Advanced Mobile Testing on Sauce Labs

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1. Jonathan Lipps
   Sr Developer | @jlipps | @saucelabs
   Advanced Mobile Testing on Sauce
   (9/19/2013)
   Promo code: mobilewebinar2
   1,000 free testing minutes
   

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2. Agenda
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   Recap
   Intro to Android
   Webviews and Hybrid Apps
   Gestures & Special UI Elements
   The Future of the Appium API
   Q & A
   

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3. Sauce Labs is a testing platform
   used by thousands to securely test
   mobile and web apps.
   

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4. http://saucelabs.com/mobile
   

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5. Appium is the open-source, cross-
   platform solution for native and
   hybrid mobile automation
   

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6. http://appium.io
   

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7. Open-source
   Simulators
   Real devices
   Native apps
   Hybrid apps
   Mobile Web
   Robot-controlled
   Sauce
   Simulators
   Real devices
   Native apps
   Hybrid apps
   Mobile Web
   Robot-controlled
   

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8. Appium has the same client /
   server architecture and uses the
   same protocol as Selenium
   

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9. Android support works the same
   way as iOS, but with a different set
   of desired capabilities.
   

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12. Review: Sending apps to Sauce
    Host the app on the web
    Use the Sauce Storage API
    https://saucelabs.com/docs/rest#storage
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14. https://saucelabs.com/jobs/3c55bc37fc334dc2946c9720caf0c909
    

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15. Android Locator Strategies
    

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16. Older Android Versions
    If you specify an Android version < 4.2, Appium
    on Sauce will give you a Selendroid* session.
    Selendroid is a project bundled with Appium
    enabling older device and webview automation.
    *Selendroid’s API is slightly different from Appium’s! http://selendroid.io/ for
    details
    

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17. Automating Webviews on iOS
    1. Start native app automation
    2. webview_ids = d.window_handles()
    3. d.window(webview_ids[0])
    4. Automate webview using WebDriver
    5. d.execute_script(“mobile: leaveWebView”)
    

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19. Automating Webviews on Android
    1. Use webview support desired cap*
    2. d.window(“WEBVIEW”)
    3. Automate webview using WebDriver
    4. d.window(“NATIVE”)
    

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21. Gestures!
    Existing WebDriver actions work as expected:
    But these don’t cover all the behaviors we want
    in a mobile app.
    

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22. Gestures!
    For the rest, the temporary solution is to use a
    suite of special methods:
    

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23. Gestures!
    Each of these methods takes a certain set of
    parameters, for example:
    Docs: https://github.com/appium/appium/blob/master/docs/gestures.md
    

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24. Gestures!
    Some methods differ across platforms, based on
    the underlying automation APIs. For example,
    “mobile: shake” currently works only on iOS.
    Docs: https://github.com/appium/appium/blob/master/docs/gestures.md
    

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25. Gestures!
    Methods that deal with x/y coordinates take
    relative parameters (0.0 < X <= 1.0) or
    absolute pixel values (1 < X)
    Docs: https://github.com/appium/appium/blob/master/docs/gestures.md
    

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26. Special UI Elements
    The values of some special UI elements can be
    set using send_keys()*:
    * this is currently only supported on iOS
    

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27. The Future of the Appium API
    execute_script(“mobile: ...”) is a temporary
    solution to enable all client libraries access to
    special mobile methods. It is not ideal because it
    doesn’t provide native client access to those
    behaviors.
    Likewise, the difference between Appium’s
    Android API and Selendroid’s API makes it
    difficult to write cross-platform hybrid tests.
    

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28. The Future of the Appium API
    Appium developers have been working with the
    WebDriver project to make mobile gestures
    rst-class citizens in the WebDriver clients.
    We have also been working with other mobile
    automation frameworks like Selendroid to
    standardize our APIs. Look for great updates
    soon!
    

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29. Questions?
    @saucelabs | @appiumdevs | @jlipps
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30. Thanks!
    @saucelabs | @appiumdevs | @jlipps
    Promo code: mobilewebinar2
    1,000 free testing minutes
    We’re hiring! http://saucelabs.com/careers
    

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