Perfecto Mobile

Provar now supports the use of Perfecto mobile cloud for cloud-based test execution.

The Perfecto Mobile cloud is a web-based Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that allows mobile application developers and QA Engineers to work with advanced automation, monitoring, and testing services. It enables mobile app testers to automate testing for mobile phone devices connected to diverse mobile networks spread across geo-locations.

Configuring Perfecto in Provar

Before configuring a Perfecto Mobile App in Provar, you should have already sorted your Perfecto setup and have your Perfecto Mobile Server details (username and password or a security token). Refer to Perfecto’s documentation for more information on completing this setup in Perfecto.

Adding a browser provider

To begin configuring the Perfecto Mobile App in Provar, add a new Browser Provider.

Navigate to the Test Settings view and click the Browser Providers tab. Then click the Add New (‘+’) button:

On the Add new Browser Provider screen, add a Provider Name and then select the Perfecto Mobile radio button:

Note that there are two ways we can connect to the Perfecto application: logging in with user credentials or logging in with a security token.

To log in with user credentials, leave this radio button ticked and add Perfecto mobile server details:

Alternatively, to log in with a security token, tick this radio button and then pass your application security token value into the Security Token field:

Once your login details are added, click the Test Connection button to verify the details are correct:

Adding a device

Next, add the devices that will be used.

On the same screen as above, click the Add New (‘+’) button on the Devices section:

On the Add Perfecto Mobile Device page, you can select the Platform where testing will be carried out. Provar provides two-platform support for iOS and Android. Selecting the Platform will alter the options in the Make and Model dropdowns.

First your Platform and then the relevant Make and Model.

Device selection

Before selecting the Device, note that three radio buttons below the Device offer different Device availability types: All, Available, and Reserved By You. These define how Provar should pick the Device.

These availability types have the following options:

If All is selected, the Device dropdown will default to ‘any’ but also offer specific devices for selection (regardless of whether they are currently available for testing)
If Available is selected, the Device dropdown will offer ‘any’ and devices currently available for testing.
If Reserved By You is selected, the Device dropdown will offer ‘any’ and any devices you have reserved for testing on Perfecto.

If there are no available devices, we recommend selecting ‘any’ so that Provar will automatically pick the device that is available at that moment:

Once you are happy with the device details provided, click the OK button to complete adding the Perfecto Mobile Device. On the Browser Provider details screen, you can now click the OK button to complete adding the new Browser Provider. The new Browser Provider will have been added to the list:

Adding a mobile app

We can now add a new Mobile App for Perfecto Mobile.

Still, on the Test Settings view, click the Mobile Apps tab. Then click the Add New (‘+’) button:

Provide an App Name, then in the Perfecto section, select the Application Name from the dropdown.

In this dropdown, you can see all the Application Capability Values hosted on the Perfecto account.

Note that these names represent the repository path in Perfecto, where the mobile app is placed. It will be prefixed PRIVATE or PUBLIC, depending on the location in Perfecto.

In Perfecto, this can be seen under the Repository tab, where you can place mobile apps. There are two sections, one for Public (named ‘Public Media’) and one for Private (‘My Media’). These folder locations are reflected in Provar as above.

Back in Provar, click OK once you are happy with your Mobile App details.

You will see this new Mobile App added on the Mobile Apps tab:

Running tests on Perfecto

Now that setup is complete, you are ready to start executing test cases. To start executing test cases, select the new Web Browser you created above.

To create a new Test Case using the setup above, create a new Test Case and select your Perfecto mobile application from the Salesforce Application dropdown. Click the ‘Finish’ button, then build your test case as usual.

You can also run existing test cases by selecting the Web Browser as above and then amending the ‘Salesforce Application’ on the Connect step to reflect the mobile application where your Perfecto app settings are stored.

Once the test is ready, use Run mode or Debug mode to execute it. (Currently, Provar only supports these two modes for test execution on Perfecto.) Progress can be monitored as usual in the Test Runner. You can also review test execution on the Perfecto website by clicking More > Device Dashboard: