pcloudy-plugins-for-jenkins

Avinash Tiwari | Posted on | 2 min Read

pCloudy Plugin for Jenkins

Jenkins Plugins

  • Deliver quality mobile apps continuously by automating the process of build integration using pCloudy Plugin for Jenkins
  • Test your mobile apps by setting automatic triggers to run your automation test scripts unattended on our real devices.
  • Use our easy and inexpensive solution to test your mobile apps on as many devices and environments as you need.

Download the plugin

http://pcloudy-content-distribution.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html?prefix=IDE%20Plugins/Jenkins/

 

Why use the pCloudy plugin with Jenkins?

 

Fast Feedback — Every time someone pushes new code into the source repository, it is crucial to ensure that the integrity of the software is maintained. The plug-in enables you to receive immediate feedback and to help you understand which changes when introduced, made either the compile/build cycle or the tests to fail, and how to revert it.

 

Streamlines and saves time – Spend less time on build integration and more time on app development. Much of the work of frequent integrations is handled by automated build and testing systems, meaning developer time isn’t wasted on large-scale error-ridden integrations. On the other hand, when app developers need to test their apps on a number of mobile devices, a cloud platform like pCloudy helps you to easily select, manage, or schedule real devices for app testing. It drastically reduces the amount of time spent on device management activities like maintenance of the devices and controlling the version of OS on the devices; and not just that, it also provides an access to a host of iOS and Android devices to install and test your app on.

 

Continuously and consistently improve app quality – Using Jenkins allows you to receive immediate feedback from automated testing whenever a new code is pushed. Further, by automating the testing on a range of real devices helps you to improve the quality of the app. With this integration of Jenkins and pCloudy, any bugs can be instantly detected and resolved, keeping the app software in a state where it can be safely released at any time.

 

Speedy Development — Automated build integration and automated tests running on Real devices can be triggered anytime, this enables decreased wait time and results in faster development and deployment. Additionally, integration costs are reduced as serious integration issues are less likely.

Using continuous integration tools like Jenkins with a mobile device cloud platform like pCloudy is a powerful combination that definitely unlocks faster, better and economical means of testing and releasing quality apps.

 

 

Installing the Plugin:

 

An Overview:

pCloudy has released a plugin for Jenkins which provides you access to the platform for performing automation testing of mobile apps from within Jenkins on real devices.

 

Prerequisites:

  1. An account in pCloudy with enough credits.
  2. An API Access key for authentication with pCloudy.com
  3. Chrome Browser on local machine
  4. Jenkins installed on local machine
  5. Download Jenkins pCloudy plugin

Preparation:

How to install the plugin:

 Launch Jenkins in a Web Browser -> Navigate to Manage Jenkins

 

Jenkins Plugins

 

Navigate to Manage Plugins

 

Jenkins Plugins

 


Navigate to Advanced Tab

 

Mobile App Testing Tool

 


Scroll down to Upload Plugin -> Click Choose File -> Browse for pCloudyJenkinsPlugin.hpi

 

Jenkins Plugins

 

Click on Upload, and wait for the pCloudy plugin to be installed.

 

 

How to run automation test execution from Jenkins using pCloudy’s mobile device Cloud?

 

Step 1: Launch Jenkins in a Web Browser

 

Step 2: Select New Item

 

Jenkins Automation Tool

 

Enter a Name for a project, select Project Type and Click OK

 

Jenkins Testing Tool

 

Navigate to Build -> Add build step -> select Execute Test Suite on pCloudy

 

Jenkins Automated Testing

 

Execute Test Suite on pCloudy will open a form

 

In Step 1, enter Authentication details for pCloudy

 

Jenkins Automation Tool

 

In Step 2, enter Execution details

 

Jenkins Automation Tool

 

a) CLI Path is a path where the test scripts are located. It can be in exe or jar format.

 

  i.  CLI Path for exe “C:\xyz.exe %USERNAME% %CLOUDURL%”

 

  ii.  CLI Path for jar “java -jar C:\xyz.jar %USERNAME% %CLOUDURL%”

 

Eg:

 

java -jar C:/Users/user/Desktop/pCloudy/Jenkins/TestMunk-Automation.jar %CLOUDURL% %USERNAME% %APIKEY% %APPPATH% %DURATION% %DEVICES%

 

b) App Path is the location of the .apk or .ipa file

 

c) Duration is the total time required to execute the entire test script

 

In Step 3, Select Devices

 

Jenkins Automated Testing

 

Finally, once configuration is complete click Save or Apply

 

Running Automation Execution

 

The Build can be triggered automatically to start a build as soon as a change is made, or can be manually triggered by clicking Build Now

 

Viewing Console Output

 

Select the Project you are working on

 

Jenkins Testing Tool

 

Select a Build from the Build History

 

Jenkins Automation Tool

 

Select Console Output

 

Jenkins Automated Testing

 

Jenkins Testing Tool

 

View the Reports

 

The complete execution reports can be viewed in the HTML format

 

Scroll down to the end of a Build’s Console Output

 

Jenkins Plugins

 

The complete execution report will be available in the path provided in the Console Output

Avinash Tiwari

Avinash Tiwari is a thought leader, a recognized keynote speaker, and the co-founder of pCloudy.com. He has 15+ experience in Product development and Testing. He brings with him a passion for emerging technology and quick adoption, both of which have solidified his reputation as a leader in the mobile app testing field.