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.

[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.

[slavingia]

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

[crmchattie]

Is someone/are people actively working on this? I'm interested in helping out. If not, I will start.

[rmarescu]

@gladyshcodes has a draft PR #260. Probalby best to collaborate on that one, to reduce duplicate effort.

[rmarescu]

I think we can discuss technical details next week, and scope for best approach. For now, we should pause development on this until we have a better foundation in place.

[crabest]

instead of another repo, wouldn't be better to have a seperated folder for mobile with its core functions just my draft https://github.com/anti-work/shortest/pull/230/files ?

[rmarescu]

Not a priority right now, will reopen then time comes.