Appium with MSTest
Test your native and hybrid apps on a real device cloud. This guide helps you run your first test build on a real Android or iOS device on BrowserStack.
Prerequisites
BrowserStack Username and Access key. You can find this in your account profile section. If you do not have an account yet, sign up for a Free Trial.
If you are using Mac computers with Apple silicon chips, use the BrowserStack SDK CLI workflow.
Run a sample build
Run a sample MSTest test build using your preferred method on BrowserStack:
Get sample project
Get our sample project by following these steps:
Import the downloaded project
Click File > Open. Navigate to your project and open it.
Configure your browserstack.yml config file
The browserstack.yml file holds all the required capabilities to run your tests on BrowserStack. It is found in your project’s (android/ios) root folder and is part of downloaded sample.
Set access credentials
Set userName and accessKey parameters in the browserstack.yml file, available in the root directory, to authenticate your tests on BrowserStack.
Select Android or iOS devices from a list of 150+ available combinations:
Use one of our sample apps to run your first Appium test on BrowserStack App Automate. Choose from the options below:
Update the browserstack.yml config file
Replace the platforms object in the browserstack.yml file.
userName: YOUR_USERNAME
accessKey: YOUR_ACCESS_KEY
framework: mstest
app: bs://sample.app
platforms:
- platformName: android
deviceName: Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
platformVersion: 12.0
- platformName: android
deviceName: Google Pixel 7 Pro
platformVersion: 13.0
- platformName: android
deviceName: OnePlus 9
platformVersion: 11.0
parallelsPerPlatform: 1
browserstackLocal: true
buildName: browserstack-build-1
projectName: BrowserStack SampleYou can also pass regular expressions (regex) in deviceName and platformVersion capabilities if your device selection is more flexible. Check out how to use regular expressions to specify device attributes.
Run sample tests on BrowserStack!
Follow these steps to run your test on BrowserStack.
On the Visual Studio toolbar, select Test > Test Explorer.
Right-click on your test and click Run.
If you want to toggle between BrowserStack and your Local device grid when using BrowserStack SDK, refer to the command here.
After you run your test, visit the App Automate dashboard to view your test results.
Next steps
After you have successfully run your first test on BrowserStack, try integrating your test suite with BrowserStack.
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