Running mobile tests on an Android device connected to the Perfecto Mobile Cloud

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You can run mobile tests on an Android device that is connected to the Perfecto Mobile Cloud.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

Recorded mobile tests. See Recording mobile tests for Android applications.
Set up your account to access the Perfecto Mobile Cloud. You must have been issued valid credentials such as the host name or the URL of the Perfecto Mobile Cloud instance and the security token to authenticate the connection.
Installed the .apk file of the Android application that you want to test on an Android device in the Perfecto Mobile Cloud. For information, refer to Manage Apps in the Perfecto documentation.
Installed the Android application that you want to test on the Android device.
Connected and started the Android device that you want to use for testing Android mobile applications.

About this task

When you run mobile tests, you can enable Rational® Functional Tester to collect metrics for certain parameters of the resources used by the mobile applications or devices. You can select the Resource Monitoring option and set the time intervals for the collection of the metrics during the test run.

Procedure

Open the UI Test perspective in Rational® Functional Tester, if it is not already open.
Select the mobile test from the Test Navigator pane.

The test window is displayed.
Click Window > Preferences > Test > Test Execution > UI Test Playback.

The UI Test Playback pane is displayed.

Perform the following steps in the UI Test Playback pane:

Click the Mobile Device Cloud tab.
Select the Perfecto host checkbox to enable the options on the Perfecto Device Cloud Environment panel.

Perform the actions as listed in the following table:


Option	Action
Perfecto host	Enter the host name of the Perfecto Cloud instance.
Security Token	Enter the Token to authenticate the connection to the Perfecto Cloud instance.

Click Apply and Close.

Note: When the connection with the Perfecto Cloud instance is successful, the mobile devices that you have configured on the Perfecto Cloud are displayed in the Run using drop-down list.

Select the mobile device to play back the test from the Run using list and click Next.

The Advanced Playback Options dialog box is displayed.
Note: There is no action to be performed by you for mobile tests.
Click Next.

The Performance Measurement dialog box is displayed.
Perform the following steps if you want Rational® Functional Tester to collect the Resource Monitoring metrics during the test run:
1. Select the Resource Monitoring option.
2. Set the interval to collect the metrics by entering a number in the Polling interval field.
  
  Note: The minimum value that you can enter in the Polling interval field is 1000 milliseconds.
Click Finish.

Results

The test runs on the Android device that is connected to the Perfecto Cloud. The test result is displayed as a unified report in Rational® Functional Tester.

What to do next

You can view the unified report for the mobile tests and choose to export the unified report. See Unified reports.

If you opted to collect the Resource Monitoring metrics, you can view the metrics displayed graphically in the UI Test Statistical report. You can analyze the Resource Monitoring metrics to manage the resources of the device or the mobile application under test. See UI Test Statistical report.