Automated testing of iOS applications

Jamo Solutions provides tools that automate the testing effort for mobile applications running on the iOS platform for iPhone and iPad devices.

The tool “M-eux Test’ is a test automation environment that ensures:

•  The re-use of test cases on different hardware models. Today you can have your application running on iPhone and iPad. the tool ensures that you can re-use the script for performing regression testing.

•  The re-use of test cases across different version of the application under test. The scripts made by M-eux Test can easily be re-used to ensure that existing functionality is still working in new versions of the application under test. This is called regression testing.

•  Easy creation and maintenance of the test scripts. The technology applied by Jamo Solutions is easy to use, the scripts are readable and easy to maintain and the expertise gained by the usage of M-eux Test can be re-applied for testing applications on other platforms.

The technology platform of M-eux Test ensures the above requirements by providing:

•  Testing through the user interface of the application. Just like a manual tester will describe his test cases by using the user interface elements, the automated test is driving the user interface elements of the mobile application under test. By recognizing the user interface elements, the script becomes hardware independent. If a new version of the application under test is released, then preserved functionality can be tested with the old scripts. The tool will take care of cosmetic changes like a menu item that is now in a new position. By using the user interface elements, the script becomes also readable for a non-technical tester and the script is easy to maintain.

•  Extension of existing scripting environments. M-eux Test did not implement its own scripting environment. In order to ensure a fast learning curve and to ensure re-use of gained expertise, M-eux Test is an extension of existing scripting environments. For users with a test engineering background, M-eux Test extends the leading test automation tool QuickTest Professional from Hewlett Packard. For users with a developer’s background, M-eux Test extends Visual Studio from Microsoft and Eclipse.

iOS GUI objects

M-eux Test is an all-round player and recognizes most of the user interface objects of iOS-based applications as long as these objects are developed using the iOS SDK. All public documented iOS UIView objects are supported out of the box. User interface objects that are derived from these standard fields, are automatically mapped to these fields.

The normal device is supported.  The tool is not supporting jail broken iPhone or iPad devices.

Tool Architecture

An agent is installed on the device. The agent is responsible for the recording and the replay of the test commands The Device is connected to the PC using WIFI. The Device Manager is the gateway between the connected devices and the extension inside QuickTest Professional or Visual Studio or Eclipse. The architecture allows the connection of multiple devices. One test script can execute against multiple devices.

Support level

Complete support is provided for iOS applications that are made testable by taking into account the directives of Jamo Solutions.

The supported editions are listed in following table: