Different Android Test Automation Frameworks - What Works You the Best?

These are the slides for the presentation that Bitbar experts gave at Droidcon Berlin 2012 (http://de.droidcon.com/content/testing-device-compatibility-not-hard-you-think). The presentation included also a live demo of Recording tests with Testdroid Recorder 2.0 and running the same use cases with one click on all 100+ real Android devices in Testdroid Cloud.

Watch a live presentation at http://offer.bitbar.com/hassle-free-continuous-integration-combined-with-a-real-device-testing Thousands of mobile apps are developed and released every day. The fierce competition for attention of end-users has changed the way mobile developers build and test their apps – and how they utilize today’s mobile devops tools to gain advantage of productivity, effectiveness and speed. Stay tuned and join our upcoming webinars at http://bitbar.com/testing/webinars/

Watch a live presentation at http://offer.bitbar.com/learn-the-best-practices-of-mobile-game-testing To get the best start for your mobile game - or just to improve the existing game's possibility to get in front of hundreds of millions of gamers - we'll be sharing our insights, best practices and lots of tips&tricks how to gain advantage in this race. Stay tuned and join our upcoming webinars at http://bitbar.com/testing/webinars/

http://www.techforum.prathidhwani.org/appium/index.html Appium Basics Appium Desktop Android Locator Types and Inspector Tools Appium Capabilities Mobile Interactions - Swipe and Scroll Page Object Model and Dependency Injection Real Device v/s Emulators / Simulators iOS Automation Cloud Automation Appium Tips and Tricks Please follow the steps in the below link to configure your system for the workshop https://medium.com/@syamsasi/setting-up-appium-on-windows-and-ubuntu-ea9a73ab989

Automated testing of Android apps using Appium, AndroidDriver, Selenium and C#. Speaker: Svetlin Nakov BurgasConf, July 2021 Contents: Appium: Overview, Architecture, Installation The Android Emulator Appium for Android App Automation Inspecting Android apps UI from Appium Using AndroidDriver<AndroidElement> Using Appium for Android from NUnit Testing on Physical Android Device

This document provides information about Appium, an open source test automation framework for use with native, hybrid and mobile web apps. It discusses Appium's architecture and features, how to set up Appium for testing iOS and Android apps, different language clients available and requirements for writing tests in Java. The document also covers new capabilities and strategies introduced in Appium, such as TouchActions and MultiTouchActions.

This presentation was presented in Android Only! 2011 conference on June 14th. With more than 300 different Android devices out on 6 different platform versions, application developers are facing a real nightmare when trying validate that their applications really work on their customers' devices. While fragmentation is a new thing in Android platform, it is not new in software industry and there are several ways to deal with device fragmentation from testing point of view. This presentation discusses most common approaches to tackle fragmentation from application developer's point of view and explains why testing for device compatibility is a must for any serious Android application developer.

Watch a live presentation at http://offer.bitbar.com/do-you-enjoy-espresso-in-android-app-testing Majority of us love coffee but let's put that aside and focus on Espresso - by Google. This exciting new test automation framework just got open sourced and is available for app developers and testers to hammer their app UIs. Espresso has a small, predictable and easy to learn API - built on top of Android Instrumentation Framework - and you can very quickly write concise and reliable Android UI tests with it. Stay tuned and join our upcoming webinars at http://bitbar.com/testing/webinars/

The explosion of multi-platform mobile application development has created an extensive testing burden for quality organizations – and a huge opportunity for test automation ROI. Factoring in the idiosyncrasies of individual device models and carriers magnifies both the challenge and opportunity. Attend this session to learn how to extend test automation to the mobile platform and realize significant ROI. You will come away with best practices for implementing test automation effectively and efficiently across multiple mobile platforms and devices utilizing various types of mobile test automation tools. Specifically, tool independent techniques for creating a single test suite capable of executing across multiple platforms and devices will be discussed.

