iOS Can we automate an application in Ipad not the simulator?

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hsupadrasta

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Can we automate an application in Ipad not the simulator?
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robbieduncan

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• Oct 21, 2010

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Define, exactly, what you mean. What, step by step, are you trying to do.

 

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Can we automate an application in Ipad not the simulator?

robbieduncan said:

Define, exactly, what you mean. What, step by step, are you trying to do.

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I have heard that(not tried) that we can do Test Automation of Ipad apps on the simulator using Uiautmation api of IOS4.
Instead of Automating the app on the simulator can we automate it on the Ipad itself.
Actually our performance team wants to collect some data in the process.

Please let me know the process( how to deploy the test scripts into ipad and run) .
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dejo

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From the UI Automation Reference Collection introduction (emphasis mine):

This collection of documents is the API reference for the UI Automation feature, which allows you to write test scripts to exercise your application’s user interface elements as the application runs on a connected device.

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I think you have it backwards: you have to run it on a device and can't use the Simulator.

 

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dejo,
Thanks for the info. Actually i am not able to open the reference the URL sent by you(may be it won't open in IE). Actually i want to put some minimum things to get an approval for this automation project.
I have seen here that we can run it on a simulator. So how to do it on a IPAD directly. i mean how do you connect the IPAD to MAC pc to send the commands.
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dejo

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hsupadrasta said:

Actually i am not able to open the reference the URL sent by you(may be it won't open in IE).

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Maybe try using a different browser.

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hsupadrasta said:

So how to do it on a IPAD directly. i mean how do you connect the IPAD to MAC pc to send the commands.

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Perhaps this screenshot of Instruments holds a clue:

Notice on the left sidebar, there's a section for 'iPhone' as well as 'iPhone Simulator' (although, depending on your version of Xcode, they might now be called 'iOS' and 'iOS Simulator').