such as Global Positioning System (GPS), camera, etc.
Mobile applications such as Samsung Gear, Lumia camera, etc., are the examples of native mobile applications.
Hybrid Mobile Applications: Hybrid applications are web based multi platform mobile applications designed
using HTML 5, and are enclosed in native container of the operating system. This allows applications to function
as native applications coupled with dynamic capabilities of a web based application. Instagram, Gmail, etc., are
the applications that use this architecture to offer functional capabilities similar to native applications.
Web Based Mobile Application: They are websites that can operate on any operating system and use
systems’ web browser to execute their operations. Web based applications are developed using HTML5,
JavaScript and CSS programming languages. Financial Times for iOS and YouTube on Windows are the
examples of web based applications.
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