Automated Graphical User Interface (GUI) testing is a fundamental part of the Verification and Validation process of every software, but it is often linked to notable maintenance costs, especially for mobile applications. The literature reports a general lack of automated testing adoption among mobile developers in the industry. In this article, we present the outcome of seven interviews centered on how companies automate the testing process of mobile applications. The interviews confirmed that automated testing is still not widely adopted and rarely formalized by industry, with manual testing being still the primary form of testing. Test fragility and evolution of the user interface are seen as a relevant issue by developers, with a cost of around 30% of the overall maintenance performed on test suites. Some clear shared needs emerged during our interviews that can be considered hints for the added research effort from academia in meeting the needs of industry.

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移动测试：来自意大利工业开发人员的新挑战和感知困难

自动图形用户界面 (GUI) 测试是每个软件验证和验证过程的基本组成部分，但它通常与显着的维护成本有关，尤其是对于移动应用程序。文献报告称，业界移动开发人员普遍缺乏自动化测试的采用。在本文中，我们展示了七次访谈的结果，这些访谈集中于公司如何自动化移动应用程序的测试过程。采访证实，自动化测试仍然没有被广泛采用，也很少被行业正式化，手动测试仍然是主要的测试形式。开发人员将测试脆弱性和用户界面的演变视为一个相关问题，其成本约占测试套件整体维护的 30%。