ODACE: An Appium-based Testing Automation Platform for Android Mobile Devices Certification

Collaborators: Sundos Mojahed, Rejean Drouin

Abstract

The dynamic nature of the software industry increasingly complicates and elevates the costs associated with software testing. This paper addresses the critical need for automation in software testing, particularly for mobile Android device certification. We propose a novel automation platform called ODACE, that performs certification testing automatically. ODACE is developed as an application running on a tester PC based on the Appium tool, controlling mobile devices and accessory devices to execute a comprehensive set of telecommunication scenarios. In our evaluation, ODACE significantly reduces the engagement time in certification testing by 89%. We obtain a drastic decrease in human intervention needed for test execution enhancing the overall certification process.

Related Publications 

[C25] Sundos Mojahed, Rejean Drouin, Lokman Sboui, "ODACE: An Appium-based Testing Automation Platform for Android Mobile Devices Certification", 7th IEEE Workshop on NEXt level of Test Automation (NEXTA 2024), IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation (ICST 2024) , Toronto, canada, May 2024. [PDF] .

[P03] Sundos Mojahed, Réjean Drouin, Lokman Sboui, "ODACE-MS: A Remote Cloud-Based Testing Automation Platform for Multi-Android Devices Certification", IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) - Posters, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 2024. [PDF, Poster]