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kmathur
Occasional Contributor
7 years ago

iOS testing - Testing on safari

Hi    We have a mobile browser experiences of our website and I need to test that on safari on iPhone. When i connect my iPhone and click on Show mobile screen, it says "Device is not running an ap...
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cunderw
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You can't test against safari directly as you can't instrument that app, it's part of the OS provided by Apple.

 

So you really have two options:

 

https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/app-testing/web/mobile/real-devices.html

 

Or 

 

https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/app-testing/web/mobile/emulator/index.html

 

Both should be fine from an automation standpoint, as you're testing how the page render against a specific rendering engine and responsive size point, not the browsers itself. 

kmathur's avatar
kmathur
Occasional Contributor
7 years ago

Hi 

 

The first solution works perfectly. There is just one more question. If i change the iOS device from say 6s to 8, do i have to updated the testing app again?

  • Marsha_R's avatar
    Marsha_R
    Moderator
    7 years ago

    I would just try it and see if it works.  If not, then try updating again.  If that doesn't work, let us know.

    • kmathur's avatar
      kmathur
      Occasional Contributor
      7 years ago

      Hi 

       

      I tired and updating phone is really simple. Here are the steps

      1. Connect the new phone 

      2. Open Testcomplete project and goto Testedapps

      3. Right click on the Smartbear browser for iOS app and hit Run selected. This will install SmartBearBrowser on the phone.

      4. Goto your phone Settings > General > Device management.

      5. Click on the Smartbear certificate and click trust

      You are good to go.