Experitest

Experitest is the famous tool for mobile test automation, manual testing and monitoring.

It supports all mobile operating systems like iOS, Android, WindowsPhone8 and Blackberry.
How to set up a project in SeeTest?

Step 1: In SeeTest, select New Project from the File menu.

Step 2: A pop-up will appear. Type in the project name and then click OK.

How to Record?

Step 1: Open the tested application on your desktop (in our example – the tested application is Skype).

Step 2: In SeeTest, go to the Script tab and click on the Record button.

Step 3: Go to the tested application, and do the exact sequence of actions you want in the test. For example, click on the application minimized window to launch Skype, click on Contacts tab, click on contact “Simon”, click the “Call” (green phone), click “hang up” (red phone), click the minimize Skype window icon. 

Few best practices when recording:

(1) Click at the center of the image/icon/link

(2) Record slowly

Step 4: Return to SeeTest and click on the Stop Record button.

Step 5: You will see a progress bar indicating the record data is being analyzed, and the test script will then appear in the Script area.

Step 6: Before clicking the Play button to run the script:

(1) Edit the "Set Application Title" so that it includes only the main application name (e.g. delete things that may change, for example if the application name   is "Skype – xxx)", just leave "Skype" as the application name)

 

(2) Set the tested application in the same starting mode as the one you have recorded the test on:

a)       Same start screen

b)       Same items in the tested application are highlighted or not highlighted, as was the situation when you recorded the test.

c)       Text boxes are empty/filled in with same text as was when you recorded

d)       Same view settings (e.g. if browser, make sure the same toolbars – both side tool bars and top/down toolbars)

e)       Verify the window name of the tested application is the same as when you recorded the test (appears in the Script at the “Set Application Title” command)

(3) Check that the elements have been extracted accurately and if not Edit/ReLearn the element:

a)       Edit an element that was extracted too widely (e.g. several buttons instead of one) or too narrowly (e.g. part of the image, image cut in the middle)

b)       ReLearn an Element  that was not identified during runtime because it may have several appearances (such as with or without mouse over) and was extracted in the wrong appearance. For example, sometimes, an element is captured when it is in mouse-over mode (highlighted) and you need to ReLearn it in the non mouse-over mode (not highlighted). To do so, set the tested application screen in the right mode, bring it to the clipboard of the computer using PrintScreen. Then go to SeeTest, right-click on the element and select ReLearn and then select Clipboard from the dropdown list. The corrected element will appear. Click OK to finish.

c)       If you have ReLearnt an  element as described in b above but it has still not been identified during runtime, reduce sensitivity of the element that has not been identified (reduce by 5% every time and try to run the test then and see if it has been identified successfully)

(4) Add, if there is need, synchronization commands (such as Sleep, WaitForElement) to ensure that each test step is executed on the correct application window (follow the Edit> Add Element&Command section for explanation how to add a command)

Step 7: Once the test has been executed, you will receive a report indicating for each test step if it succeeded or failed, including a screenshot of the tested application in run time.

Step 8: You can run the test script from QTP, TestComplete, RFT, JUnit, Python, Perl or C# and other frameworks. To do so, click the Export code button, copy the code into your framework and run it from the framework. (for detailed explanation please refer to our Export Code section.)

Further Readings:

 Kindle Edition:

http://www.amazon.com/Mobile-Software-Testing-Narayanan-Palani-ebook/dp/B00M7G7ZVW/

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