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Documentation App Live Native Device Features

Native Device Features

Introduction

App Live enables you to use native device features to test your mobile app on thousands of real Android & iOS devices in our Real Device Cloud. With our intuitive interface and native behaviour support, you can instantly get started.

Features

Natural Gestures and Interactions

Interact with your mobile app on the remote device, just as you would with a real device in hand. Use trackpad to scroll, swipe, tap, long press, and pinch to zoom.

Support for long press and pinch to zoom on iOS10 and above is on our roadmap.

App Store & Play Store

Login with your Apple ID or Google account to install apps from Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

Note:

  1. We do NOT store user details of Google account/Apple ID account used for sign-in. After every session, we sign out any existing user accounts, wipe all the data and bring the device back to pristine state.
  2. This feature is only enabled for paid users.
  3. For iOS, this feature is available for devices on iOS10 and above.

TestFlight

Our iOS devices are pre-installed with TestFlight. Login to the app with your Apple ID to directly install and test your beta apps distributed for internal/external testing.

Note:

  1. We do NOT store user details of Apple ID account used for sign-in. After every session, we sign out any existing user accounts, wipe all the data and bring the device back to pristine state.
  2. This feature is available for devices on iOS10 and above.

Geo-location Testing

Geo-location testing allows you to simulate the location of the device to test the location based scenarios for your app.

All our devices have GPS enabled. Furthermore, use our in-session dock to simulate location of device by using our easy to use map interface or specifying longitude and latitude.

Localization Testing

Localization testing allows you to test your mobile app in different language and region settings. Use our in-session dock to set your required locale and start testing.

Note:

  1. For Android, selecting a language updates the device Settings. Keyboard language may or may not change depending upon device's native behavior.
  2. For iOS, selecting a language and region restarts the app with applied changes.
  3. For iOS, this feature is available for devices on iOS10 and above.

Push Notifications

Push Notifications are enabled for both development and published apps. This feature is available for both Android and iOS devices.

Note:

  1. For iOS, this feature is available for devices on iOS10 and above.
  2. To test push notification for iOS apps in development, install app via TestFlight.

Camera Access and Pre-loaded Images

Camera access (front and rear) is enabled for all Android & iOS devices. The gallery in each device includes pre-set images and videos for your testing.

Network Simulation

Network simulation allows you to test performance and behaviour of your app by simulating device network conditions. Use our in-session dock to switch between pre-set profiles such as 2G, 3G and 4G. You can also set your custom network profile by configuring bandwidth, latency and packet loss.

Test Dependent Apps

Install multiple apps on the device and test inter-app flows between the dependent apps. Use 'Install app' option provided in the in-session dock to install your apps or install from App Store or Play Store.

Orientation

Test your app in landscape or portrait mode. Use our in-session dock to switch between orientations.

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