What is Sofy?
Getting Started
The Sofy Dashboard
Getting Started with Testing Your App
Perform adhoc testing on real devices
Integrate with existing toolsets
Best Practices Guide
App Manager
Uploading Your App
Installing an App
Considerations for IPA files (iOS)
Enterprise Build Support
Automatically Re-Signing iOS Apps
Mobile Adhoc testing
What is Ad Hoc Testing?
Performing Ad Hoc Testing in Sofy
Setting up your Release
Device Lab Management
Understanding the Device Lab
Interacting with a Device in the Device Lab
Reading Device Logs
Viewing Test Results in the Lab
Mobile Manual Testing
Creating and Running Manual Tests
Reviewing the Results of a Manual Test
Creating a Bug or Issue during Manual Testing
Exporting Results
Mobile Automated Testing
What is No-Code Automation?
Creating an Automated Test
Creating a Test Suite
Converting a Manual Test Run to an Automated Test
Inserting Steps into an Existing Test Case
Creating a Template for Automated Tests
Inserting a Template into a Test Case
Adding Post Test Hook or Cleanup Steps
Creating a Variable During Test Case Recording
Executing Automated Tests
Manually Overriding Element Selection
Adding a Swipe Until Action to a Test Case
Aborting a Scheduled Run
Organizing your Test Cases
Creating Variables in Offline Mode using Override
Adding Actions on Automated Tests
Switching between apps
Resetting your app
Setting Performance Thresholds
Adding Delays in Automated Test Cases
Adding Conditions to Test Cases
Adding Asserts During and After Test Recording
Adding an API Step to your Test
Storing Variables and Using them in API Requests
Automate OTP verification via email
Automate OTP verification via text message
Long Press
Swipe
Adding a Visual Match to a Test Step
Recording a Swipe Until Step
Delete Step During Recording
Variable-Based Conditional Actions
Accessibility Testing
Testing your App for Accessibility
Accessibility Guidelines Automated by Sofy
Test Data
Creating Test Data
Using Test Data During App Testing
Reporting
Review Test Results from Device Lab
Compare Test Results with Baseline Recordings
Release Readiness Report
Viewing Results of Schedule Runs from Dashboard
Viewing Results of Lab Runs from Dashboard
Scheduling Tests
Scheduling Automated Tests
Sofy Co-Pilot
Creating Test Cases Using Sofy Co-Pilot in Portal
Analyzing Test Results
Sofy Co-Pilot Frequently Asked Questions
Automate your tests via Sofy's Co-Pilot in Lab
Account Settings and Billing
Update Your Password
Adding Your Team
Generating API Access Keys
Understanding Usage and Billing
Integrations
Integrating Sofy with Atlassian
Adding Issue Tickets to Jira from Sofy Test Results
Integrating Sofy with Jenkins
Integration with BitRise
Integration with GitHub Actions
Integration with Datadog
Forwarding Email Addresses and Slack
CircleCI
Microsoft App Center
Login using Microsoft 365 and Google SSO
Integrating with Sofy via Webhooks
FAQs
Mobile App Testing Frequently Asked Questions
Troubleshooting
Wrong element detected
Application Failed to Install
A system dialog pop-up failed my test
Selecting the right element on my screen but still getting test failure
Observing Slow Performance
API Documents
Upload Applications
Upload Application API Endpoints and Route Errors
Schedule Runs
Schedule Run API Endpoints and Route Errors
Schedule Run Status API Endpoints
Fetch Schedule Test Run Group IDs Endpoint
Salesforce App Testing
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23 articles
October 2024 New "Configuring Device" Status : Devices now display a "Configuring Device" banner while undergoing cleanup and preparation for future use, making it easier to identify devices that wil…
Updated 2 months ago by Kashif Hussain
June 2024 Accessibility Testing: Sofy's Accessibility Testing allows you to assess and improve the accessibility of your mobile apps. It automatically identifies critical accessibility issues, includ…
Updated 7 months ago by Aishwarya Rai
May 2024 Multi-Select Test Steps: We've updated our test cases to enable multi-select functionality. Now, you can select multiple steps in the test's timeline to move, disable, or delete them in batc…
Updated 8 months ago by Aishwarya Rai
April 2024 Expanded scope of Test Case Variables : Sofy's new feature allows you to create local variables in offline mode and store "temporary" values within them. This allows you to leverage unique…
Updated 9 months ago by Aishwarya Rai
March 2024 Post Test Hook : You can now add a Post Test Hook template to your test case which will execute regardless of whether your test case passed or failed. Post Test Hooks allow for certain ste…
Updated 10 months ago by Aishwarya Rai
January 2024 Expanded Scope of Template Variables : Variables created in a template are now accessible in your test case. This enhancement broadens the functionality of templates, empowering users to…
Updated 11 months ago by Aishwarya Rai
December 31, 2023 Visual Match : A new feature added that allows you to override and fine-tune your click target in automated steps.. Visual Assert : You can now add a visual assert to select a regio…
Updated 1 year ago
November 30, 2023 Device Lab : Major UI/UX improvements in the Device Lab, incorporating the latest industry design standards and updated iconography. This improves the readability of actions perform…
October 31st, 2023 release notes Action bar : Updated the Device Lab action bar and reorganized the icons according to their functions. Swipe Until action : Added the manual override Swipe Until to a…
September 29th, 2023 release notes Updated XPath input in manual overrides: Improved XPath logic matching to cater to different types of XPath structures. Added the ability to use relative XPaths, re…
August 31st, 2023 Long Press action on Android : You can now perform a Long Press gesture while testing your app on Android devices. Filter test cases by tag and create test suites : Anytime you need…
July 31st, 2023 New Date Formats : This new feature allows users to specify or capture dates in various formats like "DD-MM-YYYY," "YYYY-MM-DD," and "DD," enabling easier selection of dates like "Tod…
June 20th, 2023 Manual Override : This feature allows the user to define which element properties Sofy must consider when selecting an element during the automated test execution. The user can define…
May 31st, 2023 DataDog Integration : We're excited to announce the integration of Datadog and Sofy, providing seamless observability and robust automated testing capabilities across your applications…
Updated 2 years ago
April 5th, 2023 Numeric Asserts : The assert engine is even more powerful. The assert engine has been enhanced to perform asserts on numeric values. This new functionality facilitates easy execution…
March 2nd, 2022 The APIs for App upload have been updated with an optional parameter of CertificateName. This new functionality streamlines the app upload process for enterprise builds via CI/CD, all…
February 13th, 2022 Conditionals feature in Sofy allows for dynamic testing by adding If and Else statement workflows to Test Cases. The feature allows for customization based on specific conditions,…
December 31, 2022 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. Now Sofy…
November 24, 2022 API details now visible in test reports. Several design improvements made to Sofy portal. Here are just a few to note: Design improvements in Schedule and Device Lab runs listing. M…
October 5, 2022, 4:00 PM PST It's October and our update harvest has begun! Scheduled Runs and Lab Runs design improvements. We've removed the Automated Test cases tab. This data can now be found und…
September 8, 2022, 9:00 AM PST Summer is winding down, but we're still hard at work here at Sofy headquarters! Here's what's new over the last month: Functionality for iOS Enterprise Apps: We have ad…
v 3.3.1.007. Aug 6th , 2022, 8:43 AM PST It's that time of the month! That's right, the Sofy crew has once again brought live a bunch of new updates and improvements to help ensure that the summer he…
December 2024 Filters, Views, and Favorites : Effortlessly organize and access your test cases with powerful new tools. Apply multiple filters and save them as personalized views for quick access to…
Updated 2 weeks ago by Kashif Hussain
