Non-UI Testing

In addition to UI automation for mobile apps, Ranorex lets you perform non-UI testing by invoking technology-dependent actions (see Detailed list of actions). This is useful when you want to retrieve information about the device hardware, operating system, and other device-related data, without interacting with visible UI elements. 

Get device info from Ranorex Spy

 You can get the device info of your Android device directly by right-clicking the mobile device in Ranorex Spy.

Use Invoke in the actions table

You can access the non-UI testing methods in the action table by adding an invoke action on the mobile app.

Use non-UI methods in code

You can also access the non-UI testing methods within User Code Actions as well as Code Modules. The code should look something like the following:

var app = repo.AndroidApp.Self.As<AndroidApp>(); 

// get an AndroidDeviceInfo object holding all available device info 

var info = app.GetDeviceInfo(); 

// get a list of SMS from the device 

var sms = app.GetSms(); 

// get a list of calls from the device 

var calls = app.GetCalls(); 

// report the manufacturer of the device 

Report.Info("Manufacturer: " + info.Manufacturer); 

// report the manufacturer of the device 

Report.Info("SMS: " + sms.ToString()); 

// report the manufacturer of the device 

Report.Info("Calls: " + calls.ToString()); 

Dim app = repo.AndroidApp.Self.[As](Of AndroidApp)() 

' get an AndroidDeviceInfo object holding all available device info 

Dim info = app.GetDeviceInfo() 

' get a list of SMS from the device 

Dim sms = app.GetSms() 

' get a list of calls from the device 

Dim calls = app.GetCalls() 

' report the manufacturer of the device 

Report.Info("Manufacturer: " & info.Manufacturer) 

' report the manufacturer of the device 

Report.Info("SMS: " & sms.ToString()) 

' report the manufacturer of the device 

Report.Info("Calls: " & calls.ToString()) 

Note: Some Invoke actions accept arguments (shown in parentheses after the action name). Configure them directly in the action table or in the action properties.