Ranorex is a software testing tool that provides test automation for multiple environments, devices and software applications. It allows the users to perform functional testing on desktop, web or mobile applications. It supports various user interface technologies that includes Java, HTML, C#, Flash, Android, iOS and Silverlight. It reduces test automation maintenance offering complete flexibility i.e. script-free testing for the non-programmers, seamless integration of Ranorex into the existing environments. It allows the users to create, maintain and run automated tests. It makes the testing reliable with early detection of bugs.

1. Introduction to Ranorex:
Components & Features

2. Ranorex is a software testing tool that provides test
automation for multiple environments, devices and software
applications. It allows the users to perform functional testing
on desktop, web or mobile applications. It supports various
user interface technologies that includes Java, HTML, C#,
Flash, Android, iOS and Silverlight. It reduces test
automation maintenance offering complete flexibility i.e.
script-free testing for the non-programmers, seamless
integration of Ranorex into the existing environments. It
allows the users to create, maintain and run automated
tests. It makes the testing reliable with early detection of
bugs.

3. Ranorex is a product worth trying if you are looking at
intuitive software testing automation solutions. The test
automation framework of Ranorex can be used to carry
out professional and functional test automation. The
specified product comes with a 30-day trial period,
allowing the QA Engineers to test various mobile
applications including Windows applications and native
Android/iOS applications.
Ranorex Library is modeled on the .NET framework. This
extensive library is the backbone of this popular
automation tool. Without writing a single line of code, test
cases can be written. The user actions are simulated
using the record and replay tool into the recording
modules. It makes use of Xpath technology for objects’
identification.

4. Components of Ranorex:
1. Automated Testing Software.
2. Ranorex Recorder
3. Ranorex Spy
4. Ranorex Repository

5. 1. Automated Testing Software:
Ranorex studio provides the Recorder, Repository and
Spy, all under the completely integrated test environment.
2. Ranorex Recorder:
With this tool, one can record the test cases by recording
and playing back a user’s actions while navigating through
the application during the testing process. In the recording
mode, while the user browses the application, the recorder
records the user actions in the action table, which can be
modified manually later on. The recorded user actions and
the associated UI elements are saved as individual items
and therefore can be easily accessed and edited.

6. 3. Ranorex Spy:
This tool lets the user to put the UI elements of an
application through the scanner. It is a query language that
allows the tester to validate the application in order to
identify and filter out various UI elements easily. This tool
provides the mapping information of these GUI elements to
change the Xpath.
4. Ranorex Repository:
UI elements of the application that are being analyzed can
be found under the Ranorex Repository. It is a part of
Ranorex Studio, the test development environment and is
also integrated with Ranorex Spy and Ranorex Recorder.
This repository can be used to create logical mapping of
these UI elements which will ultimately help in managing test
sequence actions and element identifications.

7. For each test project, a repository (.rxrep) file is created.
Different repositories can be created for different test cases.
Repository elements are mapped to the ‘Repository Element’
column in the Action table.

8. Features of Renorex
1. The powerful feature of Ranorex is Cross platform
testing. Once the test cases are written, they can be
executed on different mobile devices like Android and
iPhone.
2. It offers user interface object recognition model that
is reliable and is totally dependent on Ranorex XPath
technology.
3. It provides a toolset that allows the user to automate
the UI testing by recording the UI actions without
writing any code.

9. 4. It offers a spy engine which tracks the details of each
and every user interface element present on the
application’s screen. Its object recognition feature helps
the user to identify the UI elements of the application.
5. It directly records the test cases from the real mobile
devices. While editing the recorded steps, there is no
need to write a single line of code.
6. It supports text validation of any text view present on
the screen. For this validation, a variable is specified
and attached to the test case.

10. 7. It allows the Ranorex script to be executed from
anywhere in between the commands of a particular
test case.
8. It supports image-based validation i.e. the images in
the application can be compared with an expected
image as whole or subset of an image. The image
under test can be the screenshot of the application or it
can be directly uploaded in the software.