Mobile application testing on iOS or Android can be quite a challenge for a Quality Assurance team. One reason is that mobile applications are often required to function on a variety of devices featuring different hardware capabilities, configurations, and specifications. Many different types of testing including automation are required to cover different areas of the application. Many people believe that automated testing may replace manual testing almost entirely. In reality, however, automated testing is still not able to cover all the types of testing that manual testing does. Automation Mobile Testing: framework, tools, some suggested solutions.

1. STC 2014
Mobile App Automation
Testing On iOS and Android
BINH NGUYEN
Technical Architecture, TesterVN

2. Agenda
• Overview of Mobile Automation
• Mobile Application Automation Challenges
– Challenges In Mobile Automation Testing
– Open Source Mobile Automation Tools
• Case Study – Amazon
– Mobile Automation Framework Architecture
– Project Structure
• Q&A
2

3. 3
Overview of Mobile
Automation

4. Introduction
4

5. Mobile Categories
5

6. 6
Mobile Application
Automation Challenges

7. Five Challenges
7
Application Technical
Network Business
Test

8. Test Challenges
8
 Test combinations - platforms, devices and
versions.
 End to end automation - API to device UI,
external databases and systems.
 Testing with physical devices - device, network
operator and network.

9. 9
Mobile Automation Tools

10. Open Source Tools
10
IOS ANDROID
Calabash-ios Calabash-ios
Frank MonkeyTalk
UIAutomation Robotium
IOS-Driver UIAutomator
KeepItFunctional Selendroid
Appium

11. Why Appium?
11
Appium
Support any
framework
Support any
languages
Real-World
approach
Cross
Browsers/Devices

12. Pros and Cons Appium
12
Pros:
 Supporting cross-platform testing
 Automating Native, Web, Hybrid application
 Writing in any frameworks or languages
 Developing and supporting by Sauce Labs
Cons:
 iOS run one instance per MacOS
 Android supports SDK platform API16 or higher

13. 13
Case Study:
Amazon Department Online Store

14. Amazon Approach
14
Tools
(Appium,
Webdriver API)
Page Object
Model/Pattern
(POM)
Framework &
Project
Structure

15. How Appium iOS Works?
15

16. How Appium Android
Works?
16

17. Why POM?
17

18. 18
Mobile Automation Framework
Architecture

19. Framework Architecture
19

20. Project Structure
20
AmazonProject
Configuration File
Libraries/Utilities
Test Data
Object Repository
Test Scripts
Test Reports
Test Logs

21. Summary
21
 Test Challenges in Mobile Automation
 Applying appium and Page Object Model
(POM) to automated Amazon website on
mobile
 Mobile Automation Framework Architecture &
Project Structure

22. Q&A
22

23. Reference
23
 [1] Amit Rawat, Appium: A Cross-browser Mobile
Automation Tool,
2013(http://blog.3pillarglobal.com/appium-
cross-browser-mobile-automation-tool)
 [2] Test Experience, Mobile App Testing, The
Magazine For Professional Testers, 2012

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