Robotium

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Introduce

• What is Robotium ?• How can setup ?• Why we need Robotium ?• When

What is robotium ?

• Android test automation framework• Support for native and hybrid apps.• Good solution for black box testing on

Android.• Can be execute test on AVD and Real device

Setup

• Newest version is 5.1• Requirement – JDK ( Java)– Eclipse– Android SDK– Download Robitium

http://code.google.com/p/robotium/downloads/list

Background – Junit test on Android

• Android testing based on Junit test• Test case classes can extend by the time.• Execute test using an SDK provided

Instrumentation TestRunner

Process

Application package

Instrumenation TestRunner Test Package

Test case classes, instrumenation, Junit,

mock objects,etc..

AVD or Device

DEMO

Why we need robotium ?• Requires deep knowledge of widgets

– Widget IDs– Widget Properties– What has focus– Order of widgets– Etc.

• Often requires deep knowledge of Android internals– Especially around menus, dialogs, etc.

• Makes for brittle unit tests– As the UI changes, the test often must change dramatically.

• Poor instrumentation– Instrumentation is a feature in which specific monitoring of the interactions

between an application and the system are made possible.– Use of runOnUIThread to execute UI work that isn’t covered by TouchUtils or

TestCase class.