Automatic Testing for Cordova/Phonegap Webview on Android

Question

I\'m currently looking for a solution to test Android Apps automatically, native Android apps as well as hybrid Cordova/Phonegap apps.

The UI Automator from Google looks

Answer 1

In first case we need to know what kind of tests you like to drive. I think you like to run functional tests on the UI? Thats what i can think about after reading your question.

So lets split this by the given environment:

native iOS

• unit tests -> do it in xCode. http://www.apple.com
• functionality tests -> http://appium.io/

native Android

• unit tests -> JUnit, http://developer.android.com/tools/testing/testing_android.html
• functionality tests -> http://selendroid.io/

native Web like phonegap/cordova Apps

• unit tests -> jsUnit, http://jsunit.berlios.de/
• QA Testing and Checkstyle -> jsHint/jsLint, http://www.jshint.com/ & http://www.jslint.com/
• functionality tests -> http://docs.seleniumhq.org/ & https://npmjs.org/package/ripple-
• functionality tests (E2E) -> https://angular.github.io/protractor/#/ or https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine
• Here is a article about JavaScript QA / QS

native X - The out of the Box solution for all Platforms

• Here we are. There is none atm. But .. footage is that one here:

Gappium based on appium uses json for writing your tests. As i get the thread right, it was testet with Web/iOS for this moment. Android/Win seems not be integrated for this moment:

https://github.com/appium/io.appium.gappium.sampleapp

Note for phonegap & apache cordova functional tests:

Its possible to use ripple and selenium for testing hybrid apps. Keep in mind that some native function/plugins (hehe native functions on hybrid apps ... =) cant be tested or need to be mocked on a unknown way. Thats the footage for this moment.

Maybe usefull for you Continous Integration Server:

https://github.com/linslin/PHPUnit-selenium-HTMLGallery