Running a Web UI test using industry-standard mobile browsers

Starting with 9.2.1, you can use industry-standard mobile browsers, such as Chrome and Safari, to run Web UI tests for mobile web applications. You can run tests with Chrome on Android devices and emulators and with Safari on iOS devices and simulators. This capability uses Appium to actually run the tests. Before 9.2.1, you could only run tests on mobile devices using the generic browser that is bundled with Rational® Functional Tester.

The available devices, emulators, and simulators are listed in the Run wizard.

Here are some of the test execution scenarios that are available to you with this feature:

• You can select connected or configured mobile devices and simulators in the run wizard to run a test. See Running a Web UI test.
• You can run a test in parallel on multiple devices. See Running a single Web UI test on multiple browsers and devices simultaneously.
• You can run a test locally or through a remote machine by providing details in the Mobile Devices tab of the UI Test Playback preferences. If these checkboxes are enabled, then mobile Chrome or Safari will be enabled in the Run Wizard to run the test locally or through the remote Appium server.

  

  • Remote Appium server host - The IP address of the local computer or IP address of the remote computer on which the Appium is running.
    Note: The devices connected to the local computer are displayed for device selection only when you specify the local IP address.
  • Android Device - Name of the Android device or emulator. The device name shown by adb for a real device or the configured name in avd manager for an emulator.
    Note: When you run the Appium server on the remote computer, you can connect to only one Android device or emulator that is running on the remote machine.
  • iOS Device - The UDID for the real device or the name of the iOS simulator
  • Platform Version - The iOS version of the device
  • Apple Team ID - The Apple Team ID of the user
  • Role - The role in the Apple Developer License for the specific registered user
• You can check the connection between the application and mobile device cloud before executing your tests in the mobile cloud by providing the mobile cloud credentials in the Mobile Device Cloud tab of the UI Test Playback preferences. The credentials are validated and a message is displayed about the connection validity.

  

  • Perfecto host - You must select this checkbox to enter the details required to connect to the Perfecto mobile device cloud.
  • BitBar host - You must select this checkbox to enter the details required to connect to the BitBar mobile device cloud.
• You can specify the browser and device details in an XML file to do Accelerated Functional Testing through the command line as described in Running a Web UI test or compound test from the command line on multiple browsers Here is a sample XML file for use with Safari and iOS:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <inits name="smokesuite"> 
  <group>
  <tests> 
  <test path="/WebUIProj/Tests/amazonpixel.testsuite"/>
      </tests>
          <browsers>
                <browser name="safari" id="Simulator:iPhone X"/>
  
                <browser name="safari" id="iOS:DeviceIdSNo"/>
  
         </browsers>
      <locations>
              <location host="127.0.0.1" />
     </locations>
    </group>
  </inits>

  Here is a sample XML file for Chrome on Android devices and emulators:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <inits name="smokesuite"> 
  <group>
  <tests> 
  <test path="/WebUIProj/Tests/amazonpixel.testsuite"/>
      </tests>
          <browsers>
                <browser name="chrome" id="Emulator:Pixel_XL_API_28"/>
  
                <browser name="chrome" id="Android:DeviceName"/>
  
         </browsers>
      <locations>
              <location host="127.0.0.1" />
     </locations>
    </group>
  </inits>