Running mobile tests as an AFT Suite on Perfecto Cloud

After you create an AFT Suite for mobile tests, you can run the AFT Suite on devices connected to Perfecto 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 for mobile tests to run the tests on Perfecto cloud.
  • Set up your account to access the Perfecto Mobile Cloud. You must have been issued valid credentials such as the host name or the URL of the Perfecto Mobile Cloud instance and the security token to authenticate the connection.
  • Uploaded the .ipa file of the iOS application or the .apk file of the Android application that you want to test in the Perfecto Cloud. For information, refer to Manage Apps in the Perfecto documentation.
  • Installed the Android and iOS application that you want to test on the device.
  • Connected and started the Android or iOS device that you want to use for testing the mobile applications.

About this task

Procedure

  1. Open the UI Test perspective in HCL OneTest™ 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 Perfecto host checkbox to enable the options on the Perfecto Device Cloud Environment panel.
    3. Perform the actions as listed in the following table:

      Option

      Action

      Perfecto host

      Enter the host name of the Perfecto Cloud instance.

      Security Token

      Enter the Token to authenticate the connection to the Perfecto Cloud instance.
    4. Click Apply and Close.
      Note: When the connection with the Perfecto Cloud instance is successful, the mobile devices that you have configured on the Perfecto 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 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 are repeating 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. The tests run on mobile devices that are connected to the Cloud from the location you configured.

The test result is displayed as a unified report in HCL OneTest™ UI.

What to do next

You can view the unified report for the mobile tests and choose to export the unified report. See Unified reports.