Selecting a single cloud device during execution

Automation Guide

Application testing

Mobile testing

Testing in the cloud

TestArchitect and Remote TestKit

Testing web based-applications on Chrome Android

Creating mobile web application test

Selecting a single cloud device during execution

From within your action lines, you can control which cloud device your test is to execute on. The built-in assign cloud device action is used to specify a target cloud device upon which the subsequent action lines are to be run.

Important:

With this method, only a single cloud device is selected and run at a time. You are required to terminate the connection the current device-under-test, before executing the remaining tests on other cloud devices.

Ensure that the following requirements are met before implementing automated mobile web testing on a cloud device in the Remote TestKit cloud service:

Set up Android development environment.
In the Remote TestKit cloud service, rent an Android device.
Run Appium server locally.

Use the assign cloud device built-in action to define a list of desired capabilities, which are sets of keys and values sent to the Appium server in JSON format. You can define as many capabilities as you need (learn more). However, it is recommended that your JSON string contain the following basic capabilities including.
- deviceName
- platformName
- browserName
For example: You rent a Galaxy S7 Edge in Remote TestKit to automate mobile web applications, your set of desired capabilities should be defined as follows.
- deviceName: Query for its value by using adb devices command.
- platformName: Android
- browserName: Chrome, which invokes Google Chrome browser during mobile web application testing.
- JSON string is as follows:
```
[{"deviceName" : "galaxy_s7_edge_sm-g935f.adb.appkitbox.com:58564", 
"platformName" : "Android", 
"browserName" : "Chrome"}]
```
- Specify local URL Appium server:
  - The format is in the form of http://<server_address>:<port_number>/wd/hub/
  - For example: http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub/
- assign device should resemble the following.
```
                     url                             capability                                                            name   
assign cloud device    `http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub/`   [{"deviceName" : "galaxy_s7_edge_sm-g935f.adb.appkitbox.com:58564",   S7 edge 
                                                     "platformName" : "Android", 
                                                     "browserName" : "Chrome"}]    
```
Make a connection to the target cloud device via the connect cloud device built-in action, as specified by its logical name.
Note:
The name is established in advance by the assign cloud device action, which assigns a logical name to a mobile cloud device.
```
                       name       session id
connect cloud device   S7 edge    >>s7_edge_sessionID
```
Employ the use cloud device built-in action to use the cloud device to initiate automated tests. The invoked cloud device is specified by its session ID.
Note:
The session ID specified in the session id argument is retrieved via the connect cloud device action.
```
                     session id
use cloud device     #s7_edge_sessionID
```
Now, you’re ready to begin performing your automated web-based tests on the target cloud device.
When you no longer need to continue the tests on the target cloud device, it is highly recommended that you terminate the connection with the target device by using the disconnect cloud device built-in action.
```
                           session id
disconnect cloud device    #s7_edge_sessionID
```
When you’d like to switch back to the host machine to continue the remaining tests, use the use host machine built-in action.

Overall, your snippet of test should resemble the following.

//Define desired capabilities
                        url                             capability                                                            name   
assign cloud device       `http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub/`   [{"deviceName" : "galaxy_s7_edge_sm-g935f.adb.appkitbox.com:58564",   S7 edge 
                                                        "platformName" : "Android", 
                                                        "browserName" : "Chrome"}]   
    
//Connect to the target cloud device
                          name       session id
connect cloud device      S7 edge    >>s7_edge_sessionID
    
//Use the target cloud device
                          session id
use cloud device          #s7_edge_sessionID
    
//Implement action lines to perform automated mobile web-based testing
    
//Disconnect the target device
                           session id
disconnect cloud device    #s7_edge_sessionID

Selecting a single cloud device during execution

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