Micro Focus Mobile Center (Mobile Center) provides an end-to-end quality lab of real devices and emulators that help you test, monitor,
and optimize your mobile apps for an enhanced user experience.
Note: Silk Test Classic supports testing against devices that are managed by Mobile Center 3.0 or later.
You can either access the devices that are managed by Mobile Center directly from
Silk Test Classic, or through
Silk Central.
To access the devices that are managed by Mobile Center through
Silk Central:
In the
Select Applications dialog, you can now select the Mobile Center device on which you want to test.
Note: You cannot test the same device with
Silk Test Mobile and Mobile Center at the same time. When switching between these products, you need to remove all apps that are used
for automation and restart the mobile device.
- Android
- Before testing an
Android device with
Silk Test Mobile or before installing Mobile Center, you need to remove the following apps from the device:
- Appium Android Input Manager
- Appium Settings
- io.appium.uiautomator2.server
- io.appium.uiautomator2.server.text
- MC Agent
- Silk Screencast
- Unlock
- iOS
- Before testing an
iOS device with
Silk Test Mobile or before installing Mobile Center, you need to remove the WebDriverAgent from the device.
Mobile Center might re-install some of these apps.
Note: When testing on a device that is managed through the Mobile Center,
Silk Test Classic does not support using the methods
TypeKeys or
SetText to type key codes like
ENTER. Additionally,
Silk Test Classic does not support pressing the
Home button on
iOS devices.
Note: When testing on an
Android Emulator, disable the GPU HW Acceleration.