Is it possible to perform load Testing on Mobile Apps

Question

Anyone please guide me how I perform load testing on Android Applications. Please suggest any tool with guidelines.

Answer 1

If you need to test Android application performance itself, i.e. find the slowest functions, measure activities switching/rendering/calculation speed, CPU, RAM, Battery usage and so on - the best (if not only) way is using a profiler tool:

• The Android Profiler
• Profile your app performance

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If your goal is to simulate hundreds/thousands of users concurrently using multiple instances of the mobile application which communicates with the backend or database, to wit you need to conduct performance testing of the backend - it's also possible with a special load testing tool.

The choice of the tool depends on several factors, the main of them are:

• Network protocol(s) used by your application
• Ability of the tool to be run in clustered mode in case if one instance is not powerful enough to create the necessary load

See Open Source Load Testing Tools: Which One Should You Use? for example tools comparison