Automation With Katalon (Mobile Testing)

My automation notes this time focus on one of the robust and popular automation frameworks, which is Katalon.

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مَرْحَبًا يَا رَمَضَان I’m starting write my automation notes at the first of Ramadhan 1446H.

Katalon provides a comprehensive testing solution that covers web, API, mobile, and desktop applications.

• Web Testing, users can create automated test cases, debug efficiently, and execute tests across multiple browsers.
• API Testing allows for streamlined validation of various API architectures while integrating seamlessly with web and mobile testing.
• Mobile Testing supports automation for Android and iOS applications, ensuring compatibility across different devices, browsers, and operating systems.
• Desktop Testing enables testing of Windows applications, simplifying workflows and facilitating smooth transitions between different applications within a single tool.

This time I will focus on mobile testing.

Disclaimer I’m testing in my local machine using Mac M1. If you are using other OS, the steps, commands, and tools may be different.

Installation

To install Katalon, it’s very straightforward. In macOS you just to download it from here then drag it to your applications folder. I’m using Katalon Studio Enterprise (Free trail version) as follow.

I’m facing some issues when to start Katalon Studio for mobile testing. Some issues are:

• Katalon Studio in Mobile Object Spy
• Issue: When click start in Mobile Object Spy, I encounter error Unable to start application Reason: Fail to start Appium server in 60 seconds

I update all appium and node to the latest version as follow:

If you encounter issue like this:

you need to update the appium directory in Katalon Studio. In my case it’s in homebrew

Before this, I used the volta to manage my node and appium version. But this approach is not working for me.

Mobile Testing (Android)

After installing Katalon Studio, I’m able to start my first mobile test. To start a new test, I do some steps:

• click on Katalon sample project

  • click on Sample Android Mobile Tests Project wait until the project is loaded
  • Fill the fill new project form then click OK

• click Record Mobile

• In the mobile recorder, you need to configure your device and the apk first. make sure you emulator or real device already attached and you could test by adb command

  adb devices
  

  if the device is not attached, you can try to click the refresh button

• After that you need to attach the apk file (like in the image above).

• After that you can click Start button in the top of the mobile recorder.

• Wait for a while till the app successfully loaded.

• After that you can start to record your test case. In my case, I’m try to search on the search bar. Click search text (marked in no 1) then click Tap (marked in no 2) then click Set Text (marked in no 3) fill the value to Android.

• After that you can see the step already recorded.

in my case, I’m continue to create simple step to search and set text Android. I’m also try to use the Tap At Position and lastly close the app.

• Here is the result of my test case Passed.

Mobile Testing (iOS)

• click on Katalon sample project

  • click on Sample iOS Mobile Tests Project wait until the project is loaded

  • Fill the fill new project form then click OK

  • click Record Mobile

    There is a little bit difference between Android and iOS. In iOS you need to select iOS simulator in the Device Type field without run the simulator first.

  • click Start - Wait for a while till the app successfully loaded. - If you encounter issue like this: some tips:

    • Update the Appium log level to Debug in Katalon Settings Mobile. This will help you to debug the issue.
    • Follow some tips in the link common webdriveragent installation issues

  • Now, you can start to record your test case.

  • Let’s do some simple test case, similar to Android above.

    • Click on Search Wikipedia (marked in no 1).
    • Click Tap (marked in no 2).
    • The Tap action above will redirect to the Edit Text Search Wikipedia.
    • Click Set Text and fill Android.
    • Finally, the Android result will appear.
    • Now you can save the script, by click Save Script button.
      • In my case I name the testcase as User able to search at EditText Search.
    • So when click Run button, the choose IOS simulator will appear.
    • Finally, the result will appear. That’s it my notes.