Integrated Security- and Quality‑Aware Automation Framework for Mobile Applications: Bridging Traditional Test Automation and LLM‑Enhanced App Security

Abstract

The rapid proliferation of mobile applications combined with the emerging integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) into mobile clients has given rise to new security, privacy, and quality‑assurance challenges. Traditional mobile testing frameworks—centered around GUI automation, functional regression, and crash detection—are insufficient to address vulnerabilities introduced by LLM‑enabled features, such as prompt injection, data leakage, and adversarial manipulations. In this article, we propose an integrated, hybrid framework that unites conventional mobile automation testing techniques with security‑ and privacy‑oriented analyses tailored for LLM‑enhanced applications. Our methodology synthesizes static and dynamic analysis, GUI and workflow testing, along with machine-learning based anomaly detection for runtime behaviors, forming a unified pipeline adaptable across diverse mobile platforms. We detail the design considerations, describe how classical techniques like keyword‑driven testing can be extended to meet security demands, and discuss how machine-learning models (including lightweight on-device inference) can scale across heterogeneous hardware. We also analyze the limitations of our approach and outline a roadmap for future enhancements, including explainability, federated learning, and prevention‑oriented strategies. The proposed framework seeks to promote both software quality and user privacy/security as first-class citizens in the age of AI‑augmented mobile applications.