Automation V3: Integrating with Sauce Labs Real Device
This support article provides information on Automation’s integration with Sauce Labs Real Devices for mobile testing.
Note: Automation users must connect to Sauce Labs Real Devices to continue testing their mobile applications. For more information, please see Sauce Labs Real Device Testing.
Sauce Labs provides comprehensive mobile app testing using real devices, emulators, and simulators for Android and iOS. In addition, teams can automate native, hybrid, and mobile web apps for complete coverage.
Configuring Sauce Labs Real Devices in Automation
Before configuring a Sauce Labs Real Device Mobile App in Automation, you should already have a Sauce Labs account with the appropriate resources to test a mobile app. Please refer to Sauce Labs’ documentation for more information on completing this setup.
Adding a Browser Provider
To configure a Sauce Labs Real Device Mobile App in Automation, first, add a new Browser Provider.
Navigate to the Settings view and click the Saucelabs Real Devices device option from the Add a Browser Provider device option from the + menu:
An Add New Browser Provider screen is displayed. In the Browser Provider section:
- In the Name field, enter a browser provider name.
- In the Type field, select Sauce Labs Real Devices from the drop-down.
In the Connection Properties section:
- In the Username field, enter the Sauce Labs username to authenticate the user’s test account.
- In the Access Key field, enter the Sauce Labs access key to authenticate the user’s test account.
- In the Data Center field, select the specific Sauce Labs data center where the desired device is located.
Adding a device
In the Devices section, click Add New (‘+’) icon to add a device. The Add Sauce Labs Real Device screen is displayed.
Note: The device list is retrieved from the selected Sauce Labs data center.
In the Details section:
- In the Device Type field, select the type of device from the drop-down e.g., Phone.
- In the Platform Name field, select the platform from the drop-down e.g., iOS.
Note: Automation provides support for both iOS and Android. Selecting any of these as a Platform Name will alter the options in the subsequent field drop-downs.
- Select the appropriate platform version from the drop-down in the Platform Version field.
- In the Manufacturer field, select the manufacturer from the drop-down.
- In the Device Type field, select the device from the drop-down.
In the Desired Capabilities section, click Add New (‘+’) icon to add a desired capability to the selected device. An Add New Desired Capability screen is displayed.
Above: Adding a new capability.
- In the Name field, enter the desired capability name.
- Select the Provar Test Environment in the Environment field where the desired capability must be applied.
- In the Value field, enter the value of the desired capability.
Click OK to add the desired capability to the configured device. Once the device has been configured, add a Sauce Labs Real Device, as shown below.
Above: View of adding a Sauce Labs Real device.
Click OK to add a device and return to the Browser Provider details screen.
To check that the account credentials are correct and you can connect to the account with the credentials provided, click Test to confirm the connection is established successfully.
To complete adding the new Browser Provider, click Save, and the newly added Browser Provider connection is displayed in the Browser Providers tab.
Running tests on Sauce Labs
To execute a test case using the Sauce Labs Real Device browser provider, select the new configuration we just created from the browser configuration option in the Action Bar.
On the Executions tab, you can see the test case progress.
To view the test result in Sauce Labs, login to your account to access the Sauce Labs dashboard, and click Automated > Test Results from the left-hand side menu.
Above: View of the test result in Sauce Labs.
Run Under ANT
The Run Under ANT option is also available to run the test cases for the Sauce Labs Real Device that we added to Provar Browser Providers.