About Mobile Screen Window

By default, the Mobile Screen window is hidden. To make it visible:

1. Attach the mobile device to your computer. If you are using a mobile device emulator, start it. If you are using an Android virtual machine, start it and connect Android Debug Bridge to it.

2. Click the Show Mobile Screen button on the Test Engine toolbar. This toolbar button is visible by default. If the button is hidden, you can make it visible as it is described in the topics about preparing TestComplete and test computers for testing.

If there is only one mobile device connected to your computer, TestComplete will show the Mobile Screen window that will display the screen of the connected device. If there are several connected devices, TestComplete will invoke the Select Current Device dialog where you need to specify the device (physical device, emulator or virtual machine) with which you are going to work.

Below is a sample view of the Mobile Screen window that displays the connected Android device (for iOS devices, the window looks similar, however, the controls of unsupported features are hidden):

As you can see, most of the window area is occupied by an image of the device’s screen.

The toolbar holds items that let you control the window size, switch between connected devices and perform other test-related actions. For more information on the window toolbar and its elements, see Mobile Screen Window Toolbar.

The footer contains buttons that emulate functionality of the device’s physical buttons. For more information on the window footer and its elements, see Mobile Screen Window Footer.

The Mobile Screen window is used to record tests against mobile applications: TestComplete records only those actions that you perform in this window and ignores the actions that you perform on the device, emulator or virtual machine. The Mobile Screen window also lets you start recording of multi-touch events. The latter must be recorded and simulated on devices that support a touch-sensitive interface.

Since the Mobile Screen window must be open in order to record tests for mobile applications, it is not affected by the Minimize TestComplete option. Once you start recording and the Mobile Screen window is opened, all TestComplete windows are minimized except for Mobile Screen.

The following links provide detailed information on the window and on testing mobile applications:

Preparing for Android Testing

Preparing for iOS Testing

Preparing for Xamarin.Forms Testing