Adding Actions on Automated Tests

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Switching between apps

In some scenarios, while you are performing tests on your mobile application, you might need to switch to a different application such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Sofy provides you with the…

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Resetting your app

While you are inside the Lab environment and are experimenting with tests, you can also soft or hard reset and relaunch your application whenever needed. You can find the reset button inside the Acti…

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Setting Performance Thresholds

While creating Automated Tests using Recording, you can set performance Thresholds. When the Threshold exceeds when the test is executed, it is flagged in the performance graph in the Test Result. He…

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Adding Delays in Automated Test Cases

Sometimes during an automated test, loading times from screen to screen can vary between high-end and low-end devices or based on how "heavy or light" an XML may be. To account for differences in loa…

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Adding Conditions to Test Cases

Adding conditions to Test Case allows you to perform different actions while executing your test. Conditions in Sofy follow the If and Else statement workflow that can be defined as executing a certa…

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Adding Asserts During and After Test Recording

An assert is a boolean expression used to help debug and test a condition as part of the code execution. If the condition is met (true), the program continues to run as normal. However, if the condit…

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Adding an API Step to your Test

Test cases are not just a set of steps performed on your screen. Today, test cases require creating runtime test data from API responses and using that data in subsequent steps (or deleting data afte…

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Storing Variables and Using them in API Requests

In many cases, it might be useful to make several API requests in succession where we use data obtained from one request & feed it into another request. Such examples may include registering a new us…

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Automate OTP verification via email

An application may require the user to authenticate their identity via a One-Time Password (OTP) received on their email. This is often used when the application needs to authenticate a user for a si…

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Automate OTP verification via text message

An application may require the user to authenticate their identity via a One-Time Password (OTP) received via a text message / SMS. This is often used when the application needs to authenticate a use…

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Long Press

Long Press. Long-press actions are common interaction patterns used in mobile devices to perform specific actions or access additional functionalities such as navigation, refreshing screens, opening…

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Swipe

Swipes are common interaction patterns used in mobile devices to perform specific actions or access additional functionalities such as navigation, refreshing screens, opening up contextual menus, dra…

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Adding a Visual Match to a Test Step

Visual Match allows you to override and fine-tune your click target in automated test steps. When enabled, you can draw a new bounding box around the element you’d like Sofy to select during test pla…

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Recording a Swipe Until Step

Swipe Until is a powerful feature of Sofy's No Code Automation that you can take advantage of while you are recording a test. To cater to different devices and screen sizes when you need to automate…

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Delete Step During Recording

Recording tests can be a bit of a stressful process if you are not allowed to make any mistakes. However, we want to ensure you can author as many tests as you would like without the added stress of…

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Edit Steps During Recording

Recording tests can be challenging when every action needs to be perfect. However, we want to make test authoring a seamless experience, allowing you to create as many tests as needed without worryin…

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Variable-Based Conditional Actions

As reusability becomes an important factor in scaling across a family of applications faster and more effectively, it may be beneficial to leverage this factor in your test authoring and execution. T…

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