This document discusses appium architecture and how it was used to test 20-30 apps developed by 60+ developers over 10 months. It provides information on appium, selendroid, and the different architectures and workflows used for testing Android and iOS apps. Key points covered include the appium server architecture, WebDriver protocol, supported platforms, and challenges faced with testing such as slow test speeds, device failures, and network infrastructure issues.

This document discusses automated UI testing for mobile web and native apps. It covers testing mobile web apps with Selenium, testing native Android apps with Robotium, and testing native iOS apps with Frank. Key points include why automated UI testing is important, common pitfalls to avoid, and how the future of testing may involve writing tests in plain English scenarios using frameworks like Cucumber.

The document compares three mobile automation testing tools: Appium, Calabash, and Robotium. Appium provides a cross-platform solution that supports Android, iOS, and FirefoxOS. It uses the Selenium WebDriver JSON protocol and can run tests written in various languages. Calabash consists of Android and iOS libraries for interacting with mobile apps via gestures and assertions. It also supports testing HTML5 parts of hybrid apps. Robotium is an Android testing framework that simplifies writing functional tests using minimal app knowledge. It handles multiple app activities and integrates with build tools.

Finding the right test framework is the key for getting your automated process right. This slide-show is a list of a few automated UI test frameworks, each with its characteristics, for Android and iOS.

The document discusses testing Android applications with Selendroid. It provides an overview of Selendroid, including its architecture and major components. It also covers how to set up and launch Selendroid, write tests with the Selenium API, and use the Selendroid Inspector tool to help develop tests.

This presentation will help anyone interested to have a quick start guide on Appium for automation testing on Android and iOS mobile apps.

The document discusses Appium, an open source test automation framework for testing native, hybrid and mobile web apps. It provides an overview of Appium and how it can be used to test both mobile web and mobile apps on Android and iOS. The document also summarizes how to set up the environment for Android automation using Appium, including writing sample scripts and discussing framework best practices. Advanced locator strategies for Appium like MobileBy, ByAccessibilityId and ByAndroidUIAutomator are also covered.

This document discusses automating tests for native mobile applications. It begins by describing the challenges of testing iOS applications using Apple's UI Automation and Instruments tools. It then reviews two attempted approaches for automation that were brittle and difficult to use at scale. The document advocates for using Appium, an open source test automation tool that allows controlling native and hybrid applications using the WebDriver protocol. It provides an example of using Appium to automate tests for a native iOS application and discusses the tool's benefits and limitations. In closing, it outlines opportunities to further enhance Appium's capabilities and integrations.

Appium is a cross-platform solution for automating native and hybrid mobile app testing on iOS and Android using the WebDriver protocol. It allows tests to run on simulators, emulators, and real devices for both native and hybrid apps. Appium uses UIAutomation for iOS and UIAutomator or Selendroid for Android to drive tests by mapping WebDriver commands to platform-specific APIs.

There's a shift to open-source mobile test automation tools happening today among developers and QA. Many mature technology sectors are adopting lightweight, vendor-transparent tools to fulfill the need for speed and integration. But as with many free and open-source software markets however, a plethora of tools complicates the selection process. How do you know which tool is worth spending the time to learn and integrate in your own environment? These slides aim to help you choose which open-source test automation framework to use based on a number of critical considerations.

The document discusses open source testing tools for mobile applications. It begins by explaining that mobile testing requires automating both the application and the full user environment. It then reviews five popular open source test frameworks - Selenium, Appium, Calabash, Espresso, and XCTest UI - comparing their suitability for different uses like web, native, and hybrid apps. Key criteria that organizations should consider when choosing a framework include supporting multiple frameworks, flexibility, autonomy, full end-to-end coverage, and unattended reliable testing. The document concludes with a demonstration of a test automation tool called Quantum that integrates various open source frameworks.

