Mssbox, um pacote python para facilitar a automação de testes mobile que envolvem sim cards usando o hardware matrix SIM switch box

Abstract

Mobile apps require testing like any other software system. However, running mobile tests is quite challenging, as you need to think carefully about each test type when thinking about creating test cases. For automation, the challenges are even greater due to the variety of devices, operating systems and mobile network issues. Bringing it to the testing scenario on cell phones, one of the ways to test considering the mobile network is by inserting a SIM card in the device. The need to manipulate these SIM cards during testing is the challenge that this work seeks to explore. The present work has as main objective to present a tool to aid in the automation of tests that need this manipulation and the development of a package that allows the tool to be used in automation. For this, an action research was carried out through an experiment in a mobile testing project, in which it was possible to describe the tool and its functionalities, as well as the necessary steps for its use. It is also described how the created package was structured and the tests implemented to use the package. Finally, it was possible to identify the benefits that can be obtained using this tool for test execution and automation on cell phones.