How to Test Your Mobile App
Intro
NOTE: This post is outdated. I've written a more current series of getting started posts for mobile testing with Appium. You can find them here.
Use Case
Mobile is kind of a big deal. And if you haven't needed to test a mobile app yet, it's only a matter of time. But where do you start? And how do you do it in a way that is complimentary to your existing automation and experience?
A Solution
Give Appium a try. It's open source, works for both iPhone & Android, and works through the use of the Selenium WebDriver API (without having to recompile the app in order to test it).
That is to say -- you can write tests pretty much the same way as you do now, there are just some additional things to think about -- like new functionality (e.g. pinch, swipe, etc.) and setup (e.g. serving your app, running simulators and a server locally, or sending things off to the cloud).
To simplify things, let's step through 2 examples using Sauce Labs to test native apps -- one for iPhone and another for Android. If you need a primer on what Sauce Labs is and how to use it, check out this tip.
NOTE: These examples were borrowed from the Appium project and modified for simplicity.
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