WINDEV Mobile Concepts

Part 4: Advanced concepts 65 Test of a WINDEV Mobile application By testing the project you can simulate how the application will run. This allows you to test the entire application, even if it is still being developed. WINDEV Mobile includes several types of project tests: • Test on the development computer . This test simulates a mobile device on the development computer. No connection to a device is required during this test. This test allows you to use the debugger. However, since the test is run on a PC and not on the actual device, there may be some differences regarding application behavior. • Real test (iPhone or iPad) . It is possible to test the iOS application directly on a mobile device. Simply: • download the WMDEV application to the device (available on the store). • scan the bar code displayed by WINDEV Mobile, which corresponds to the application to be tested. This option allows you to test the application directly on a real device. The debugger is available. • Test on iPhone/iPad simulator . The test of iOS application can be directly run on Mac when compiling the project in Xcode. This option does not require a real iPhone or iPad device to run the tests but it provides a more faithful execution than the "simulator" mode. • Test and debug on the mobile device (Android) connected to the development computer . This test allows you to use the debugger even though it is run on the mobile device. • Test on the Android emulator . The Android SDK is supplied with an emulator of Android device. The test of the application can be run in the emulator. This option does not require a real Android device to run the tests but it provides a more faithful execution than the "simulator" mode.