watir-webdriver won't run on the iPad/iPhone (either emulator or device) until this bug is fixed:
http://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/detail?id=1371 On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:56 PM, bis <bis...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was going to www.etsy.com > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Chuck van der Linden <sqa...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > No worries for the hijack.. > > > > I was responding to "I guess I'm wondering if you can > > install Ruby and the watir-webdriver gems on an Ipad. " > > > > which I didn't take to mean using an emulator. (although I agree for > > testing purposes, the emulator approach is most likely best. ) > > > > It would be interesting to figure out why the iphonedriver doesn't > > work with watir-webdriver once it gets to the webpage. (what webpage > > is it going to?) > > > > On Nov 21, 10:55 am, bis <bis...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I think he meant running them against an iphone/ipad either device or > >> simulator this can be done with iphonedriver. we actually messed > >> around with trying to actually get watir-webdriver and the > >> iphonedriver to work together but it seems that watir-webdriver can > >> launch the browser and go to the webpage but it cant interact with any > >> of the elements. > >> > >> sorry for the hijack > >> > >> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Chuck van der Linden < > sqa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Well firstly you would need Ruby for the iPad, and I don't know if > >> > such a beast exists, and if it does how good it is. ( Not owning an > >> > iPad, I'm not interested enough to research this.. google is your > >> > friend, have fun ;-) let us know if you find anything promising) > >> > >> > After that you'd likely need to run SafariWatir but I don't know if > >> > the iPad safari is close enough to the Mac version to work with it. > >> > as far as I know, nobody has tried this yet. > >> > >> > Watir would not work of course because it drives IE, and it will be a > >> > pretty cold day in hell before apple & MS conspire to create an IE > >> > browser for the iPad. > >> > >> > You Might (again depending on how good the ruby environment for the > >> > iPad is) be able to use something like Watir-webdriver and run it > >> > against Opera or Firefox, both of which I believe had iPad versions, > >> > but I'm not sure how well that would work or if the webdriver drivers > >> > for those browsers would work on the iPad. > >> > >> > (personally, given what a security sieve Safari is, if I had an iPad, > >> > I think I'd take a hard look at Firefox or Opera as a browser on that > >> > device anyway, so looking into at least part of that might be good for > >> > you in terms of finding a good safe browser to surf with.) > >> > >> > Even presuming all that worked, I'm not sure the iPad's multitasking > >> > capabilities (or lack thereof) are up to running all that stuff at the > >> > same time. > >> > >> > As far as I understand it, people developing stuff to run on iPads > >> > often use emulators to simulate the ipad, and most of their test tools > >> > run on the host OS in parallel with the emulator software, I suspect > >> > in large part due to multitasking restrictions on the iPad itself (at > >> > least the initial generation) > >> > >> > On Nov 21, 6:07 am, Patrick <patrick.rawli...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Is it possible to take existing Watir scripts that run on a > webbrowser > >> >> and have them run on an Ipad? I guess I'm wondering if you can > >> >> install Ruby and the watir-webdriver gems on an Ipad. > >> > >> >> If anyone has successfully done this I'd love to hear about it. > >> > >> >> Thanks, > >> > >> >> Patrick > >> > >> > -- > >> > Before posting, please readhttp://watir.com/support. In short: > search before you ask, be nice. > >> > >> > watir-general@googlegroups.com > >> >http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general > >> > watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > -- > > Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search > before you ask, be nice. > > > > watir-general@googlegroups.com > > http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general > > watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > -- > Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search > before you ask, be nice. > > watir-general@googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general > watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
