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Devices and browsers

For admins and QA leads1 min readUpdated for v4.0

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Tests run on phones and in browsers. KaDeep has both in its cloud, ready to use. Add your own computers and devices when you need something the cloud can’t reach.

1. Phones: open Devices

Section titled “1. Phones: open Devices”
In the sidebar, open Workspace › Environments. The Devices tab opens.
Choose the settings icon at the bottom of the sidebar, then Devices.
Devices: where phone tests run, cloud phones, your computer, and Choose where each platform runs (Manage view)
Devices: where phone tests run, cloud phones, your computer, and Choose where each platform runs (Manage view)

Manage view

Devices: where phone tests run, cloud phones, your computer, and Choose where each platform runs (Hands-on view)
Devices: where phone tests run, cloud phones, your computer, and Choose where each platform runs (Hands-on view)

Hands-on view

  • 1 Where phone tests run shows the choice for Android and iPhone.
  • 2 Cloud phones: Android emulators run by KaDeep. Nothing to install.
  • 3 Your computer: emulators, simulators and USB phones on a paired computer. Choose Pair now.
  • 4 Choose where each platform runs: pick emulator images, simulators or real phones.
  • 5 Check again after you plug in a phone or start an emulator.

2. Browsers: open Browsers

Section titled “2. Browsers: open Browsers”

Choose the Browsers tab.

Browsers: the cloud browser in use, the browser in the desktop app, and Set up browsers (Manage view)
Browsers: the cloud browser in use, the browser in the desktop app, and Set up browsers (Manage view)

Manage view

Browsers: the cloud browser in use, the browser in the desktop app, and Set up browsers (Hands-on view)
Browsers: the cloud browser in use, the browser in the desktop app, and Set up browsers (Hands-on view)

Hands-on view

Choice Use it when
1 Cloud browser Most of the time. Chromium in the cloud, runs in parallel, nothing to install.
2 Browser in the desktop app Your app is on localhost or behind a VPN. You can watch and take over.
3 Set up browsers You want runs to go to your own browser service.

3. Add your own computer

Section titled “3. Add your own computer”
  1. Install the desktop app on the computer.
  2. Pair it with the project.
  3. Come back here and choose Check again. The computer and its devices appear.

What’s next

Section titled “What’s next”
Local devicesEmulators, simulators and USB phones.
Test on phonesRun tests on Android and iOS.
Set up checklistBack to the list.