[Commotion-dev] Commotion Android UI Testing

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On 09/27/2012 01:22 PM, Andrew Reynolds wrote:
> On 09/27/2012 12:34 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>
>> Overall, I think it looks good, and I'm excited to hear about the
>> results.  To follow up on Dave's comments, I think it would be good to
>> add more tests to it, something along the lines of:
>>
>> * can the user just start meshtether, and click the "go" button, and
>> start using the mesh?
>> * how confusing is the long startup time? (I guess I assume its a bit
>> confusing and could be better represented).
> 
> Sure. I see these as an extension of the mesh startup task. It's exactly
> the kind of thing I was thinking of when I mentioned having the user
> think out loud, but definitely worth adding to the list of questions if
> only to confirm.
> 
>> * how can the user determine if the mesh is not working?
>> * what kind of things do they try to do if the mesh isn't working?
>> * how does the user try troubleshooting?
> 
> Any thoughts on how to do this in a scripted environment without making
> the procedure too cumbersome?
> 
> Maybe stocking two phones, one working and one slightly misconfigured?

Yeah, the tricky part will be reproducing the non-working states.  If
there was just a single mesh node for a test mesh, and it was far away
so it had a spotty signal, that might work in this situation.

.hc

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