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Schedule Mobile Emulation to Run Continuously

Schedule Mobile Emulation to Run Continuously

Key takeaways

  • Continuous mobile emulation turns a one-off check into a trend you can act on.
  • Schedule the viewports your analytics actually show, not a generic device list.
  • Alert on regression rather than reviewing every run.

Why should I schedule a “Mobile Emulation” test to run every hour or every day?

The answer is very simple: during the course of the development or even after the development is finished when changes are still done to the product is good to check how your application displays every day and put the running test on a dashboard, on a monitor or on a display in front of the product owners etc.

This process will make every change visible to the development teams, product managers and product owners.

How do I schedule my test ?

    • Scheduling a “Mobile Emulation” test is a very simple process. Click on the edit button for the test you want to schedule – like in the image below
    • On the test edit page on the lower side of the page you will find a drop down in which you can select how often should the test run – like in the image below
  • Choose the period and click “Save for later”

  • This is it. Now your test will run every time according to the selected period.

LoadFocus.com is a All-In-One Cloud Testing Platform for Load Testing and Performance Testing, Website Speed Testing, Automated Website Testing and Mobile Emulation for Websites, Mobile Applications and API Endpoints.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why schedule mobile emulation?

Because a single check is a snapshot. Running it continuously turns rendering into a trend, which is what catches a change that degraded one viewport.

Which viewports should I schedule?

The ones your analytics actually show. A generic device list spends effort on screens nobody uses and misses the one most of your visitors have.

Do I need to review every run?

No, and you will not. Alert on regression instead, so the runs work in the background and only ask for attention when something changed.

Chris

Head of Content at LoadFocus

Chris leads content and oversees development across the services this blog covers. The guides and tool comparisons here come out of the same decisions that shape what ships.

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