Editing Mobile tests

With the test editor, you can view and customize a mobile test imported in the test workbench or uploaded from a mobile device or simulator after recording.

The mobile test editor displays the test scripts. The edited test displays the list of actions and UI elements uploaded from a mobile device during the recording phase. Actions are represented in natural language, which allows you to modify the test manually.

There are two main areas in the test editor window. The area on the left, Test Contents, displays the chronological sequence of events in the test. The area on the right, Test Element Details, displays details about the currently selected action in the test script. In this area you can select a graphic object, an action related to the object, and its location. You can also define a time out and user’s think time to execute your test.
Note: Note that the maximum think time preference is ignored in mobile tests.
Figure 1. Mobile test editor
Mobile test editor

When actions are selected in the Test Contents list, the Mobile Data view is automatically synchronized to display the screen captures of the user interface of the app during the recording. You can use the Mobile Data view to select user interface (UI) elements and add some verification points, or variables and modify steps in the test with simplified scripts. Or you can create or modify a set of steps manually directly in the test script.

You can add datapools, test variables, verification points, or stubs in your script.
CAUTION:
The mobile client does not support data substitution. When a test is run from the mobile client, the values displayed are those entered during the recording, references and substitutions are not generated in the test. You must run the test from the workbench to verify substitutions.

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