Lets talk about testing push notifications for Android.

Why to do this

• To ensure the device registration works fine. This is required to identify which device the notification needs to be pushed.

• Ensure push notifications work for multiple devices for the same user.

• To have confidence that the notifications are received by the device for the given device. Currently, no way to know if the notfication was delivered & received successfully.

How to do this

• Using Appium

• Tested on a real device

• Making the call to push notification

• Registration of device is tested implicitly i.e.

  • A successful push notification is only received , if the device registration is succesful.

Test Flow

• Login to a device to register the device implicitly ( because the app does it so ). If you have a different flow , do that to ensure the device registration flow is triggered successfully.

• Make the call to push the notification. Mostly a REST call.

• Swipe the Android Status Bar

• Poll & check for the push notification to have arrived & be present.

Code

• Scroll the Notification Menu

new TouchAction(appiumDriver) .press(PointOption.point(0,0)) .moveTo(PointOption.point(450, 1750)) .release() .perform()

- Identify the Push Notification
  This worked because my push notification was the first notification,else list all the notifications & then find the expected notification

>```java
  @AndroidFindBy(id = 'android:id/big_text')
  MobileElement notificationElement

• Poll for the element to be displayed & then edtract text for assertion Ensure the notification in question is displayed before the getText() call.

assert notificationElement.getText().toContain()

### Resources used for reference
- [http://appium.io/docs/en/writing-running-appium/touch-actions](http://appium.io/docs/en/writing-running-appium/touch-actions/)
- [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51018055/how-to-scroll-up-in-android-appium](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51018055/how-to-scroll-up-in-android-appium)
- [https://appiumpro.com/editions/15](https://appiumpro.com/editions/15)**