Calabash uses to write and
execute automated acceptance tests for mobile applications. It helps
for both android and IOS applications. Calabash contains set of
libraries that enable set of test code to programmatically interact
with applications. Each action can be one of the fallows.
- Gestures (Touches or gestures. As an example tap, swipe and rotate)
- Assertions (As an example there should be a "Login" button or the web view should contain an "<h1>" element with the any text)
- Screenshots (screen dump the current view on the current device model)
Calabash provides set of APIs
that support for apps running on touch screen devices. Calabash
consists of two libraries called calabash-android and calabash-ios. Calabash-android is the automation and testing library for
Android, and similarly calabash-ios is for ios. These two libraries
are the low level libraries that allow the Cucumber tool to run
automated functional tests on mobile devices as well as simulators.
Using these two libraries test can be written in natural language.
For an example below showing you a part of tests that written with
calabash.
Feature: Rating a standScenario: Find and rate a stand from the list
Given I am on the List
Then I should see a "rating" button
And I should not see “Sandwich & Soup”
And take picture
Then I touch the "rating" button
And I should see “Sandwich & Soup”
And take picture
When I touch "Sandwich & Soup"
Then I should see details for “Sandwich & Soup”
When I touch the "click" button
Then I should see the rating panel
Then I touch "star4
And I touch "button"
And take picture
This example is called a feature
file in Calabash. It describes the intended behavior of the
application. In this example as you can see each line after Scenario
corresponds to a step. In calabash a step does one of three things:
makes a user action, makes an assertion or takes a screenshot.
