Your first Android scenario
Describe a repeatable Android task, define its starting state and completion criteria, then separate plan checks from device execution.
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1. Pick one task with a visible endpoint
Start with a sequence your team already understands. Name the application, the target device and the result an operator expects to see. Keep the first task limited enough that you can inspect the result directly and explain what happened at each stage.
Describe completion in terms of the work itself, not the automation tool. For example, your notes might identify the exact application state the operator should observe at the end. This is a criterion to agree for your task, not a promise that Taptain supports every application or can automatically verify every outcome.
2. Write down the starting conditions
Record the Android and application versions, the required connection and the state in which the device should begin. Include the task's inputs as descriptive examples without putting credentials or personal records into a shared brief. Ask another operator whether those notes are enough to reproduce the start.
List any starting states you have not accounted for. A task that works from one known screen has not yet been checked from every possible screen. Keeping those limits explicit helps you decide what belongs in the first scenario and what needs a separate test.
3. Describe each action and its check
Write the sequence as a working table with three entries for each stage: the state before the action, the intended action and what the operator can check afterwards. If a step says only “perform the task”, split it until its meaning is clear to someone who did not write the plan.
Taptain has a visual scenario editor. Use the prepared sequence to discuss how your task can be represented there and which actions are available in your environment. Do not assume that every action in a written procedure has a corresponding supported operation until this has been checked.
4. Decide what to do when expectations differ
For each stage, ask what the operator should inspect if the expected state is absent. Record when to stop the attempt, what information to retain and who decides whether it can be repeated. These are operating decisions to agree before execution; they are not claims about automatic recovery features.
Pay particular attention to actions that may leave a lasting change. If some work completes before a later step fails, running the entire sequence again could repeat that work. Define how to recognise the intermediate state and what must be checked before another attempt.
5. Separate a plan check from a device check
A dry run is useful for reviewing the planned sequence. It is not evidence that the actions happened on an Android device. Keep its outcome labelled separately from a device run so a planning result cannot be mistaken for a completed task.
For an approved device run, record the target and initial state, review execution status and available diagnostics, then inspect the outcome against the criterion agreed in step one. If the observations do not settle whether the work completed, record that uncertainty and investigate it before repeating the task.
6. Repeat only after the result is understood
Review the first attempt with the operator who knows the task. Update the procedure when the initial state or expected result was described incorrectly. Change one relevant condition at a time in the next check so you can understand why the outcome changed.
Taptain supports scheduling repeatable runs, subject to the capabilities and configuration of the execution environment. Before discussing a schedule, decide when the device is available, who will review failures and how a previous attempt's result will be checked. A schedule repeats the task; it does not replace understanding whether that task works in the intended environment.
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