In my last posts I dealed a lot with Android and how to implement automated regression tests using tools like Robotium. This post describes how to implement automated tests using the tool KIF (Keep It Functional, http://corner.squareup.com/2011/07/ios-integration-testing.html). KIF is an open source test framework developed by the company square (https://squareup.com). It is an iOS integration test framework that allows you to implement test cases with objective C that can be executed currently only against the iPhone/ iPad simulator. The KIF tests are integrated to your workspace, there is no need for additional servers or services that must be started.
iOS App Store Submission Checklist
Have you ever wondered how Apple checks your submitted app? I asked me several times, “What are they doing during their submission phase?” and today I found a checklist of things Apple is doing.
BUT, no warranty that this checklist is officially from Apple. Here some points from the list. The rest can be found in the provided source.
Checklist:
How to re-sign a Android apk file for testing
In the last days I got some questions about how to resign the apk file you want to test. And here is the answer. First some basic about the signatures in Android development! A signature is needed to identify the author of the Android application. A signature mostly contains information like:
- First name
- Last name
- Name of the organization
- City
- State
- Country Code
For more information please have a look at the Android SDK developer guide http://developer.android.com/guide/publishing/app-signing.html
Agile Testing Days 2011
Last week from November 14th to November 17th I was attending at the Agile Testing Days 2011 in Potsdam! If you are working in an agile software development team in different roles e.g. tester, developer, agile coach or product owner, I really recommend to go to the next Agile Testing Days 2012 to meet great people and to exchange on certain test topics.
My conference started on Monday with a tutorial from Michael Bolton with the topic: “Critical Thinking Skills for Testers”. To make it short: This tutorial was AWESOME!
Robotium 3.0 is out there!
Since November 16th the latest version of Robotium 3.0 is released. This new version of Robotium provides several new and improved methods to test your Android app. As Renas Reda in the jayway blog says: “Robotium is now faster, lighter and more stable then ever!” I hope that is true because the previous versions of Robotium were really slow in the execution, even on real devices. So let’s see what’s new!
The following two methods are new to wait for views: