Running mobile tests as an AFT Suite on LambdaTest Cloud

After you create an AFT Suite for mobile tests, you can run the AFT Suite on multiple devices connected to LambdaTest Cloud to accelerate the test efforts.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:
  • Created an AFT Suite with mobile tests. See Creating an AFT Suite to run mobile tests on LambdaTest Cloud.
  • Set up your account to access LambdaTest Cloud. You must have valid credentials such as the username, either the hostname or the URL of the LambdaTest Cloud instance, and an API key to authenticate the connection. This key is available under ACCESS KEY in the LambdaTest dashboard.
  • Uploaded the .ipa or .app file of the iOS application or the .apk file of the Android application to the LambdaTest server for testing. For information, refer to Live Testing in the LambdaTest documentation.
  • Installed the Android and iOS applications that you want to test on the device.
  • Verified that the device you want to test is in the list of active devices. The list displays the devices that are in the Released state on LambdaTest Cloud at the time of selection for a test run.

Procedure

  1. Open the UI Test perspective in Test UI if it is not already open.
  2. Click Window > Preferences > Test > Test Execution > UI Test Playback.

    The UI Test Playback pane is displayed.

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

      Enter the API key of your LambdaTest Cloud account to authenticate the connection.
      Project Select the LambdaTest project from the drop-down list or enter an appropriate name for the project with which you can identify the test run on the LambdaTest Cloud dashboard.
    4. Click Apply and Close.
      Note: When the connection with the LambdaTest Cloud instance is successful, the mobile devices that are on LambdaTest Cloud are displayed in the Run using drop-down list.
  4. Select the project that contains the AFT Suite, in the Test Navigator pane.
    The AFT Suite that you created for the mobile tests is located in the Accelerated Functional Tests folder.
  5. Expand the contents of the Accelerated Functional Tests folder to view the AFT XML that is displayed with the name you provided.
  6. Right-click the XML file of the AFT Suite, and then click Run Distributed Tests.
    The Run Accelerated Functional Test dialog is displayed.
    Note: If you repeat the AFT Suite run because the previous run failed, the Re-run failed tests only from the last playback option is available for selection. When you select this option, the AFT Suite is run on the devices and location on which it previously failed.
  7. Click OK.

Results

You have run the mobile tests that are in an AFT Suite on mobile devices that are on the 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.