Recording Mobile Native Phone application using LoadRunner.
Select MobileApp(HTTP/HTML) protocol from the list of protocols available in LoadRunner v11.52 or higher and proceed with the below steps specified
- Mobile App (HTTP/HTML): A protocol enabling you to develop scripts using mobile devices or device emulators communicating with servers over HTTP. You can record network traffic into a capture file (PCAP file) and create a VuGen script. Additionally, you can use a mobile emulator on your VuGen machine to develop your scripts.
Instead of using phone emulator that can run on windows, we can capture the network
traffic to generate the vugen script.
Find the below link to Setup
an Ad hoc connection to connect the Phone to the vugen machine to capture the
network traffic.
1. Mobile
App (HTTP/HTML) protocol.
Using Record and Analyze Traffic – Use Mobile
sniffer agent to capture traffic and then analyze recording option we can
capture the network traffic
Click on
next to go to below screen
- Recording Traffic on local host: We can capture traffic to our local computer by connecting your mobile device to your local host. Clicking Connect will launch the mobile sniffer agent. Continue the Record and Analyze method using the Recording Wizard.
- Host URL: The URL where sniffer agent resides.
- Click on connect
- Record Network Interface: Select the network adapter on which you want the mobile agent to listen.
- Click on Start Recording and perform the business process on the Phone while Load runner records the traffic.
- Once business process is completed stop recording. Then a pop up comes to save the recorded traffic.
- Save it as .PCAP file and use this file to generate the script.
- Follow the Generating script using the captured file steps to generate the script.
Filter based on server
side: The IP address and
port of the server whose traffic you want to examine
Filter based on client
side: The IP address of the
client whose traffic you want to examine
Click on Finish to generate the script from the
captured file
The generated script
looks like web HTTP/HTML protocol script. All the enhancements like
parameterization, correlation, transaction points, verification checks etc.,
can be done to the script.
