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Testing on Mobile
Devices with Location
Services
Eyal Yovel, Solutions Architect
April, 2021

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About me
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○ Solutions Architect at Sauce Labs,
based in London, UK
○ I have over 15 years of experience in
software development and software
automation
○ I have a passion for learning new
technologies and new test
frameworks
Eyal Yovel
@eyalyovel
https://github.com/eyaly

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Agenda
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○ Introduction
○ Changing geo location manually
○ Changing geo location using Appium Desktop
○ Automate end-to-end user flow with location services - iOS
○ Automate e2e user flow with location services – Android
○ Automate e2e user flow with location services – Execution
○ Automate e2e user flow with location services – Web App
○ About Geo-IP

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© Sauce Labs, Inc. 4
What Why
Location Services

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© Sauce Labs, Inc. 5

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© Sauce Labs, Inc. 6
GPS
receiver
GPS
satellites
Assisted
GPS
How does GPS work on my phone?

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How does GPS work on my phone?
Latitude
Longitude
Altitude

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Latitude and Longitude

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Latitude and Longitude
Latitude - Imaginary lines that measure distance north and south of the
equator
Longitude - Imaginary lines that measure distance east and west of the
prime meridian
Altitude - How high a location is above sea level

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Latitude and Longitude

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Changing Geo Location Manually

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Changing Geo Location - iOS Simulator

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Changing Geo Location - Android Emulator

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Changing Geo Location - Sauce Labs Real devices

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Set/Get Geo Location - Appium Commands

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Set Geo Location - Appium Command

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Get Geo Location - Appium Command

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Demo App
https://github.com/saucelabs/sample-app-mobile/releases

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Set/Get Geo Location - Appium Commands -Demo

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - iOS
Preparation Permission Alert Test the page

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - iOS

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - iOS
https://github.com/eyaly/testng-geo-location-examples

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - iOS
https://github.com/eyaly/testng-geo-location-examples

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - iOS
https://github.com/eyaly/testng-geo-location-examples

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - iOS
https://github.com/eyaly/testng-geo-location-examples

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - iOS

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - iOS

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - iOS
iOS >= 13
iOS =< 12

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - iOS
https://appium.io/docs/en/writing-running-appium/caps/
// this capability will work for alerts with 2 options (iOS 12 and below)
capabilities.setCapability("autoAcceptAlerts", true);

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - iOS
https://github.com/appium/appium-xcuitest-driver#settings-api
// change the setting to accept alerts with 3 options
// and select the "Allow While Using App" (iOS 13 and above)
getiosDriver().setSetting("acceptAlertButtonSelector",
"**/XCUIElementTypeButton[`label == "Allow While Using
App"`]");

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - iOS

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - iOS
https://github.com/eyaly/testng-geo-location-examples

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - Android
Preparation Permission Alert Test the page

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - Android
For API level 29 (Android 10) and above:
Enable: adb shell settings put secure location_mode 3
Disable: adb shell settings put secure location_mode 0
For API level 28 (Android 9) and below:
Enable: adb shell settings put secure
location_providers_allowed +gps
Disable: adb shell settings put secure
location_providers_allowed -gps

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - Android

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - Android

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - Android
Android >= 10
Android =< 9

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - Android
https://appium.io/docs/en/writing-running-appium/caps/
// Grant permission for alert popups
capabilities.setCapability("autoGrantPermissions", true);

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - Android
// Grant permission for alert popups
capabilities.setCapability("autoGrantPermissions", true);

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - Android
// Grant permission for alert popups
capabilities.setCapability("autoGrantPermissions", true);

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - Execution

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - Execution

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - Execution

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And what about Web Apps…?

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And what about Web Apps…?

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - Web

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - Web

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - Web

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End to End User Flow with Location Services - Web
https://github.com/eyaly/testng-geo-location-examples

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Let’s talk about something new…

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Let’s talk about something new…

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Let’s talk about Geo-IP
GeoIP refersto the method oflocating a computer terminal’s
geographic location by identifying that terminal’s IP address.
(https://help.nexcess.net/77285-other/what-is-geoip)
An IP address is assigned to each device (e.g. computer, printer)
participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for
communication (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_geolocation)

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How to change my Geo-IP
- Use VPN (Virtual Private Network) services
- VPN Provider: WonderProxy (https://wonderproxy.com/)
- Use WonderProxy to change the Geolocation of your test traffic
Sauce:
https://wonderproxy.com/docs/devs/guides/globalize-your-testing-with-sauce
https://wiki.saucelabs.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=48365781

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How to Test from different countries
- Use Sauce Connect (tunnel) + WonderProxy

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How to Test from different countries

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Q&A
Q&A

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Let’s do this.