Testing Android applications

Prerequisite tasks for recording Android mobile applications

Before you can use Rational® Functional Tester to record a test for an Android application by using either an Android device or emulator, you must complete the following prerequisite tasks:

Installed the Android SDK on the computer that you want to use for testing Android mobile applications.
Set or changed the value of the ANDROID_HOME environment variable on the computer that you want to use for testing Android mobile applications for the following operating systems:
- Windows operating systems, see Setting or changing the ANDROID_HOME path in Windows operating systems.
- Linux operating systems, see Setting or changing the ANDROID_HOME path in Linux operating systems.
- Mac operating systems, see Setting or changing the ANDROID_HOME path in Mac operating systems.
Connected and started the Android device that you want to use for testing Android mobile applications. You can connect the Android device to the computer through a USB cable.
Installed the Android application that you want to test on the Android device.
Installed Google Chrome browser on the computer where Rational® Functional Tester is installed.
Configured Android applications in a common web interface. See Configuring Android applications for mobile tests.

Recording tests for Android mobile applications

After you connect the Android device or emulator to your computer, you can then record the user interface and hardware actions in the Android application that you want to test.

You can perform the actions that you want to record by using a virtual client of the mobile device. The actions that you perform are captured as test steps in the test recording. You can perform the following actions in the test steps of a mobile test recording:

Insert user actions.
Insert navigation actions.
Assign variables.
Insert verification points.
Substitute data by using custom code or datasets.

You can create a single test or multiple tests by recording actions that you perform for different functions on the mobile application.

See Recording mobile tests for Android applications.

You can add multiple tests to a Compound Test. You can also include the test variables or a variables file to the Compound Test. See Creating a compound test.

You can create an Accelerated Functional Test Suite (AFT) Suite for mobile tests in the following scenarios:

When you want to run a single mobile test on multiple devices.
When you want to run multiple mobile tests on a single device.
When you want to run multiple mobile tests on multiple devices that are connected on any of the following computers or device clouds:
- Computer that runs Rational® Functional Tester.
- Remote agent computer.
- BitBar Cloud.
- Perfecto Mobile Cloud.
- pCloudy Cloud.

See Creating an AFT suite for mobile tests.

Prerequisites for running tests for Android mobile applications

Before you can play back the recorded mobile test, you must complete the following tasks:

Set or changed the value of the ANDROID_HOME environment variable on the computer that you want to use for testing Android mobile applications for the following operating systems:
- Windows operating systems, see Setting or changing the ANDROID_HOME path in Windows operating systems.
- Linux operating systems, see Setting or changing the ANDROID_HOME path in Linux operating systems.
- Mac operating systems, see Setting or changing the ANDROID_HOME path in Mac operating systems.
Connected and started the Android device that you want to use for testing Android mobile applications. You can connect the Android device to the computer through a USB cable.
Installed the Android application that you want to test on the Android device.

Running tests recorded for Android mobile applications

By using Rational® Functional Tester, you can play back the recorded mobile test on Android devices or emulators that are connected to any of the following computers or device clouds:

Computer that runs Rational® Functional Tester.
Remote agent computer.
BitBar Cloud.
Perfecto Mobile Cloud.
pCloudy Cloud.

You can play back a mobile test, multiple mobile tests, a compound test, or an AFT Suite by using Rational® Functional Tester. After you select the test, you can select the location where the Android devices or emulators are connected and then specify the Android device or emulator on which you want to run the test.

When you play back the Compound Test containing mobile tests, you can specify different Android devices or emulators for each of the mobile test in the Compound Test.

See Configuration of mobile test runs.

Viewing test results and reports

The test result is displayed as a unified report for the playing back of a mobile test. See Unified reports.

Troubleshooting issues when testing Android applications

If you encounter any issues when you are testing Android applications, you can refer to the problems and their resolutions in Troubleshooting issues when testing Android applications.