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Rational Test Workbench Mobile Test Edition 8.7

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Abstract

IBM Rational Test Workbench Mobile Test Edition 8.7 has been made generally available.

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Table of Contents
Sections Description

The Change history section provides an overview on what is new in this release with a description of any new functions or enhancements when applicable.

The How critical is this fix section provides information related to the impact of this release to allow you to assess how your environment may be affected.

The Prerequisites section provides important information to review prior to the installation of this release.

The Download package section provides the direct link to obtain the download package for installation in your environment.

The Installation instructions section provides the installation instructions necessary to apply this release into your environment.

The Known side effects section contains a link to the known problems (open defects) identified at the time of this release.
Supporting Documentation
Document Description

Click to review the detailed system requirements information for a complete list of hardware requirements, supported operating systems, prerequisites and optional supported software, with component-level details and operating system restrictions.

IBM Knowledge Center provides an entry point to product documentation. You can view, browse, and search online information related to the product.

Click to review a complete list of the defects (APARs) resolved in this release including a list of resolved defects for the entire version family.

Find technical developer content and resources.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites include:

Version of IBM Installation Manager required: IBM Installation Manager 1.8.1 or later.

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Installation Instructions

Review the installation page in the IBM Knowledge Center.

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Download Package

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Access type Description

Passport Advantage and Passport Advantage Express clients are required to sign in to download the software package.

If you are entitled for Rational Test Workbench Mobile Test Edition and need to download your software from Passport Advantage, perform the following steps:

  1. Logon to Passport Advantage.
  2. Select Software Downloads and Media Access.
  3. Select the Download Finder.
  4. Select Find by description or part number.
  5. Select the Product Description and All radio buttons and enter Rational Test Workbench Mobile Test Edition in the description field.
  6. Select Continue.
  7. Expand the eAssemblies and you will see your entitled software.

IBM Software Group OEM offerings are designed for partners who develop and sell business solutions with embedded or bundled IBM middleware software. Clients with Flexible Contract Type (FCT) license purchases and IBM Business Partners must sign in to download the software package.

Fix Central provides fixes and updates for your system's software, hardware, and operating system.

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How critical is this fix?

Impact Assessment
Impact Description

Recommended

This is a service release. It contains new features as well as fixes for client-reported and internally found defects.

Test Results

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Definitions

Regression: An error in the Maintenance Delivery Vehicle (MDV) that produces incorrect or unexpected behavior causing a supported feature to stop functioning as designed.
This includes:

  • Coding errors that cause a regression
  • Documentation or packaging problems that cause a regression
  • Errors reported in a new function delivered in a MDV that cause a regression

Incomplete: An error in the MDV has not regressed, but does not work as designed.
This includes:

  • Fixed APARs which did not solve the original problem but did not break anything new
  • APARs reporting documentation errors, such as readme errors, that cause problems applying an MDV but do not lead to a regression

Notes:
  • Regression and incomplete APARs are considered fix-in-error or MDV-in-error
  • Definitions above apply only to valid APARs that result in product fixes (APARs returned as working-as-designed are not assessed for being fix-in-error)
  • Issues in major releases due to new functionality do not apply in this definition

There are no known regressions to report.

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Problems Solved

Defects resolved

Click the Fix List link in the table of contents above to review a list of the problems solved in this release.

Known Side Effects

Review the following list of known issues and open defects:

Review the known problems section in the Release Notes in the IBM Knowledge Center for more details.

Known Limitations

Core

If you install Rational Test Workbench Eclipse Client on Macintosh OS, the IBM Rational Quality Manager and IBM Rational Team Concert Jazz clients are not available with the installer. To use the Jazz clients on Macintosh, you must download the P2 update site compressed files from www.jazz.net and install them using the native Eclipse client.

Ability to initiate Rational Test Workbench tests from IBM UrbanCode Deploy is supported only for Microsoft Windows and Linux computers. The feature is not supported on Macintosh computers.

Limitations in Mobile extension

Limitations with iOS 8 support:

iOS 8 support on physical devices is currently limited to manual tests of a single app. This iOS limitation exists on iOS 8, iOS 8.0.1, and iOS 8.0.2. You can implement test automation scenarios using the native client running in an iOS Simulator or upgrade the device to iOS 8.1.1 or later. Full support for automated testing on iOS 8 devices is dependent on Apple's response to a defect filed against iOS 8.

Windows users must use the command line or iTunes to install instrumented apps on iOS 8 or later devices. Installing instrumented apps using the test workbench UI on a Windows computer is not currently supported on iOS 8 or later devices.

Web app testing on iOS 8 devices and simulators require at least the 8.6.1 version of the IBM Rational Mobile Web Recorder.

iOS 8 support requires the most recent version of iTunes.

When you use the Rational Test Workbench Mobile Test Client on iOS simulators, the mobile test client do not display the iOS version. Instead, it displays the version number of Macintosh operating system.

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Change History

What's new

You can use IBM Rational Test Workbench Mobile Test Edition to test the functionality of native, hybrid, and web apps. Review the Mobile testing overview topic in the IBM Knowledge Center for more details.

Support for simultaneous test execution on multiple devices. See Running tests on multiple devices in parallel.

Support for USB-tethered Android devices, testing Android applications in secure environments, and silent installation on all versions of Android OS. See Installing and configuring the Android client with the USB Controller.

Support for testing pre-installed apps on Android devices. See Testing pre-installed applications on Android devices.

Support for measuring response times at the application, server, and network level. See Evaluating response time results.

Additional features include improved support for orientation changes and verification points.

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Click the link in the Download Options column:

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Problems (APARS) fixed
PI23775;PI23910;PI33036;PI33066;PI34794;PM99817;PM99821

Document Information

Modified date:
20 July 2018

UID

swg24039559

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