Reuse text, URL, and file inputs through the share sheet

Capability overview

How can I use reusable share inputs in TestDock?

With Pro, save text, URL, and local-file fixtures per app profile and open them in the operating system's share sheet.

Keep your mobile app’s test links together and open them on the device where your app runs. Paste or type any URL to open it right away, share a link in from Slack, Mail, or Safari, and save the routes you check often so the next test starts with the right input.

Fixture types

Text, URL, and file inputs saved for each app

A share fixture is a named input you want to pass into an app through the share sheet. When you create one, choose Text, URL, or File as the input type. Text fixtures can hold any text. URL fixtures must be a complete http or https address.

For a file fixture, tap Choose file and pick a document. TestDock copies the file into its own storage for that app profile, so the fixture does not depend on the original file staying in place. You can set a MIME type, which the system uses to find compatible receiving apps. On iOS you can also add a Uniform Type Identifier, such as com.adobe.pdf.

Share inputs are part of TestDock Pro.

Opening the share sheet

Start the share flow with the same input on every build

Open share sheet passes the saved input to the operating system's share sheet. You pick the receiving app there, the same way a user would. That lets you test how your app accepts shared text, links, or files without rebuilding the input each time.

When the sheet closes, TestDock says so. It cannot tell which app you chose or whether that app processed the input, so confirm the result in the target app and write it down, for example in a scenario note.

• Keep inputs that reproduced past bugs, such as long text or URLs with query parameters
• Save one file per format the app claims to accept
• Name fixtures after the behavior they check, not the file name

Limits

What carries over to another device

Text and URL fixtures are included in a Pro profile export and work immediately after import. File fixtures keep their name and type details, but the file itself stays on the original device. After import or duplication, choose the file again before sharing it.

Deleting a fixture also deletes TestDock's copy of its file. Deleting the whole profile removes all of its copied files.

Fixtures are kept per app profile, so inputs for one app never appear in another app's list. Edit a fixture to change its text, URL, or type details, and use Replace file to swap the stored copy for a newer version of the document.

In the workflow

How to use it

1. Create a fixture

   Open the Share tab, tap New fixture, name it, and choose Text, URL, or File.

2. Add the content

   Enter the text or URL, or choose the file and set its MIME type. On iOS, add a Uniform Type Identifier if needed.

3. Open the share sheet

   Tap Open share sheet and select the app under test from the list the system shows.

4. Check the result

   Look at how the target app handled the input and record pass or fail, since TestDock cannot see that step.

Useful in practice

When to use it

Related manual

Set up your first TestDock app profile

Create a persistent profile for an installed mobile app and record the schemes and platform metadata its tests depend on.

Direct answers

Questions about reusable share inputs.