Android + Selenium + Python : Testing a web page on mobile

How to test a mobile site (Google for example) with Selenium and Python?

Well that’s how it can happen…

Installation

for python:

pip install selenium

on the phone, you need to install webdriver for android:

download the apk, here: http://code.google.com/p/selenium/downloads/list

plug the phone with usb to your PC (yes, it helps to have its serialId),

On the command line:

adb -s install android-server.apk

Activation of the link between the mobile and your PC:

Launch the application on the phone, and launch from the command line

adb -s forward tcp:8080 tcp:8080

And, there, if there are no errors, we are ready to test.

Testing with Selenium

Below is an example in 7 lines of simple python code which aims to launch a search for the word “Selenium” on Google in the phone’s browser.

from selenium import webdriver
driver=webdriver.Remote('http://localhost:8080/wd/hub',webdriver.DesiredCapabilities.ANDROID)
driver.get('http://www.google.fr')
input=driver.find_element_by_name("q")
input.send_keys('Selenium')
btn=driver.find_element_by_name("btnG")
btn.click()

Which gives in detail

• line 1: import of webdriver from the selenium package into the python environment
• line 2: binding with the phone server
• line 3: open the page
• line 4: search for the input field
• line 5: entry of the word to search
• line 6: find the submit the button
• line 7: click

Simple, no?

That’s all folk !