Native mobile app testing

[slavingia]

What

• Native mobile app testing support in Shortest for iOS and Android.
• Core workflows to install, launch, and interact with real/emulated apps using Shortest’s plain-English test syntax.
• Additional setup docs or scripts to simplify environment configuration for mobile testing.

Why

• Users need the same straightforward, AI-assisted test coverage for native mobile apps that Shortest offers for web.
• Reduces QA overhead by allowing devs to reuse the existing Shortest approach (plain English tests) across all platforms.
• Unlocks the $2,000 bounty for the first contributor to implement iOS + Android support, payable in cash, Anti-Work (Gumroad, Inc.) equity, or a combo.

[gladyshcodes]

Maybe worth creating new shortest-mobile repo for it?

[slavingia]

Why? I think one repo is much less cognitive load and seems reasonable to have it be able to test all 3 platforms using computer use.

[gladyshcodes]

Why? I think one repo is much less cognitive load and seems reasonable to have it be able to test all 3 platforms using computer use

Ok

One more question: do you think that is a good idea to spin up expo react native? we need env to run and test mobile Shortest tests

[slavingia]

Yeah not sure the approach but something like that for sure will be useful.