Java testing process simplified

Unified Testing Initiative unveils 'Simple App' testing criteria.

Java ME is the mass market app platform, and as such there are many products that do not need to be tested against the full range of Java Verified criteria, because they don't ping the network or interrogate the internal workings of the device.

It's been decided that these apps can be judged by a simpler process.

Martin Wrigley, chair of Java Verified and director of developer services, Orange, said: "Many of the apps selling today within App Stores don't use network connectivity, or access consumer's information inside the device. 

"So, for applications that don't ask for such privileged access, we've cut down the set of Java Verified tests that need to be run, and therefore the costs."

The Java Verified organization has worked with all of its test houses to update the testing criteria for simple app testing, allowing developers to get these applications tested to the Java Verified standard, and signed with the Java Verified certificate, at a cost that typically averages 75 euros for each application.