Getting Started With iOS App Testing

by Martin Poschenrieder CEO and Founder testmunk

July 13th, 2015

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Presentation For Students At Portnov QA School

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Which tool does the iOS developer use to code iOS apps?

Xcode

(Can be downloaded from the App Store)

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Sample iOS app

• Github: https://github.com/testmunk/TMSample

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Developer account / Provisioning profiles

• If you want to release iOS apps, you need an Apple developer account: https://developer.apple.com/

• You need to ‘provision’ your test device in the developer console.

• Provisioning profile: A provisioning profile is a collection of digital entities that uniquely ties developers and devices to an authorized iPhone Development Team and enables a device to be used for testing.

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Reference: https://developer.streamezzo.com/tools/publish-your-application-apple-app-

store

iOS Provisioning Portal

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What should I know about Continuous Integration• What is Continuous Integration: Continuous Integration (CI) is a

development practice that requires developers to integrate code into a shared repository several times a day. Each check-in is then verified by an automated build, allowing teams to detect problems early. (Reference: Thoughtworks)

• Jenkins, Travis, Circle CI

• You can use APIs such as testmunk to directly execute your test cases on real devices. Read more here: http://docs.testmunk.com/en/latest/rest.html#continuous-integration

Detour

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Quiz• What’s the file type of an app? Android: .apk and on iOS = ?

• Can you use the same iOS app file for both the simulator and devices?

• Can someone just send you an app file and you can immediately install it on your phone? What are some of the steps you must take?

• A developer wants to get some more info about specific elements on the app -> Which tool can you use to identify the element?

• What are the benefits of Continuous Integration?

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What you should know about xcode from a tester perspective

• How to build an .ipa file for a device / for a simulator —> There are different files!

• How to select and build for different simulators

• How to create a test target

• What the “accessibility inspector” is (Simulator -> Settings app)

• How to get device logs (Xcode -> Window -> Devices)

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Contact

Martin Poschenrieder

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