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UI test

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

nounCommon term

In software engineering, UI test means: An automated test that uses the app the way a person would, tapping buttons, typing text and checking what appears on the screen.

In Turkish: arayüz testi, UI testi

How it is used

iOS teams write UI tests with XCUITest, and Android teams use Espresso or Compose testing tools; cross-platform options include Appium and Maestro. UI tests are slower and break more easily than unit tests, so teams usually keep them for the most important flows.

Example sentences

  1. The UI test for sign-up fails randomly on CI; I think it's a timing problem.

  2. We have UI tests for login, search and checkout.

Common collocations

  • write a UI test
  • UI test fails
  • flaky UI test
  • run UI tests on CI
  • componentA reusable, self-contained piece of a user interface, such as a button, modal or product card, with its own markup, styles and logic.
  • debugTo search for the cause of a problem in a program and remove it, often by running the code step by step and checking values.
  • device fragmentationThe wide variety of devices, screen sizes, hardware and operating system versions an app must work on, which makes testing harder, especially on Android.
  • emulatorA program that copies the hardware and software of a mobile device on a computer, so you can run and test an app without a real phone.

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