Running mobile tests on iOS devices on BrowserStack Cloud

You can run mobile tests on the BrowserStack Cloud so that you can choose devices from a wide range of iOS devices that are available for testing.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:
  • Recorded mobile tests. See Recording mobile tests for iOS 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 .ipa or .app file of the iOS application to the BrowserStack server for testing. For more information, refer to Live Testing in the BrowserStack documentation.
  • Installed the iOS application that you want to test on the iOS device.

Procedure

  1. Open the UI Test perspective in Test UI if it is not already open.
  2. Select the mobile test from the Test Navigator pane.

    The test window is displayed.

  3. Click Window > Preferences > Test > Test Execution > UI Test Playback.

    The UI Test Playback pane is displayed.

  4. Perform the following steps in the UI Test Playback pane:
    1. Click the Mobile Device Cloud tab.
    2. Select the BrowserStack host checkbox to enable the options on the BrowserStack Device Cloud Environment panel.
    3. Perform the actions as listed in the following table:
      Option Action
      Required
      BrowserStack host Enter the URL of the BrowserStack cloud instance.
      User Name Enter the user name of your BrowserStack account.
      API key

      Enter the API key of your BrowserStack Cloud account to authenticate the connection.
      Project Select the BrowserStack project from the drop-down list or an enter an appropriate name for the project with which you can identify the test run on the BrowserStack Cloud dashboard.
    4. Click Apply and Close.
      Note: When the connection with the BrowserStack Cloud instance is successful, the mobile devices that are on the BrowserStack Cloud are displayed in the Run using drop-down list.
  5. Click the Run Test play back a Web UI 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.
  6. 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.

  7. Select the advanced playback options as required for the test run.
    The options are described in the following table:
    Option Action
    Global steps delay in milliseconds Select this checkbox and specify the duration of delay in milliseconds to set the delay between all the steps in the test.
    BrowserStack Project Select the BrowserStack project from the drop-down list or enter an appropriate name for the project with which you can identify the test run on the BrowserStack Cloud dashboard.

    When you select or specify a project in this drop-down list, the value overrides the project selected in Windows > Preferences > Test > Test Execution > UI Test Playback. Also, the selected value continues to display for the subsequent test runs.
  8. Click Next.
    The Performance Measurement dialog is displayed.
    Note: For mobile tests, you can skip this step.
  9. Click Finish.

Results

You have run the mobile test on multiple iOS devices that are avialble on the BrowserStack Cloud.

What to do next

You can view the test result that is displayed as a unified report for mobile tests and choose to export the unified report. See Unified reports.