Stb-tester news, product announcements & testing topics.
Today we have published improvements to Stb-tester’s Object Repository to better support testing the same device or app across different territories, languages, and software releases. We have also improved the way that the Stb-tester Portal web interface displays information about each device in your test farm. Read more...
Stb-tester can capture logs from the device-under-test (such as ADB logs from an Android device) and display them alongside the logs from the Python test script itself. As always, the timestamps in the log are accurately synchronised with the video-recording of the automated test-run or manual testing session. Read more...
pyatv is an open-source tool (MIT license) for controlling Apple TV devices over the network. It uses AirPlay and other network protocols supported by the Apple TV. The most relevant features for us are: Listing the installed apps, launching an app, and sending text to the on-screen keyboard. Read more...
Stb-tester supports automated testing on the Nvidia Shield TV and Shield TV Pro. Read more...
An end-to-end test for your Alexa integration is easy to automate with Stb-tester. In this short video we issue commands to Alexa by playing pre-recorded audio files (“Alexa, play Mr. Robot”). Then we validate that the command was successful by looking at the video output from the set-top box (in this video, a Fire TV Stick). Read more...
Stb-tester has always supported Roku boxes (Roku HD, 2, 3, 4, Express, Express+, Premiere, Premiere+, and Ultra). Now, Stb-tester also supports the Roku Streaming Stick and Streaming Stick+. Read more...
Stb-tester supports automated testing on the Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. Read more...
Stb-tester’s cloud-based portal centralizes your test results and dashboards. It allows remote testing and live monitoring from anywhere in the world — your devices can be spread across multiple network locations, and your test team can be remote too. Read more...
There are several mature open source and proprietary tools for testing the user interface of mobile apps on Android and iOS devices, but there aren’t many solutions for internet service providers or video-on-demand streaming services who want to test video playback on real mobile devices to validate their end-to-end video delivery. In this article I’ll discuss various ways of getting video frames from a mobile device for automated testing, and the advantages and trade-offs of each approach. Read more...
To test a PS4 app you need a mechanism to control the PS4 and a way to get feedback to check that your app is behaving as it should. Read more...
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