Use this topic to help you get started with your testing
of applications that run on Android devices.
About this task
The following diagram shows is a high-level overview of
mobile testing for Android:
Note: Testing native and hybrid applications
requires IBM® Rational® Test Workbench Mobile Test Edition.
Procedure
- Set up your mobile test environment.
- Install IBM Rational Test Workbench Web UI Tester .
- Download Android Studio on the same computer that the test workbench is installed on.
You do not need to install the full Android Studio bundle,
but be sure to install Android SDK Tools, Android SDK Platform-tools,
and Android SDK Build-tools, if these are not already installed. The
current download page of the Android SDK is at Android
Studio but the location could change in the future.
Note: Running
the Android SDK Manager and using the Android emulators requires the
Oracle Java Developer Kit (JDK). Be sure to also add the path to the
Oracle JDK to your system's PATH environment variable.
- Run the SDK manager at least once before running the test workbench to get the API-level
components.
- Set the Android SDK path in to point to the directory where the Android SDK is
installed.
- Install the mobile test client on one or more
Android devices or on an emulator. Ensure that the mobile devices
can connect to the test workbench over WiFi or a cellular plan. See Installing the Android mobile test client.
- Add your mobile devices to the test workbench.
- Prepare your mobile application for testing. From the Mobile
and Web UI Applications window in the test workbench, add the web application to the list.
- From the test workbench,
create a test project by clicking .
- Verify that the application is visible in the Mobile and
Web UI Applications window in the test workbench.
- Create a test by recording gestures and user interactions
on the mobile device.
You can initiate the recording
on the device or from the test workbench. Actions are represented
in natural language, which allows you to document and reproduce the
test manually.
- Examine and enhance the test script recording as needed.
Here are some of the things you can do:
- Add verification points to verify that an expected value or
behavior is returned during a test run.
- Add variables to the test script.
- Add a loop so that the test runs multiple times.
- Add a datapool to provide variable data rather than the data
that you recorded.
- Add application stubs to simulate the behavior of actual objects
that interact with the application under test.
- Run the test.
You can initiate a test run
from the mobile device or from the test workbench.
- Evaluate the test results.
What to do next
For additional guidance, see the
Testing mobile applications with Rational Test Workbench playlist
on YouTube.