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    REU Program at ECU "Software Testing - Foundations, Tools, and Applications

    Mobile Testing Using


    MonkeyRunner

    Ernest Holston and Brandi Amstutz


    MOBILE DEVELOPMENT
     Set of processes and procedures involved in writing software for a
    small, wireless computing device such as smartphones or tablets1

     Software development kits (SDKs) are available for most mobile


    platforms (Android, BlackBerry, Apple, etc.) and provide a range
    of developer tools necessary to create mobile applications

     Android SDK
     Tools to build, test, and debug Android apps
     Open source/no cost
     SDK download available here

    1 : H T T P : / / S E AR C H S O A. T E C H T AR G E T . C O M / D E F I N I T I O N / M O B I L E -
    AP P L I C A T I O N - D E V E L O P M E N T
    MOBILE TESTING

     Crucial element of software development


     Application should function on devices with different:
     Operating Systems
     Device manufacturers
     Memory
     Screen resolution
     Screen size
     Sensor hardware
     Types (smartphone or tablet)
     Data Connection
    AUTOMATION TOOLS
     Automation tools save time and money by using test scripts to repeat a
    test procedure multiple times
     Increase the speed of regression tests
     Examples:
     Robotium
     Supports Android OS
     Automatic black box test cases
     Free to download
     Testdroid Cloud
     Supports Android OS
     Fully Automated testing on a cloud of devices
     Calabash
     Supports Android and iOS
     Open source/free to download
     Android SDK
     MonkeyRunner
    WHAT IS MONKEYRUNNER?

    MonkeyRunner is a tool that provides an


    Application Programming Interface (API) for
    writing programs that control an Android
    device.2

     Interactive through command prompt using Jython


     Use commands to write a script

    2 : H T T P : / / D E V E L O P E R . A N D R O I D . C O M / T O O L S / H E L P / M O N K E Y R U N N E R _ C O N C E P T S . H T ML
    MONKEYRUNNER MODULES

    MonkeyRunner
     Class of utility methods
     Provides methods that

    MonkeyDevice
     Represents a device or emulator
     Provides methods that simulate interactions

    MonkeyImage
     Represents a screen capture image
     Provides methods related to screen captures
    COMMAND EXAMPLES

    touch(integer x, integer y, string type)


     type represents a key event (DOWN, UP, DOWN_AND_UP)

    type(string message)
    wake()
    writeToFile(string fileName, string format)
     sameAs(MonkeyImage otherImage, float percent)
     Percent indicates the percentage of pixels that need to be the
    same for the method to return true
    TECHNICAL COMPONENTS
     Eclipse IDE
     PyDev Extension for Eclipse
     Jython

     Android SDK
     Android Debug Bridge
     Command line tool that allows interaction with a connected device

     Android Package (APK) for the application to be tested


     File format used to install applications on Android OS

    Android device connected through USB (or


    emulator)
     Android drivers for specific device installed on computer
    testScript.py

    .apk file

    Screenshots are saved to file

    Android device connected


    via USB
    Run .py Script MR
    script from commands screenshots
    execute
    console saved to file

    Script
    Connection
    installs .apk
    with device
    file on
    is made
    device
    SCRIPT
    PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES:
    PYTHON AND JYTHON
     Python
     Clear and powerful object-oriented programming language, comparable to Perl, Ruby,
    Scheme, or Java3
     Open source/free to download
     Python provides a Beginner's Guide

     Code examples from this basic tutorial

     Jython
     Implementation of the high-level, dynamic, object-oriented language Python seamlessly
    integrated with the Java platform4
     Allows you to run Python on Java platform
     Free to download

     IBM’s tutorial

     Using Jython with MonkeyRunner interactive command line tool:

    3: HTTP: / / WI KI . PYTHO N. O RG
    4: HT T P: / /W WW. JYT HON. ORG /ARCHI VE/ 21/ DO CS/ W HAT I S. HT ML
    EXECUTING TEST SCRIPT FROM
    COMMAND PROMPT

    Use the following command format:


    monkeyrunner –v ALL <direct path to .py script>
    EXECUTING TEST SCRIPT FROM FROM
    ECLIPSE
    SCREENSHOT FEATURE
    MonkeyRunner allows scripts to write screen captures to a file
    for analysis
    SCREENSHOT ANALYSIS
     ECU Mobile application provides access to mobile versions of
     Blackboard
     OneStop
     Joyner Library
     ECU transit
     and more!

     Compare the user interface on a smartphone and a tablet:

    Smartphone Tablet
    Device Manufacturer Motorola Samsung
    Model RAZR M Galaxy Tab 2 7.0
    OS Android 4.1.2 Android 4.1.1
    Screen Size 4.3” 7.0”
    Screen Resolution 960 x 540 qHD 1024 x 600
    Memory 1 GB RAM/8GB ROM 8 GB
    Connection Type Wi-Fi Wi-Fi
    Motorola RAZR M Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

    App homepage

    OneStop Mobile log in

    *Labels for credentials


    are not lined up
    correctly on
    smartphone*
    Motorola RAZR M Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

    Navigation to transit
    home page was delayed
    for smartphone by more
    than 2 minutes
    REFERENCES

     http://developer.android.com/tools/help/monkeyrunner_concepts.h
    tml#APIClasses
     http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
     https://code.google.com/p/robotium/
     https://cloud.testdroid.com/web/home
     Oleksii Starov, Sergiy Vilkomir, and Vyacheslav Kharchenko,
    "Cloud Testing for Mobile Software Systems: Concept and
    Prototyping", Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on
    Software Engineering and Applications (ICSOFT-EA 2013),
    Reykjavik, Iceland, July 29-31, 2013.

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