Release Notes - Rational Test Workbench Mobile Test Edition, Version 8.7.1

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Description

IBM Rational® Test Workbench Mobile Test Edition automates the creation, execution, and analysis of functional tests for native, hybrid, and web applications on Android and iOS devices. This offering includes two components:

New features in 8.7.1.3

  • Collect response time taken by the application(On App) and server and network(Off App) for each step. See Evaluate response time results.
  • Shell-share Rational Test Workbench Web UI Tester with Rational Test Workbench Mobile Test Edition to monitor the application and device's resources such as CPU, physical and virtual memory, network traffic in and out, and battery level.
  • Shell-share Rational Performance Tester or Rational Test Workbench Web UI Tester with Rational Test Workbench Mobile Test Edition to run a test from Rational Quality Manager.

New features in 8.7.1

  • Support for testing iOS applications developed with the Swift programming language.
  • Support for filtering in the Application Editor to show which applications have or do not have associated test scripts.
  • Enhancements to improve object recognition.
  • Ability to specify that an action will be executed only once after an Android app has been installed (Responsive Design condition). This allows support for features that are executed only once after a new installation, such as help overlays. See Creating Responsive Design conditions in a test and Improving test script robustness.
  • Ability to specify which Android WebView will be the target of subsequent web instructions when there is more than one WebView on the page.
  • Support for the jQuery DatePicker object in hybrid apps.

System requirements

For system requirements specific to this release of IBM Rational Test Workbench Mobile Test Edition, see the system requirements document at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27041888.

Installing Rational Test Workbench Mobile Test Edition

Due to changes in IBM Eclipse 4.4, you cannot use the Update feature in IBM Installation Manager to update previous versions of the product to v8.7.1 or newer. You must first uninstall the previous version and then perform a fresh installation. For installation instructions, see Installing Rational Test Workbench Mobile Test Edition.

For details, see the download document on IBM Passport Advantage® at Rational Test Workbench Mobile Test Edition 8.7.1.

Known limitations

Known problems are documented in the download document. Select a download document from http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27027329. Known problems are also documented in the form of individual tech notes in the Support Knowledge Base at Troubleshooting documentation for Rational Test Workbench Mobile Test Edition. As problems are discovered and resolved, the knowledge base is updated. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems.

Contacting IBM Rational Software Support

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