UI testing

Setup

Important: These instructions assume that you have Ruby 2.1 installed, preferably managed with either RVM or rbenv, and Homebrew.

1. Install RubyMine – optional.
2. Install Appium, either the Mac app or through Node (npm install -g appium).
3. Install the Appium client: brew install node; npm install -g wd
4. Clone this repository.
5. Open project in Ruby Mine – or in your favourite text editor.
6. Install bundler: gem install bundler
7. Navigate to the repository folder and run bundle install.

Project Structure

ui-testing
|   config
|    |   android
|    |   |  appium settings
|    |   ios
|    |   |  appium settings
|    |   |
|   features
|    |   pages
|    |   |  android
|    |   |   |  page object
|    |   |  ios
|    |   |   |  page object
|    |   |  base page objects
|    |   step_definitions
|    |   support
|    |   feature files
|    Gemfile and Rakefile

Configuration

You should configure the appium.txt under the config/<platform>/ folder.

Environment variables

You should define PLATFORM_NAME with the value 'ios' or 'android' (depends on what you want to run):

• In RubyMine's running configuration.

• In the command line:

export PLATFORM_NAME=android

Running

Command Line

1. Start the Appium server on a terminal: appium --port 5555.
2. Run the test suite: cucumber.
3. You can combine tags and feature files and so on. More information.

Rake

1. Start the Appium server on a terminal: appium.
2. Run acceptance tests on the selected platform (ios|android) with selected tag:

• platfrom parameter is mandatory
• tag parameter is optional

rake run_acceptance[android,@tag_parameter]

or

You don't have to start the Appium server manually just use the single_run_acceptance rake command

rake single_run_acceptance[android,@tag_parameter]

or

Also a simple way to rerun failed cucumber scenarios automtically once - use the single_run_acceptance_with_retry rake command

rake single_run_acceptance_with_retry[android,@tag_parameter]

Reporting

• In the command line:

cucumber --format html --out reports.html

or

cucumber --format html > features.html

• You can also export your tests result to an HTML file inside the RubyMine.

Locators (ids, names, etc..)

• You can use the Appium Inspector.