[santonoff]

We are evaluating the use of MobiOne as a tool to performance test servers interfacing to iPhones using LoadRunner. To do this, I need to install the iPhone app into the iPhone emulator and run the app under the control of LoadRunner’s VUGen program.

MobiOne: 1.4.3
OS: Windows 7 32 bit virtual machine (VMware)
RAM: 2GB
Processors: 1
Networking: VMware NAT using host network address

Host machine is:
OS: Windows 7, 64 bit
RAM: 8GB
Processors: Dual core (Intel Core 2 Duo, 3GHz)

The first step would be to install the app under test.

I have tried to do this by sending the URL to the test center. The install catalog appears but when I attempt to install the app, MobiOne complains that the URL is invalid. The same process works on a iPhone.

The url attached to the INSTALL button is:
https://launchpad.mm.mutualmobile.com/d/11546.plist/e7fb5c0f5543b34c1d016b824d0f2090/4F58FA3D

The response to this request from IE is an XML page, below. Is this no acceptable to MobiOne’s emulator?

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″ ?>
<!DOCTYPE plist (View Source for full doctype…)>
– <plist version=”1.0″>
– <dict>
<key>items</key>
– <array>
– <dict>
<key>assets</key>
– <array>
– <dict>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software-package</string>
<key>url</key>
<string>https://launchpad.mm.mutualmobile.com/d/mutualmobile/mutual-mobile-app-store/mutual-mobile-app-store_3.0.2.ipa/2d15265ca7e8721d95ada6b5dc910f95/4F58FAE7</string&gt;
</dict>
</array>
<key>metadata</key>
– <dict>
<key>bundle-identifier</key>
<string>com.mutualmobile.appstore</string>
<key>bundle-version</key>
<string>3.0.2</string>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software</string>
<key>title</key>
<string>MM App Store</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>

[support-michael]

@santonoff

The MobiOne emulator is limited to mobile web emulation. Native iOS apps can not be installed on any env other than iOS devices, not even Apple’s iOS simulator. The emulator can give you a good approximation of the iOS mobile safari and webview experiences. But for final app testing there is nothing better than on-device testing. I am not familiar with VUGen but have used other environments to run visual test scripts for app my iOS devices. For example we have a lab of devices. Some are jailbroken to use remote desktop tools such as ScreenSpltr+iDisplay or Veency for presentations and testing. I have used Veency for testing visual scripts. Because it is VNC-based it is not the fastest env if doing performance testing.

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