Home
Test Author Guide
This guide describes how to create test scripts and enhances them by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points.
Testing in the UI Test perspective
When you develop web applications, Windows-based applications, or mobile applications, you can use IBM® Rational® Functional Tester to create functional tests for these applications. You must first record the tests and then use Rational Functional Tester to run the tests before you can view the test results.
Testing mobile applications
You can test the Android or iOS mobile applications by recording and playing back mobile tests on Android devices or emulators, iOS mobile devices or simulators by using Rational® Functional Tester.
Testing iOS applications
You can test the native and hybrid iOS applications in Rational® Functional Tester by recording and playing back mobile tests on computers that run on Mac operating systems.
Configuring the iOS applications
In Rational® Functional Tester, you can test the native and hybrid iOS applications on Mac operating systems. To test an iOS application, you must first configure the iOS application. You must configure the iOS application to record a mobile test.

Test Author Guide
This guide describes how to create test scripts and enhances them by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points.
- Testing in the UI Test perspective
  When you develop web applications, Windows-based applications, or mobile applications, you can use IBM® Rational® Functional Tester to create functional tests for these applications. You must first record the tests and then use Rational Functional Tester to run the tests before you can view the test results.
  - Testing web applications
    You can test web applications in Rational® Functional Tester by using the industry-standard browsers such as Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge. You can record Web UI tests and then play back the tests to evaluate the test results. You can also test the web applications on dual monitors when you extend the display of your computer to a secondary monitor.
  - Testing mobile applications
    You can test the Android or iOS mobile applications by recording and playing back mobile tests on Android devices or emulators, iOS mobile devices or simulators by using Rational® Functional Tester.
    - Testing Android applications
      You can automate the testing of Android mobile applications in Rational® Functional Tester by recording and playing back the recorded mobile tests.
    - Testing iOS applications
      You can test the native and hybrid iOS applications in Rational® Functional Tester by recording and playing back mobile tests on computers that run on Mac operating systems.
      - Prerequisite tasks for recording iOS tests
        You can test the native and hybrid iOS applications in Rational® Functional Tester by recording and playing back mobile tests on computers that run on Mac operating systems.
      - Configuring the iOS applications
        In Rational® Functional Tester, you can test the native and hybrid iOS applications on Mac operating systems. To test an iOS application, you must first configure the iOS application. You must configure the iOS application to record a mobile test.
      - Recording mobile tests for iOS applications
        You can record a mobile test to capture the actions that you perform on iOS applications. The actions are captured as test steps to a mobile test recording.
      - Troubleshooting issues when testing iOS applications
        You can find information about the issues or problems that you might face while you perform mobile tests for iOS applications. Details about issues, their causes, and the resolutions that you can apply to fix the issues are described.
    - Editing a mobile test
      You can edit a mobile test by using the test editor. You can edit a mobile test by modifying the test steps, adding verification points, and so on.
  - Testing Windows desktop applications
    You can configure the Windows applications to record and play back tests on the Windows desktop applications. You can also test the Windows applications on dual monitors when you extend the display of your computer to a secondary monitor.
  - Working with Selenium or Appium tests
    You can manage your Selenium or Appium Java™ tests from the UI Test perspective, where you can import and modify the tests, add them to compound tests, and run them. You can also create new Appium Java tests from the Perfecto perspective on Windows™ and Mac OS, add the tests to compound tests, and run them. Perfecto is not currently supported on Linux®.
  - Compound tests
    You can create compound tests to help you organize smaller tests into scenarios that can then be run end-to-end. You can combine tests from different extensions to achieve end-to-end flow.
  - Accelerated Functional Tests
    When you create Web UI, mobile, or Windows tests, you can use the Accelerated Functional Test (AFT) feature in Rational® Functional Tester to distribute test effort during the play back of the recorded tests.
  - Working with keywords
    In Rational® Functional Tester, you can record and then associate Test Workbench tests with the keywords that are created in IBM® Rational Quality Manager. The keywords are used in manual tests in Rational Quality Manager. When you run a manual test that contains a keyword associated with a Rational Test Workbench test, the Test Workbench test is run on the workstation where the adapter has been started.
- Testing in the Functional Test perspective
  When you develop Java, HTML, or Terminal-based applications, you can use IBM® Rational® Functional Tester to create traditional functional tests for these applications. You must first record the tests and then use Rational Functional Tester to run the tests before you can view the test results.
- Extending the UI Test perspective with custom code
  You can use custom code to extend the default Web UI testing capabilities. You can write custom Java™ code and call the code from the test. You can also specify that results from the tests that are affected by your custom code to be included in reports.
- Extending the Functional Test perspective
  You can use custom code to extend the default functional testing capabilities. You can write custom code and call the code from the test. You can also specify that results from the tests that are affected by your custom code to be included in reports.
- Experimental Features
  Rational® Functional Tester contains a set of pre-releases that enable you to test various experimental features. These experimental features, while still in progress, are introduced early in the release to seek your feedback on its overall functionality and performance. You can play around with these capabilities before they are made available and supported as a general feature in an upcoming release.

Configuring the iOS applications

In Rational® Functional Tester, you can test the native and hybrid iOS applications on Mac operating systems. To test an iOS application, you must first configure the iOS application. You must configure the iOS application to record a mobile test.

Procedure

Go to the Web UI Test perspective in Rational® Functional Tester.
Click Application Configuration in the toolbar.
The Application Configuration window is displayed. This window displays the list of applications that you have configured in Rational® Functional Tester.
Click Add and select iOS.

The iOS application dialog box is displayed.
Choose a mode for configuring the iOS application. You can click one of the following modes:
- Manually: Click this option to manually enter the complete details of the iOS application.
- From IPA: Click this option to either drag and drop the package file .ipa or browse to select the package file of the iOS application. After you drag and drop the package file in the Drop IPA or click to browse field, the details of the iOS application are populated automatically.

Complete the action for each option described in the following table:


Field	Action
Bundle ID	Enter the bundle ID of the iOS application that you want to test. Each iOS application contains a unique bundle ID.
Name	Enter the name of the application that you want to configure. For example, FormApp.
Version	Enter a number based on which you want to identify the version of the mobile application used for the test. For example, the version number can be dev_bld_V102.
Description	Enter a description for the application. For example, the application description can be Test add video in bld V102.

Click Add.

Results

The iOS application is configured successfully.

What to do next

You can use the iOS application to record the mobile tests.