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Android mobile web test example

In this chapter, we’ll cover the initial steps of a mobile web test on an Android device. After these initial steps, test creation follows the same principles as in the ⇢ Android app test example and ⇢ general web test creation.

In this chapter

    Preparations

    To create a mobile web test, you need to make the following preparations:

    Device settings

    • Apply the required ⇢ device settings to your Android device and install the Ranorex Service App.

    Connect mobile device

    Install the Ranorex Web Browser app for Android

     

    Choose a mobile browser

    Ranorex provides a preinstrumented web browser. You need to use this browser to automate Android web tests.

    Reference

    Installing this app is explained in

    Web and mobile testing > Mobile testing > ⇢ Instrument apps

    Create a solution for mobile testing

    ⇢ Create a new solution for mobile testing using the RocketStart wizard.

    Open the Endpoints pad.

    Open the recording module Recording1.rxrec.

    Ranorex Studio should now look as follows:

    Empty action table in the recording module

    Empty repository

    Your device in the endpoints pad

    Ranorex Service App running on the mobile device, showing the preinstrumented web browser app. If you chose a different web browser and instrumented it correctly, it will also appear here.

    Create the test

    Click RECORD.

    The dialog for selecting the mobile device and instrumented app appears.

    Select your Android device app (web browser), specify the URL, and click Create.

    Setup

    Ranorex Studio now executes the following processes to set up mobile test building:

    In Ranorex Studio

    Ranorex Studio starts the selected app on your mobile device and adds the respective actions in the action table.

    The RUN button changes to reflect that it now runs the test on the current automation root, i.e. the active endpoint/mobile devices, not the computer.

    An action that starts the app on the mobile device has been added to the action table.

    An action that navigates to the specified URL in the selected browser app has also been added.

    On the mobile device

    Ranorex Studio starts the selected browser and navigates to the specified URL on the mobile device.

    Ranorex Spy

    Ranorex Spy starts in live tracking mode for all UI elements of the instrumented mobile app.

    Element browser in Spy showing all the UI elements of the instrumented app.

    Live view of the instrumented app on the mobile device.

    Build the test

    From this point forward, test building follows the same principles as in the ⇢ Android app test example and ⇢ general web test creation.