Ionic Firebase Test Lab - Robo Test

Question

I have googled everything so far, but I couldn’t find anything how to record a Robo Test of you Android Ionic application. With the recorded test I can submit it to Firebase Test Lab to run it over multiple devices.

I came this far:

• I opened my project in Android Studio
• I opened Test Lab settings via Tools > Firebase > Test Lab
• Then when I try to record a Robo script, it shows only one event: ‘Delay 60000 milliseconds’

Does anyone have a clue on how to do this?

Answer 1

After over 6 years firebase test lab CAN be used with Ionic apps (also react native for that matter, and, I guess, any other framework). BUT with limitations: User can't record scripts, so the robotest is rather brittle, as it'll simply "click around" and report if any click resulted in a crash.

To run the "click around" robotest you'd need to add Oauth with Google to your app (if there's auth-wall in your app and you'd want to pass that). If robotest detects such button it'll click it and log with test account.

Automatic sign-in: If your app has a sign-in screen that uses a Google account for authentication, Robo test uses a Google test account, unless you provide test account credentials for custom sign-in.

https://firebase.google.com/docs/test-lab/android/robo-ux-test#sign-in

Answer 2

Test Lab currently only supports native Android apps. Other frameworks, such as Ionic, are not supported.