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.
You 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.
Get sample project
Get our sample project using one of the following options.
Option 1: Download the project
[Only for Macs with Apple silicon] Install dotnet x64 on MacOS
If you are using a Mac computer with Apple silicon chip (M1 or M2) architecture, use the given command.
-
<path>- Mention the absolute path to the directory where you want to save dotnet x64 -
<version>- Mention the dotnet version which you want to use to run tests
This command performs the following functions:
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Installs dotnet x64
Installs the required version of dotnet x64 at an appropriate path -
Sets alias
Sets an alias for thedotnetinstallation location on confirmation (enteryoption)
The command sets the installation path in your~/.zshrc(zsh) or~/.bashrc(bash) profile and you can use this alias to run your tests later. If you choose not to set the alias, when you run the tests, you have to use the entire path to the installation location on every test run.
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.
You 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!
Based on the devices and app selected, cd to the right project, install dependencies, and run a sample test build on BrowserStack
cd android
dotnet build
dotnet test --filter "Category=sample-test"
cd ios
dotnet build
dotnet test --filter "Category=sample-test"
cd #(project folder Android or iOS)
dotnet build
dotnet test
Did not set the alias?
Use the absolute path to the dotnet installation to run your tests on Mac computers with Apple silicon chips as shown below:
</absolute/path/to/location/of/dotnet/>/dotnet test
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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