Mobile Automation Testing using a Framework

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• How to perform Mobile Automation using a
  Framework?

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• With the growing demand for mobile applications,
  new applications are developed in order to cater
  various platforms. Therefore, it has become
  imperative to have a robust automation framework
  that can help automate applications on any
  platform. Framework is a combination of test-data
  handling, coding standards, and object repository
  management that are followed during automation
  scripting which results in producing beneficial
  outcomes such as re-usage of the same code in
  multiple projects, higher portability and
  decrease the script maintenance cost etc.

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Types of Automation Frameworks

• Test Library Architecture Framework 
• Test scripts are initially created using "Record
  Playback" method. After that tasks inside the
  scripts are grouped into Functions. There
  Functions are called by main text script which is
  called Driver in different ways to create test
  cases.

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• Data Driven Testing Framework 
• Test case logic resides in Test Scripts and Test
  Data is separated and kept outside the Test
  Scripts in this type of framework. Test Data is
  read from external files such as Excel Files,
  Text Files, CSV Files, etc. and are saved in the
  Test Script as variables.
• Keyword Driven Framework 
• The Keyword-Driven consists of data tables and
  keywords, and is not dependent on automation tool
  for execution.
• Hybrid Test Automation Framework
• As the name suggests this framework is the
  combination of one or more frameworks but widely
  uses as a combination of Keyword Framework and
  Function decomposition method.

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• The power of mobile automation framework lies in
  increased automation efficiency by minimizing the
  initial coding efforts. Mobile Automation can be
  performed using various available robust
  automation frameworks. The widely used automation
  frameworks are as follows.

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Appium

• Appium is a test automation framework that
  supports most of the applications such as native,
  hybrid and mobile web apps.
• It supports both iOS and Android applications and
  also Web Driver JSON Wire Protocol.
• Appium is a black-box testing tool so it does not
  require source code.

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Advantages of Appium

• Cross-platform open source mobile
  testing automation framework.
• Supports native, hybrid or mobile web apps.
• Supports various Client libraries such as Python,
  Java, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP, C.
• Does not access our source code or library.
• Compatibility with many CI environments.
• Appium is a tool which is used worldwide so it
  has strong community.
• It supports many languages and test frameworks
  with full access to database and APIs from test
  code.

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TestNG

• TestNG is another famous testing framework that
  overcomes the limitations of another popular
  testing framework JUnit.
• It supports both android and iOS applications.
• The "NG" means "Next Generation. Most of the
  Selenium users use TestNG over JUnit because of
  its various advantages.

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Advantages of TestNG

• Annotations are easier to understand.
• Test cases can be grouped more easily.
• It supports parallel testing.
• Generates various reports based on Selenium test
  results.
• Generates the reports in more readable format.

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Selendroid

• Selendroid is one of the best test automation
  frameworks available in the market which supports
  various type of UI testing of the mobile apps
  Android native, hybrid applications, and the
  mobile web.
• Selendroid supports emulators, real devices and
  parallel testing.
• Selendroid is also compatible with Selenium 3/
  JSON Wire Protocol.
• It is easier to find the UI elements by using its
  default locator making the testing process better.

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Advantages of Selendroid

• No modification of Application under test is
  required. One just needs to install the binary
  file in the system.
• Supports multiple android devices. Users can
  interact with multiple simulators at the same
  time to check the compatibility of various
  android devices.
• Supports sign of human user options such as
  touch, swipe, drag and drop on devices.
• Supports various android API versions.
• Built-in inspector tool is available that helps
  to identify all the UI elements of application
  under test.
• Supports parallel testing integrating a node into
  Selenium Grid.

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