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[Feature] Run Playwright tests on real mobile device browsers?
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Description
Is there any way to connect to a device, start a browser (e.g. chromium instance on Android) and run the tests?
If not, what is missing at this point to be able to use it on both Android and iOS?
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### **Note from maintainers:**
Please refer to the https://playwright.dev/docs/next/api/class-android for
instructions on how to use Playwright with Chrome for Android, Android
WebViews and Android itself
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the Android API documentation linked in the maintainer note and review the issue discussion for the current device-browser support and remaining gaps. Define what support for real Android and iOS browsers would require, and document the concrete capabilities and acceptance criteria before implementation.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, ios, typescript
- Domain
- mobile, testing-qa
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100