vac:qa:status:2025q3-status-qa-mobile
Description
Collaborate with Status team to ensure that the new Status mobile/tablet app behaves as expected. Extend and adjust the existing e2e test Framework to support testing on mobile/tablet.
Alignment with VAC Narratives:
- By helping create a robust mobile testing framework for the new Status App, VAC QA contributes directly to the narrative of internal collaboration and efficiency..
- Helps maintain a high standard for both internal and external contributions by detecting discrepancies early and closing testing gaps.
Task List
Framework Adjustments
- fully qualified name:
vac:qa:status:2025q3-status-qa-mobile:framework-adjustments - owner: magnus
- status: done
- start-date: 2025/07/01
- end-date: 2025/07/30
Description
- Adjust the existing squish Framework to run on mobile/tablet.
- POC: Port at least 1 test to run on mobile/tablet.
Deliverables
- Attached Squish to tablet build locally but encountered several issues regarding locators and driving emulators
- Investigated appium as alternative for tablet build
- Successully launched a test on a tablet build using LamdaTest virtual devices.
- Investigated Maestro as an alternative for some use cases
- Successfully attached to app and used AI for navigation
- Started new Appium-based framework (Android-only for now), modeled on existing status-mobile and desktop frameworks.
- GitHub action - configured for LT using app URL
- Roadmap
Port desktop tests
- fully qualified name:
vac:qa:status:2025q3-status-qa-mobile:port-tests - owner: magnus/nastya
- status: in progress (20%)
- start-date: 2025/07/01
- end-date: 2025/09/01
Description
- Port all relevant tests to run on mobile/tablet.
Deliverables
Multiple devices
- fully qualified name:
vac:qa:status:2025q3-status-qa-mobile:multiple-devices - owner: magnus
- status:
- start-date:
- end-date:
Description
- Make necessary changes so that tests can run on different Android and iOS mobile/table devices.
Deliverables
- PRs and CI runs