whats the difference between mobile emulator and simulator?

Answers were Sorted based on User's Feedback



whats the difference between mobile emulator and simulator?..

Answer / sudhakarbongarala

The basic difference between a mobile emulator and simulator
are, both of them run on the same machine, where as emulator
runs on simulated mobile environment with the help of cross
compilers, and simulator runs on desktop environment.

Is This Answer Correct ?    23 Yes 5 No

whats the difference between mobile emulator and simulator?..

Answer / debendra

The basic difference between the Simulator and Emulator is,
Simulator runs on Desktop environment and totally Software
related. What ever u test on Device , u can do in simulator
also, but this is n0t 100% sure.

Emulator is both Software and Hardware. here u can test
the device 100%.

2. In Printer device simulator does not support the
Physical interface, ex removing the cartriges.

But in emulator we can perform the physical interface
related testcases.

Is This Answer Correct ?    16 Yes 5 No

whats the difference between mobile emulator and simulator?..

Answer / vital

The basic difference is Emulator runs for Android OS (Samsung galaxy,htc,motorola,etc,.) but simulator runs for Mac (iOS) iPhone 3g,4,4s,iPod.

Is This Answer Correct ?    2 Yes 12 No

Post New Answer

More Mobile Testing Interview Questions

What is gprs and how it works?

0 Answers  


List out mobile App testing?

0 Answers  


What is mobile testing and mobile application testing

2 Answers  


What are the basics to be tested in mobile testing?

3 Answers   Genisys, lenovo,


What are the possible factors to consider while testing a mobile application through black box technique?

0 Answers  






What strategy will you apply to test new mobile app? 

3 Answers   HCL,


What are the segments of the android testing framework?

0 Answers  


Hiei have cleared 2technical and hr round at sasken.hr even discussed about salary,he said there would be a client round which final.Can any one tell how to prepare for this round and what type questions i can expect.By the way this job is regarding 1+ exp on mobile app testing

2 Answers   Sasken,


what is Usability Testing?

1 Answers  


What is the strategy used to test new mobile app?

0 Answers  


how to test different screen sizes of the devices

0 Answers  


Explain what is port testing?

0 Answers  


Categories