摘要
背景：从用户角度来看，移动应用程序（Apps）的图形用户界面（GUI）测试对于确保应用程序的视觉吸引力和用户友好性意义重大。基于模式的图形用户界面测试（PBGT）是一种创新的基于模型的测试（MBT）方法，旨在提高用户满意度和可重用性，同时最大限度地减少移动应用程序用户界面建模和测试所需的工作量。文献中对 PBGT 领域进行了多项初步研究。 问题：目前在 PBGT 领域缺乏全面的二次研究。据我们所知，这一领域的深入研究还不够集中。因此，现有文献中仍然存在许多挑战和局限性。 研究目的本研究旨在填补现有知识体系中的上述空白。我们强调了热门研究课题，并分析了它们之间的关系。我们探讨了当前最先进的方法和技术、工具和建模语言分类法、已报告的用户界面测试模式（UITPs）列表以及编写 UITPs 的分类法。我们还强调了目标研究领域的实际挑战、局限性和差距。此外，本研究还旨在强调该领域未来的研究方向。 研究方法我们对安卓和网络应用中的 PBGT 进行了系统的文献综述（SLR）。我们采用了一种结合 Kitchenham 和 PRISMA 准则的混合方法来实现目标研究目标 (RO)。我们在知名数据库中进行了基于关键词的搜索，并从 557 项研究中选出了 30 项。 结果：本研究确定了 PBGT 中使用的 11 种工具，并设计了一种分类法对这些工具进行分类。此外，还制定了用于编写 UITP 的分类标准。此外，我们还概述了目标研究领域的局限性和未来发展方向。 结论本研究通过更好地了解目标研究领域，使社区和读者受益匪浅。对现有工具、技术和方法的全面了解对从业人员很有帮助。此外，已确定的局限性、差距、新兴趋势和未来研究方向也将使打算在未来研究中进一步开展工作的研究人员受益匪浅。
Context: Graphical user interface (GUI) testing of mobile applications (apps) is significant from a user perspective to ensure that the apps are visually appealing and user-friendly. Pattern-based GUI testing (PBGT) is an innovative model-based testing (MBT) approach designed to enhance user satisfaction and reusability while minimizing the effort required to model and test UIs of mobile apps. In the literature, several primary studies have been conducted in the domain of PBGT.
Problem: The current state-of-the-art lacks comprehensive secondary studies within the PBGT domain. To our knowledge, this area has insufficient focus on in-depth research. Consequently, numerous challenges and limitations persist in the existing literature.
Objective: This study aims to fill the gaps mentioned above in the existing body of knowledge. We highlight popular research topics and analyze their relationships. We explore current state-of-the-art approaches and techniques, a taxonomy of tools and modeling languages, a list of reported UI test patterns (UITPs), and a taxonomy of writing UITPs. We also highlight practical challenges, limitations, and gaps in the targeted research area. Furthermore, the current study intends to highlight future research directions in this domain.
Method: We conducted a systematic literature review (SLR) on PBGT in the context of Android and web apps. A hybrid methodology that combines the Kitchenham and PRISMA guidelines is adopted to achieve the targeted research objectives (ROs). We perform a keyword-based search on well-known databases and select 30 (out of 557) studies.
Results: The current study identifies 11 tools used in PBGT and devises a taxonomy to categorize these tools. A taxonomy for writing UITPs has also been developed. In addition, we outline the limitations of the targeted research domain and future directions.
Conclusion: This study benefits the community and readers by better understanding the targeted research area. A comprehensive knowledge of existing tools, techniques, and methodologies is helpful for practitioners. Moreover, the identified limitations, gaps, emerging trends, and future research directions will benefit researchers who intend to work further in future research.
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