Running mobile tests on Android devices on BrowserStack Cloud
Before you begin
- Recorded mobile tests. See Recording mobile tests for Android applications.
- Set up your account to access the BrowserStack Cloud. You must have valid credentials such as the user name, either the host name or the URL of the BrowserStack cloud instance, and an API key to authenticate the connection. This key is available under ACCESS KEY in the BrowserStack dashboard.
- Uploaded the .apk file of the Android application to the BrowserStack server for testing. For more information, refer to Live Testing in the BrowserStack documentation.
- Installed the Android application that you want to test on the Android device.
About this task
When you run mobile tests, you can enable HCL OneTest™ UI to collect metrics for certain parameters of the resources used by the mobile applications or devices. You can select the Resource Monitoring option and set the time intervals for the collection of the metrics during the test run.
Procedure
- Open the UI Test perspective in HCL OneTest™ UI, if it is not already open.
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Select the mobile test from the Test Navigator
pane.
The test window is displayed.
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Click
.
The UI Test Playback pane is displayed.
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Perform the following steps in the UI Test Playback
pane:
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Click the Run Test
icon.
The Run Configuration dialog is displayed.Note: If you are using a compound test that contains mobile tests, you can specify the mobile device to play back the test for each mobile test.
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Select the mobile device to play back the test from the Run
using list, and then click
Next.
The Advanced Playback Options dialog is displayed.Note: For mobile tests, you can skip this step.
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Click Next.
The Performance Measurement dialog is displayed.
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Perform the following steps if you want HCL OneTest™
UI to collect the
Resource Monitoring metrics during the test run:
- Click Finish.
Results
You have run the mobile test on multiple Android devices that are avialble on the BrowserStack Cloud.
What to do next
If you opted to collect the Resource Monitoring metrics, you can view the metrics displayed graphically in the UI Test Statistical report. You can analyze the Resource Monitoring metrics to manage the resources of the device or the mobile application under test. See UI Test Statistical report.