The document discusses the challenges of automated mobile UI testing. It outlines four main challenges: 1) defining the scope of what to test, 2) choosing the right testing technique, 3) maintaining tests as the UI evolves, and 4) implementing automation. It then discusses the Appium framework for automating native and hybrid mobile apps across platforms. Appium allows writing tests in any language using a standard WebDriver API. The document provides code examples for initializing connections and interacting with elements on iOS and Android apps using Appium. It concludes with emphasizing the importance of maintenance for UI tests and not reinventing the wheel.

1. Challenges of automated mobile UI testing
Bartłomiej Pisulak
Software Engineer – Pegasystems
Trainer – Compendium CE

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Agenda
What are we going
to talk about?
•Challenges
•Frameworks
•Demo
•Q&A

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Why is it important?

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App User Retention

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Challenge 1
Defining scope

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Challenge 2
Choosing the right technique
Manual Structural Visual

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Challenge 3
Maintenance (UI is subject to evolution)

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Challenge 4
Automation

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Frameworks

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Appium
Appium is the cross-platform
solution for native and hybrid
mobile automation
“One framework to rule them all”

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Appium Architecture
HTTP server that creates and
handles WebDriver sessions
Starts a “test case” on the
device that spawns a server
and listens for proxies
commands

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Appium Philosophy
Test the same
app you submit
to the
marketplace
Write your tests
in any language,
using any
framework
Use a standard
automation
specification and
API
Build a large and
thriving open-
source
community effort

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Appium on iOS

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Connection initialization
desired_caps = {}
desired_caps['appium-version'] = '1.0’
desired_caps['platformName'] = 'iOS’
desired_caps['platformVersion'] = '8.1’
desired_caps['deviceName'] = 'iPhone 5s’
desired_caps['app'] = os.path.abspath(‘OSS2015.app')
self.driver = webdriver.Remote('http://0.0.0.0:4723/wd/hub',
desired_caps)

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Connection initialization
desired_caps = {}
desired_caps['appium-version'] = '1.0’
desired_caps['platformName'] = 'Android’
desired_caps['platformVersion'] = '4.4’
desired_caps['deviceName'] = 'Nexus’
desired_caps['app'] = os.path.abspath(‘app-debug.apk')
self.driver = webdriver.Remote('http://0.0.0.0:4723/wd/hub',
desired_caps)

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Code examples
btn =
self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//UIAApplication[1]/UIAWindow[1]/UIA
Button[1]")
btn = self.driver.find_element_by_name("SAY HELLO")
Getting elements
Interaction
btn.click()
Combining with unit tests
self.assertEqual(btn.text, "SAY HELLO")

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Demo: OSSa

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Demo: Real-life Case
How to add automated UI tests to cross-platform development IDE
Python + Appium + Imagemagick +
Jenkins

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To sum up…
Ask yourself: do I need UI testing?
Realize your goals
Design carefully
Maintenance!!!
Automate
Don’t reinvent the wheel – spend your time
on doing creative things :)

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Q & A