Test automation of Mobile AppsRičardas Vaitkus

Mobile is taking over the world. But how do we scale mobile quality?

Native Web Hybrid apps

Hybrid apps maker• PhoneGap

Mobile apps testing• Appium is cross-platform solution for

native and hybrid mobile automation

Appium philosophy• Test the same app you submit to the

market• Write test in any language, using any

framework• Use standard automation specification

and API

Support platforms• Real devices• Simulators• Native apps• Hybrid apps• Mobile web• Robots?!

Appium in space

iOS• Calabash-ios

• Frank

• UIAutomation

• ios-driver

• KeepItFunctional

Android• Calabash-android

• MonkeyTalk

• Robotium

• UiAutomator

• Selendroid

Selenium WebDriver• Is standard for browser automation, with libraries in

every* language• Is used every single day by thousands of developers

familiar with its model• Is an HTTP API

• POST /session

• POST /session/element

• GET /session/element/:id/:attr

• Is a W3C working draft

Languages • WebDriver compatible

• Java

• Objective-C

• JavaScript with Node.js

• PHP

• Python

• Ruby

• C#

• Perl

• Clojure

Appium architecture• Appium is an HTTP server that creates

and handles WebDriver sessions• Appium starts a “test case” on the device

that spawns a server and listens for proxied commands

Appium architecture• On iOS, appium proxies commands to a

UIAutomation script running in Istruments

Appium architecture• On Android, appium proxies commands

to a UiAutomator test case running on device

Automation frameworks• iOS – UIAutomation• Android >= 4.2 – UiAutomator• Android < 4.2 & Hybrid – Selendroid • FireFoxOS – Marionette

Gestures• tap (on screen or on element)• flick (on screen or on element)• swipe/drag (on screen or on element)• scroll to (element)• slider• shake• longTap (element)

Appium opens door to cross-platform mobile testing: one test, two mobile platforms