I am using a tool to automate tests on iPhones. The tool uses Appium as the test framework. In iOS version 15, the screen shows a dark overlay with the text "Automation Running". I am aware that this does not affect the test at all.
However, my problem is that I use a camera placed in front of the mobile phone to capture the screen and do some checks on the captured video. I have to use the camera itself since I run tests on OTT applications and there is no way to capture the video using software mechanisms because of DRM protection. This "Automation Running" overlay messes up with the checks that I am running on the video captured through the camera.
Is there any way to get rid of this overlay in iOS15 when we run Appium based tests?
After extensive exploration, I have come to the conclusion that there is no way this overlay can be gotten rid of unless Apple wants to.
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I am currently developing an Android Things application on an IMX7d developer board and need to figure out how to get the default camera, which is configured as BACK, to be a FRONT facing one, with correct orientation. This application will make heavy use of the camera, for example with face recognition.
I've noticed with other android phones you can edit /etc/nvcamera.conf to do this, but the Android things OS image I have doesn't seem to have that file. Is there some other way to do this?
I have gotten to the point where I can launch the barcode mock mode.
I am trying to figure out how I can start scanning test codes in development.
Or would an app that I am trying to test this on, need to have camera permissions on the app?
In that case, how do you overcome the use of the Camera Hardware on the PWA?
Or is there a way that I can scan QR-Codes using a different javascript API that would work in all cases?
Also, I had to move the camera and barcode service Javascript files into my Widget folder because when I was trying to reference them as you do on the instructions, the files wouldn't load.
Yes when you are in web it will mock the functionality because you're not on a device. There are HTML5 Camera API's see (https://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/getusermedia/intro/)
You can use the BuildFire Previewer App (contact customer support if you havent downloaded it yet)
While you can take a copy of the services into your plugin it is risky. If we issue any updates or bug fixes you will not receive them. Also if it breaks compatibility at any time (rare but possible) your plugin stop working
I am Creating an MVC Application using twitter bootstrap 3. Now I need to test the responsive feature in a mobile . I know there is some add on available in Mozilla that allows us to have the same experience as in mobile through desktop, have anyone of you heard of such add on?
You could use the user-agent switcher addon.
However mobile device emulation is one of the point where the Chrome devtools are more feature rich than Firefox/Firebug.
In Chrome, you go to devtools configuration and in the Overrides tab check 'Show emulation view in console drawer'. Then back in devtools click on the show console icon, and finally go to the emulation tab. It let you choose a device, resolution and emulate touch events with the mouse.
Ctrl-Shift-M (Responsive mode) is built into Firefox and will let you work with any size of mobile screen resolution and simulate touch events with the mouse.
There are no presets for specific phones (although you can add new size presets if you want) and you won't be able to spot all differences because you'll always be rendering with Gecko. For increased accuracy you'd have to use a tool that at least emulates different rendering engines. Browserstack can be good for that but in my experience it is tediously slow.
If you are doing user agent detection then an addon to manipulate that might be useful but presumably if you're going for a responsive design you will be more concerned with media query behaviours than hacky user agent tricks.
I'm developing a mobile website for iPhone, Android, etc. using jQuery Mobile. I'd like to be able to test this in my desktop browser and was wondering what the best approach is. I guess I could use a plugin to change the User-Agent header to the appropriate value and manually resize the browser to the device's width, but is there a simpler/more reliable way?
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Sorry, I should have mentioned that the only hardware available is a Windows laptop
Well if you have a Mac and xCode is installed you can use the Simulator. Open Mobile Safari and point to you web page on all Apple devices
You can also use the Android Emulator ( But I've not tested that it can access the web from the browser )
Alternatively you could use a plugin ( as you have suggested ).
I personally use Chrome with this plugin:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ljfpjnehmoiabkefmnjegmpdddgcdnpo
with pretty good results.
I've used Device Anywhere before
http://www.keynotedeviceanywhere.com/
you access the device through a web portal/site and control it, but this costs $$$
Actual device testing in going to be the most reliable
related:
http://sixrevisions.com/tools/10-excellent-tools-for-testing-your-site-on-mobile-devices/ ( other suggestions )
Difference between iPhone Simulator and Android Emulator
In Chrome hit F12 to open the Developer Toolbar. Then click 'Toggle device toolbar' (tablet icon, top left next to select element). You can then choose the device at the top to test.
There's also PerfectoMobile for testing on devices remotely...though it can be painfully slow. I'd really recommend at least getting some 'base' testing devices, if possible.
There is also http://www.browserstack.com/responsive that can be used to get a screenshot of what your site would look like on a number of given devices.
There is however a limitation of how many screenshots you can get in the free version I have linked to here.
I got nice results, visualy, by using Chrome add-on called Ripple Beta. Bad thing is that there is no ability to add some custom device, like tablets of 8" or 9" or bigger... but works. I'm not sure is it able to show some errors visible on real device but seems nice.
Manymo should work very well simulating Android for you. It shows me exactly what my cell phone shows, even though my desktop browsers don't. Manymo is a website with a lot of Android phones pictured. Just click one and enter your URL. There are options such as Android versions and screen sizes.
Look for the Chrome plugin Responsive Web Design Tester - you'll be able to emulate mobile browsers for different device sizes on all platforms.
Well, it seems Safari 5.1 at least on Lion which is what I'm using now decides to unload tabs from memory as it deems it necessary.
The big issue with this is sites that display ajax alerts or ones that have chats as for example GMail. I was having 2 conversations on Google Talk right in the GMail website and while I was on another tab I noticed the title blinking indicating new messages in my conversations, as soon as I clicked the tab Safari decided to completely reload the page, losing all those conversations (I don't keep logs of those).
It goes without saying that this behavior breaks modern web apps and seems unnecessary on a desktop computer. I understand the necessity of this on iOS devices due to ram constrains though.
Is there any way to disable this "feature", I couldn't find a way to do so. It's that or switching to Chrome or Firefox, but I like Safari.
Thanks.
I think I have a temporary work around. Pages on my site — petersonguides.com — periodically reload the tab in Safari 5.1. Ordinarily this wouldn't be a big issue, but I have a video that plays in a FancyZoom box and it can't get all the way through without the tab being refreshed.
I tested with Chrome and it doesn't cause the same tab reload behavior, so I'm sure it's a Safari 5.1 problem.
I have JavaScript and PHP on the home page and I thought there might be a conflict, so I started pulling things off and retesting with the video. The last thing I checked was removing the Google Analytics script. That fixed the problem.
I tried bumping up the Database Storage amount - per the previous answer - but that didn't have any effect.
I am having trouble with Pandora (Flash) not advancing songs in a background tab. As a quick-and-dirty test, I went to Preferences > Advanced > Database storage and popped it up from 5MB to 500MB. Flash is still very unstable, but now songs are advancing in the background. I don't know if this will work for you but you might give it a try.
Safari 5.1 | OS X 10.6.8
The reloading of tabs in the background is a feature of Safari 5.1 on Lion. There is currently no easy way to get around this. The only way possible at the moment involves disabling the multi-process window feature:
Enable Safari's Debug menu by typing in Terminal.app, restarting Safari afterwards:
defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu 1
From the new Debug menu in Safari, select Use Multi-process Windows to remove the tick before it and deactivate this feature.
While this prevents tab reloading in the background it will disable extensions and gestures in Safari. But it can be easily activated again via the Debug menu.