Saturday, May 26, 2012

DeviceAnywhere Studio

My personal experience with DeviceAnywhere Studio -

I have had a chance to use DeviceAnywhere studio in my one of the projects.

This post is an attempt to list down all the required things about DA Studio to get start.

Please note, this is based on my personal understanding. For detailed, i would advise to attend the webinar arranged by DeviceAnywhere.


What is DeviceAnywhere Studio :- DeviceAnywhere studio is repository of  physical devices using real cellular network. These devices are plugged in to the DA Studio servers and you need to install a client on your desktop to access these devices. [ In layman language you can compare this to remote desktop connection] Through this client you can access the physical devices. DA Studio will be just interface between your machine and devices.

What you can do with these devices:- You need to acquire the device, and just start using it. To perform the actions on physical device, you can use device keypad or your desktops keypad.
After acquiring the devices using the right pane, you can perform actions like restart the device, pull the battery, screen resolutions and other device aspect.


If you are performing application testing, then you can upload your mobile builds through this section of devices. You need to upload them as per application type viz -Android app, iPhone app etc.
Applications can be removed as soon as you release the device, considering the security aspect.

DeviceAnywhere Packages :- Devices are available as per your package. They have standard packages e.g. [US AT&T] - in this package all the devices will be on AT&T carrier in US [North America] geography.
Package is nothing but "how the devices are grouped" i.e. based on carrier, based on Device OEM's, based on user's requirement.
DeviceAnywhere provides end to end testing features like creation of test cases, execution of test cases, tracking of defects.
DeviceAnywhere have provided the feature of capturing the screen shot as well as video of actions performed on the devices.You can book the devices in advance as per your requirement.

@ Automation capabilities:- Yes, DeviceAnywhere support automation. They have defined controls which are used to perform the actions on devices.

If you have any queries, please give a shout. I will try to respond to best of my knowledge.

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