Watch a live presentation at http://offer.bitbar.com/best-practices-for-devops-in-mobile-app-testing In essence, the core of DevOps methodology aims to speed up the app development delivery and process by getting devs and operation specialists to collaborate throughout the end-to-end app development and deployment process. Stay tuned and join our upcoming webinars at http://bitbar.com/testing/webinars/

Appium is clearly the world leading framework for mobile apps test automation. Adoption of Appium is in constant rise, and for the good reasons. Yet, in many cases those who do their initial steps or even progressing with the framework realize that the world is not that simple, challenges arise, limitations are discovered and one can find himself wondering whether the right decision was taken in investing the time and money into it (yes... open source cost you money). In this talk we will pause for a while, review why Appium is an outstanding framework, while also do a reality check of the cons and pros of Appium, helping you make the best out of it, or at least have a clear understanding of what's ahead of you.

Presentation given at the T44U 2013 conference. The presentation covers the work at the University of Bristol on the Prospectus Editing Tool (PET) and the experiences of using the T4 API.

The session talked about the m-biblio project (http://mbiblio.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/) which is being undertaken at the University of Bristol. The project is investigating the use of mobile devices in capturing references and looking at how it might be possible to gather useful statistics for the Library, including data about library items that are often confined to branches such as periodicals, journals and reference books. The presentation will cover a number of topics, including technical issues and findings from a workshop held with students on the challenges they face in managing references.

A short introduction why Robolectric will make testing more fun on Android and how to set it up in Eclipse.

Watch a live presentation at http://offer.bitbar.com/the-status-of-android-hardware-and-software-from-app-developers-point-of-view During the Q1’2014, we conducted a major research where we gathered and analyzed data of executed test runs at Testdroid Cloud. There were over 5.4M tests, 100K+ test cases, and 232-269 real Android devices used during three months. This webinar will focus on results, both from hardware and software point of view - and how app developers need to deal with those issues. Stay tuned and join our upcoming webinars at http://bitbar.com/testing/webinars/

Watch a live presentation at http://offer.bitbar.com/maximize-the-benefits-from-your-test-automation-investment Test automation can actually turn your development to super agile, enable you to start making revenue sooner, improve the overall quality of your applications and process. This new, superior way of development and testing can make you very cost-effective, increase significantly your developer productivity and speed up time-to-market. Stay tuned and join our upcoming webinars at http://bitbar.com/testing/webinars/

The UIAutomator framework allows testing of Android applications through the user interface in an automated way. It works by using the uiautomatorviewer tool to inspect app layouts and UI elements, and the uiautomator API to programmatically interact with elements and assert results. Key classes include UIDevice for device actions, UISelector for locating elements, UIObject for interacting with elements, and UIScrollable for scrolling. The document provides examples of using these classes to perform actions like clicking buttons, opening menus, and scrolling to locate elements.

The document discusses cloud testing and how it can be leveraged. It defines cloud computing and its services like SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. It then discusses different types of testing that can be done in the cloud like load testing, performance testing, functional testing, etc. It provides an example of a media company that was able to use Amazon cloud services to reduce costs and latency issues. In conclusion, it states that cloud testing is well-suited for the fast-moving digital world as it allows for quick deployment and is cost-effective.

Want more? Visit our official blog, QALounge.com! Brought to you by QASource.com. Cloud-based software testing allows for an on-demand approach to QA. Though this flexibility can be an asset, there can also be drawbacks. In this slide deck, we review the pros and cons of testing in the cloud.

2015년 9월 2일에 열린 아마존 웹서비스의 게임 개발 컨퍼런스 Gaming on AWS에서 발표된 김용우 솔루션즈 아키텍트의 강연 'AWS를 통한 기기별 테스트 – AWS Device Farm 소개 및 시연'의 발표자료입니다.

The document presents a technique called GUI ripping for automatically testing Android apps. GUI ripping systematically interacts with an app's user interface to generate test cases. When applied to an Android wordpress app, GUI ripping found 14 crashes from 4 bugs, whereas random testing found only 1 of the bugs. Future work will include publishing the GUI ripping tool and experimenting with more apps and test parameters.

Support slides for the test automation workshop realized at the iMasters Android DevConference 2015 at São Paulo. The workshop focus was around Unit Tests with JUnit, UI Tests with Espresso and UIAutomator and Testing your app in the cloud with Testdroid.