(Adding Carla to the chain) John and Carla, I'd like to thank both of you for expressing an interest in writing autopilot tests for the music-app--it's very appreciated! Please work together to ensure your efforts aren't duplicated.
Victor On Jul 25, 2013 11:27 AM, "John Kim" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/24/2013 10:03 PM, Thomi Richards wrote: > > Hi, > > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 3:41 PM, John Kim <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> My name is John, a relative newcomer to automated testcases, and I am >> interested in writing autopilot testcases for core apps during the cycle. >> I read all the necessary information to configure my Ubuntu 13.04 computer >> and my Nexus 7 for Ubuntu Touch development. >> >> > Welcome! I'm one of the main autopilot developers, so I'll do my best to > answer your questions. > > >> I bzr-ed all the core apps and stowed it in ~/phablet/coreapps. My >> first testcase I plan to tackle is the music-app. On launchpad, I noticed >> two testcases have recently been written, and I wanted to check them out. >> So I navigated all the way to * >> ~/phablet/coreapps/music-app/tests/autopilot* and ran 'autopilot list' >> on the terminal. No problems there. But when I entered 'autopilot run >> music...test_pause', I received several different errors, particularly >> RuntimeError:('Search criteria returned no results'). The same applied to >> the other two tests. All three of them lasted 20 seconds. >> >> http://pastebin.com/UJDZ1Hnk >> >> I read the code, and everything seems all right, from the setup to the >> tests themselves. But I need to get my facts straight. >> >> 1. Aside from ssh-ing into the Nexus 7 and installing the testcases >> and running them, how can I actually run local testcases on my Nexus 7? >> The >> Autopilot community documentation hasn't explained this aspect. I tried >> bzr, but it didn't quite work. >> >> > Your setup seems correct - that's not the source of the errors you have > found (see below). Your two options are basically: > > 1) Done what you've done - log in to phone with ssh (or "adb shell", I > guess but I've found that to be less reliable), get the tests, either using > bzr or installing the package, and then run them with autopilot. > > I have a Nexus 7, and I just ssh'ed in, and ran "sudo apt-get install > music-app-autopilot; autopilot run music_app" [1]. > > 2) Use the phablet-test-run script, which is part of the phablet-tools > package. Using that, you can run something like: > > phablet-test-run -p music-player-autopilot music_player > > on your laptop, and it'll install the autopilot test package and run the > tests. This is convenient, but often I find I want a bit more control, and > so end up SSHing in anyway. > > >> >> 1. Why am I receiving the RuntimeError? When I read the code, it >> seems the setup has been properly done. >> >> > That particular error means that the test tried to get a part of the > application object tree, but the search criteria returned no results. This > is commonly caused because the application hasn't fully loaded, or the > tests have become out of sync with the application. [2] > > >> >> 1. >> 2. When the testcase was running, the app itself didn't pop up to >> demonstrate the testcase in action. >> >> > This sounds like the application is somewhat broken - perhaps missing a > runtime dependency that's not declared in it's debian/control file? > > >> >> 1. >> 2. Finally, how can I actually put music into the Nexus 7? >> >> > That question is for someone else, I'm afraid. > > > If you need more help, I recommend joining the #ubuntu-touch and > #ubuntu-autopilot IRC channels on freenode. Also, autopilot has > documentation online here: > > http://unity.ubuntu.com/autopilot/ > > Hopefully this information helps you out a bit. > > > Cheers! > > [1] Actually, there was a dependency issue which I had to fix first. Bug > is here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/music-app/+bug/1204768 > > [2] Your issue has caused me to file this bug as well, you might be > interested to provide your own opinion: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/autopilot/+bug/1204771 > > -- > Thomi Richards > [email protected] > > Hi Thomi, > > Thanks for the wealth of information there! As much as I want to try out > option two for running on my tablet, my Nexus 7 is currently stuck at boot > (interminable rest at Google screen) after running autopilot music_app > tests with my Nexus 7 plugged into my development laptop yesterday. I will > proceed as soon as my Nexus 7 is restored, an issue I'll ask on the > ubuntu-phone mailing list. I scoured the web to no avail. Perhaps, you can > give me some advice on restoring as well. > > The runtime error resulted because I was actually missing a dependency. > After installing it, the error was resolved. Instead, a MismatchError took > its place, which Victor reported and I hope is resolved soon. > > After reading your report [1], I'm actually itching to help out on the > development of autopilot by working on the issue. Is the task doable for a > novice programmer? I don't mind learning by doing. > > On putting music, I'll ask Nicholas. He might know, as he suggested he > did on his recent blog post on Music App testing. > > By the way, I'll be inactive for the next 2 days because I'm taking a > family vacation. When I return, I'll explore autopilot further and prepare > myself to write a testcase. I'll also stop by on the autopilot channel. > There's a lot to learn. > > Thanks! > > [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/autopilot/+bug/1204771 > > -- > John Kim > Ubuntu QA & Doc [email protected] > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-touch-coreapps > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-touch-coreapps > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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