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[Victor Thompson <victor.thompson@xxxxxxxxx>]

(Adding Carla to the chain)

John and Carla, I'd like to thank both of you for expressing an interest in
writing autopilot tests for the music-app--it's very appreciated! Please
work together to ensure your efforts aren't duplicated.

Victor
On Jul 25, 2013 11:27 AM, "John Kim" <johnkim.ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  On 07/24/2013 10:03 PM, Thomi Richards wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 3:41 PM, John Kim <johnkim.ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>>
>> My name is John, a relative newcomer to automated testcases, and I am
>> interested in writing autopilot testcases for core apps during the cycle.
>> I read all the necessary information to configure my Ubuntu 13.04 computer
>> and my Nexus 7 for Ubuntu Touch development.
>>
>>
>  Welcome! I'm one of the main autopilot developers, so I'll do my best to
> answer your questions.
>
>
>>  I bzr-ed all the core apps and stowed it in ~/phablet/coreapps.  My
>> first testcase I plan to tackle is the music-app.  On launchpad, I noticed
>> two testcases have recently been written, and I wanted to check them out.
>> So I navigated all the way to *
>> ~/phablet/coreapps/music-app/tests/autopilot* and ran 'autopilot list'
>> on the terminal. No problems there.  But when I entered 'autopilot run
>> music...test_pause', I received several different errors, particularly
>> RuntimeError:('Search criteria returned no results').  The same applied to
>> the other two tests.  All three of them lasted 20 seconds.
>>
>> http://pastebin.com/UJDZ1Hnk
>>
>> I read the code, and everything seems all right, from the setup to the
>> tests themselves. But I need to get my facts straight.
>>
>>    1. Aside from ssh-ing into the Nexus 7 and installing the testcases
>>    and running them, how can I actually run local testcases on my Nexus 7? The
>>    Autopilot community documentation hasn't explained this aspect.  I tried
>>    bzr, but it didn't quite work.
>>
>>
>  Your setup seems correct - that's not the source of the errors you have
> found (see below). Your two options are basically:
>
>  1) Done what you've done - log in to phone with ssh (or "adb shell", I
> guess but I've found that to be less reliable), get the tests, either using
> bzr or installing the package, and then run them with autopilot.
>
>  I have a Nexus 7, and I just ssh'ed in, and ran "sudo apt-get install
> music-app-autopilot; autopilot run music_app" [1].
>
>  2) Use the phablet-test-run script, which is part of the phablet-tools
> package. Using that, you can run something like:
>
>  phablet-test-run -p music-player-autopilot music_player
>
>  on your laptop, and it'll install the autopilot test package and run the
> tests. This is convenient, but often I find I want a bit more control, and
> so end up SSHing in anyway.
>
>
>>
>>    1. Why am I receiving the RuntimeError?  When I read the code, it
>>    seems the setup has been properly done.
>>
>>
>  That particular error means that the test tried to get a part of the
> application object tree, but the search criteria returned no results. This
> is commonly caused because the application hasn't fully loaded, or the
> tests have become out of sync with the application. [2]
>
>
>>
>>    1.
>>     2. When the testcase was running, the app itself didn't pop up to
>>    demonstrate the testcase in action.
>>
>>
>  This sounds like the application is somewhat broken - perhaps missing a
> runtime dependency that's not declared in it's debian/control file?
>
>
>>
>>    1.
>>     2. Finally, how can I actually put music into the Nexus 7?
>>
>>
>  That question is for someone else, I'm afraid.
>
>
>  If you need more help, I recommend joining the #ubuntu-touch and
> #ubuntu-autopilot IRC channels on freenode. Also, autopilot has
> documentation online here:
>
>  http://unity.ubuntu.com/autopilot/
>
>  Hopefully this information helps you out a bit.
>
>
>  Cheers!
>
> [1] Actually, there was a dependency issue which I had to fix first. Bug
> is here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/music-app/+bug/1204768
>
>  [2] Your issue has caused me to file this bug as well, you might be
> interested to provide your own opinion:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/autopilot/+bug/1204771
>
>  --
>  Thomi Richards
>  thomi.richards@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Hi Thomi,
>
> Thanks for the wealth of information there!  As much as I want to try out
> option two for running on my tablet, my Nexus 7 is currently stuck at boot
> (interminable rest at Google screen) after running autopilot music_app
> tests with my Nexus 7 plugged into my development laptop yesterday.  I will
> proceed as soon as my Nexus 7 is restored, an issue I'll ask on the
> ubuntu-phone mailing list. I scoured the web to no avail.  Perhaps, you can
> give me some advice on restoring as well.
>
> The runtime error resulted because I was actually missing a dependency.
> After installing it, the error was resolved.  Instead, a MismatchError took
> its place, which Victor reported and I hope is resolved soon.
>
> After reading your report [1], I'm actually itching to help out on the
> development of autopilot by working on the issue.  Is the task doable for a
> novice programmer?  I don't mind learning by doing.
>
> On putting music, I'll ask Nicholas.  He might know, as he suggested he
> did on his recent blog post on Music App testing.
>
> By the way, I'll be inactive for the next 2 days because I'm taking a
> family vacation.  When I return, I'll explore autopilot further and prepare
> myself to write a testcase. I'll also stop by on the autopilot channel.
> There's a lot to learn.
>
> Thanks!
>
>  [1]  https://bugs.launchpad.net/autopilot/+bug/1204771
>
> --
> John Kim
> Ubuntu QA & Doc Contributorjohnkim.ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
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