| Code Name | Version Number | Release Date | Api Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honeycomb | 3.0 - 3.2.6 | February 22, 2011 | 11 – 13 |
| Ice Cream Sandwich | 4.0 - 4.0.4 | October 18, 2011 | 14 – 15 |
| Jelly Bean | 4.1.0 - 4.3.1 | July 9, 2012 | 16 – 18 |
| KitKat | 4.4.0 - 4.4.4 | October 31, 2013 | 19 – 20 |
| Lollipop | 5.0 - 5.1.1 | November 12, 2014 | 21 – 22 |
| Marshmallow | 6.0 - 6.0.1 | October 5, 2015 | 23 |
| Nogat | 7.0 - 7.1.2 | August 22, 2016 | 24 - 25 |
| Oreo | 8.0 - 8.1.0 | August 21, 2017 | 26 – 27 |
| Pie | 9.0 | August 6, 2018 | 28 |
| Q | 10.0 | September 3, 2019 | 29 |
- Make sure app is using only the required permissions
- Make sure app features works well especially for apis under 21 (below android 5)
Some features arn't available for android versions < 21 and need handling, for example status bar color, rounded corners ...etc
- Make sure that the updated versions of the app isn't affected by previous versions database
- validate whether the application provides an available user guide for those who are not familiar to the app
- Validate whether the application performs according to the requirement in all versions of Mobile that is 2g, 3g and 4g
- Validate that the navigation between relevant modules in the application are as per the requirement
- Validate that the page scrolling scenarios are being enabled in the application as necessary
- Validate that the mobile can receive calls and SMS during running the app
- Ensure that the keyboard input can be minimized in an appropriate manner.
- Ensure that the application provides a method for going back or undoing an action, on touching the wrong item, within an acceptable duration.
- Validate the application prompts the user whenever the user starts downloading a large amount of data which may be not conducive for the application performance.
- Validation of the process where the connection is suspended, the system needs to re-establish for recovering the data directly affected by the suspended connection
- Validate that the app integrates well with different camera or image providinga apps.
- Make sure all screen designs matches the provided design by UI Designer including places of views,spacings,fonts, colors, icons ..etc
- Make sure that design fits with all supported devices with different screen sizes
validate that the user Interface of the application is as per the screen size of the device, no text/control is partially invisible or inaccessible.
- Make sure that design isn't pixelated in high resolutions screens
- Make sure that design looks the same for different android versions
- If the app support tablet make sure the design matches thre requirements
- Make sure app launch icon looks good with different OS versions
- Make sure that notch doesn't affect app by any way
- Ensure that the buttons should have the required size and be suitable to big fingers.
- Ensure that the icons are natural and consistent with the application.
- Ensure that the validation for the tapping zoom-in and zoom-out facilities should be enabled
- Ensure that the text is kept simple and clear to be visible to the users
- Ensure that the font size is big enough to be readable and not too big or too small.
- Make sure app performance isn't affected when loading large lists or doing heavy work in the background
- Make sure that the battery consumption, memory leaks, resources like GPS, Camera performance is well within required guidelines
- Validate application performance when network is changed to WIFI from 2G/3G or vice versa
- Validate whether the response time of the application is as per as the requirements.
- Make sure that notification icon looks fine in all different devices
- Make sure that fcm notifications is received for android 8 and higher
- Make sure that the app works as supposed in portrait and landscape modes
- Make sure app works as supposed (online and/or offline) when turning on network or mobile data connection
- Make sure that keyboard doens't hide any data entry field
- Ensure that all strings are converted into appropriate languages whenever a language translation facility is available
- Make sure app works well when changing device language to RTL/LTR languages
- Make sure app works well with night mode
- Make sure app works well with different system font sizes
- Make sure that appropriate loaders appear when needed
- Make sure appropriate error messages appear in different situations
- Make sure appropriate dialogs appear in different situations
- Validate that the application is able to withstand any brute force attack which is an automated
- Validate whether an application is not permitting an attacker to access sensitive content or functionality without proper authentication.
- Validate that the application has a strong password protection system and it does not permit an attacker to obtain, change or recover another user’s password.
- Validate that the application does not suffer from insufficient session expiration.
- Validate that the application code cannot be regenerated by social engineering tools
- Validate that All the input fields have an appropriate validation technique
- Investigate file caching and prevent any malicious possibilities from the same.
- Prevent from insecure data storage in the keyboard cache of the applications.