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Originally posted here on January 27th, 2021 by Pierre-Yves Ricau , Android tech lead at Square. Pierre-Yves, had his doubts on “no-code” testing platforms. After speaking with our CEO, Amine, he decided to take Waldo for a...

Mobile test automation that works! Since our launch for iOS in July of last year, we’ve worked tirelessly to provide an amazing product experience for mobile teams. We’ve developed essential “quality of life”...

Inspiration drives the best products out there As a product manager/designer, one of the most common issues we encounter when we are tasked to design a new flow is looking for inspiration. So back in the days, I would download cool apps on...

Mobile testing is hard Mobile app teams create amazing mobile experiences that influence our daily lives. But the way we test the quality of these apps is nowhere near the standards we set for ourselves or that our users have come to...

​​The concept of accessibility stems from the universal need to design and develop software, tools and technologies to accommodate every category of users.  ​​There’s a popular misconception that accessibility benefits only people with...

Last week we looked into the pros and cons of four popular crash reporting tools. This time, we’re gonna dive into the integration part. Now, the details of integration are going to vary per combination of package and platform, and...

One of the most challenging tasks in mobile app development is reproducing issues users are hitting in production. Several factors come together to frustrate your investigation: users might only hit bugs on uncommon devices, or only when...

Infinite scrolling is a very important piece of functionality in modern mobile applications. When done right, it improves the performance of the application, optimizes render calls and offers an overall great user experience.  Why?...

One of the most interesting and rewarding things about working with React Native is the fact that it gives you access to a ton of native features that you would have otherwise only had access to if you were writing native code. One of such...

If you’re starting to explore options for cloud testing your mobile apps, some of your first questions might be: is your app safe to test in production? Those of you deploying enterprise apps via MDM might wonder, how would a...

Metrics can be a tricky territory to navigate. It’s not so much about the data itself, but figuring out what’s actually important and what that looks like in the shape of numbers. Yes, metrics can be a deceiving business. That’s why when...

What makes a good tester can make for a hot topic.  So we decided to dip into (but not engage in) the debate in Ministry of Testing’s Slack channel to gauge what the general opinion was among our fellow testing and QA folks. Some...

Getting team buy-in is notoriously difficult. Even when change is absolutely necessary, it’s tough to get people to care enough to support it. Why? Because of habits. Because of comfort. Because of complacency. But managers can’t blame...