Rapise connects to mobile devices (iOS and Android) using the standard Appium mobile device testing API (similar to Selenium WebDriver for web browsers). This articles describes how you can use Rapise to connect to a mobile device farm using the Appium mobile device profiles inside Rapise. We use Kobiton as an example.
Most complex part in Mobile testing is connecting to a simulator or device. In this article we describe steps necessary to configure the testing environment.
Note: In brackets we specify versions of software components we used at the time of writing this article.
Ionic is an open source UI toolkit for building performant, high-quality mobile apps using web technologies — HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This means that being mobile, Ionic applications are web applications by nature. And it is much more convenient to test them via WebDriver rather than Appium. Requires Rapise 8.1+.
Yes, in general, Rapise can automate most web applications using mobile Safari running on iOS (either on a real or simulated device). However there are some limitations.
This article is obsolete. The recommended way of testing Web applications is to record tests on a desktop browser via Selenium-based profile and then execute using Mobile profiles. See How to run a cross-browser test on a mobile device for more details.
We often get asked this question: "We have Rapise and want to automate a native iOS app that is available on the application store", can we do it?
Sauce Labs allows users to run tests in the cloud on different combinations of browser and OS versions as well as mobile devices and emulators. Learn how to configure Selenium and Mobile profiles in Rapise to enable connection to Sauce Labs services.
Requires Rapise 5.3+
If you receive the following error message when performing Mobile device testing with Rapise, this article provides the necessary solution:Method not found:'OpenQA.Selenium.RemoteCommandInfoRepositoryOpenQA.Selenium.RemoteCommandInfoRepository.get_Instance()'.
Note: related to Appium DLL version 1.3.0.1 and Selenium WebDriver v2.48.0.
In Mobile Spy of Rapise when switching from NATIVE_APP to WEBVIEW context you may see an error message:
Chrome version must be >= 55.0.2883.0
From this article you will learn how to fix this.
Bitbar is a browser and device farm that enables it's clients to run cross-browser and mobile tests remotely.
From this article you will learn how to pass additional parameters to Selenium or Appium target, even if they can not be specified in a profile. This recipe can be also used to override parameters of a profile right from a test code.
When Appium installs an application at the beginning of a test session - Android may ask for permissions (e.g. access to media files, camera, etc.). Until such prompt is dismissed - Main activity is not launched. It prevents the test from proceeding. Learn how to configure the Mobile Profile to automatically grant required permissions on install.
Let's assume you have a cross-browser test which was created on desktop and can be successfully executed on any desktop browser (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari). You want to execute this test on your mobile devices or emulators. Learn how from this article.
Appium requires certain version of Chrome to work with. Even Android 7.0 is shipped with Chrome 51 and this is too old version. From this article you will learn how to upgrade Chrome on your Android emulator.