Jags
Jags's Blog

Follow

Jags's Blog

Follow
Automating Android Push Notifications Tests with Appium

Photo by Tom Grünbauer on Unsplash

Automating Android Push Notifications Tests with Appium

How to test Android Push Notifications Tests with Appium

Jags's photo
Jags
·May 4, 2022·

2 min read

Play this article

Table of contents

  • Why to do this
  • How to do this
  • Test Flow
  • Code

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

    @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(<Expected Text>)
    

Resources used for reference

Did you find this article valuable?

Support Jags by becoming a sponsor. Any amount is appreciated!

Learn more about Hashnode Sponsors
 
Share this