Protractor on mobile

[jcali]

Hi,

I have managed to set up protractor for my web application and I'm pretty happy with it when it comes to desktops/laptops. I have a couple of though regarding the mobile testing.

1. It seems that the protractor work for e2e mobile testing is in progress - when do you think that is going to be ready?
2. Is there a way to set up e2e tests just using the webdriver and if yes, what kind of configuration do I need to do for that?
3. Any other pointer on how to set up the mobile testing would be very much appreciated.

Thanks in advance!
pf
PS. I have seen the other issues/questions around the mobile testing and not finding all the information I need

[juliemr]

Hi @parcelfrog
Yes, mobile support for Protractor, and for WebDriver is general, is definitely still in its infancy. A lot of this support depends on projects like Selendroid, Appium and ios-driver. We're trying to add some more info about this in the browser-setup page, but it's going to take a little more investigation.

For just using webdriver, people seem to be using the latest version of Selendroid OK. ios-driver is still lacking support.

Appium works with hybrid mobile apps, and I'm not sure what the latest status of that is for Protractor support.

[hankduan]

Instructions on how to set up protractor to test Chrome on Selendroid and Appium are here:
https://github.com/angular/protractor/blob/master/docs/browser-setup.md#how-to-set-up-protractor-with-appium

Selendroid:
Protractor is able to drive the tests; however, I haven't gotten all the tests to pass on it yet

Appium:
All tests are passing, so I definitely suggest this over Selendroid right now.

[hankduan]

@bclinkinbeard noted down in #735 that Appium can also be used to test mobile safari

[hankduan]

Just did a quick test, Appium works for chrome on Android tablets as well. (Haven't been able to get firefox working, although I didn't spend much time with that)

[hankduan]

Just updated setup instructions for appium/iOS.
Now, you should be able to test IOS (phone+tablet) and android (phone+tablet). (https://github.com/angular/protractor/blob/master/docs/browser-setup.md)
I'm going to close this issue now. Please reopen if additional clarification is needed.