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- When a change is merged into the mobile codebase, new binaries for all relevant apps are built and placed in a location where the integrated test system can be initiated.
- At a minimum, this includes the SimplyE mobile app and a "vanilla" app that works just like SimplyE but contains no DRM secrets and no code that is not oipen source.
- When a change is merged into the circulation-patron-web web-based client repo integrated test system can be initiatied
- Integration tests are able to use a variety of test credentials against a variety of real servers and real libraries, as necessary to fulfill the purpose of the test.
- Integration tests are able to operate on different types of data without having to hope that the server sends them appropriate data.
- As much as possible, integration tests are run through the standard mobile interface accessible to human end-users, and do not require special lower-level access to mobile APIs.
In general the automation lifecycle looks as on the picture below
GitHub Actions:
Unit Test:
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