Automation scripting with cloud devices

In a stepwise manner till now, we have understood how to set up devices and enable automation on the devices. Now we will take a look into automating mobile applications, first with the inbuilt automation engine of tools such as Perfecto Mobile and then with the automation tool-specific plugin such as UFT and Selenium.

Automating with inbuilt cloud tool automation support

For this example, we will take Perfecto Mobile as the tool that provides a separate Automation tab. This tab would only be available for users that have logged in with user credentials that have been granted access to automation screen during user setup.

From this tab, various inbuilt keywords and object controls may be accessed. After selecting the Automation tab, the following screen is displayed:

This screen doesn't provide any real-time code access and it only has a keyword display, which is also sometimes referred to as a script-less automation mechanism as it is not important to...