How do you test an Android application across multiple Activities?

Question

We are building a complex Android application consisting of many screens and workflows spread across many Activities. Our workflows are similar to what you might see on a Ba

Answer 1

I'm working on pretty much the same thing, and I'll probably go with a variation on the accepted answer to this question, but I did come across Calculuon (gitHub) during my searches for a solution.

Answer 2

Try the Monkey tool testing

Step 1:

open the android studio terminal(Tools-> open terminal)

Step 2:

In order to use monkey , open up a command prompt and just naviagte to the following directory.

 export PATH=$PATH:/home/adt-bundle-linux-x86-20140702/sdk/platform-tools

Step 3:

add this monkey command into terminal and press enter..

see the magic in your emulator.

adb shell monkey -p com.example.yourpackage -v 500

500- it is the frequency count or the number of events to be sent for testing.

you can change this count..

More reference,

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/android/android_testing.htm

http://androidtesting.blogspot.in/2012/04/android-testing-with-monkey-tool.html

Answer 3

There is another way to do the multiple activity using ActivityInstrumentation Class.. Its a normal automation scenario... First get the focus of what ever object you want and then send a key Simple as that sample code

button.requestFocus();
sendKeys(KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER);

Only thing is understanding the every API calls will help us.

Answer 4

I haven't personally used it, but ApplicationTestCase looks like it might be what you're looking for.

Answer 5

Found this useful with a couple of modifications. Firstly getInstrumentation().waitForIdleSync() will cure the flakiness SingleShot speaks of and also InstrumentationTestCase has a lauchActivity function that can replace the start activity lines.

Answer 6

you can do it like this to avoid the flake waiting times out of sync :

final Button btnLogin = (Button) getActivity().findViewById(R.id.button);
Instrumentation instrumentation = getInstrumentation();

// Register we are interested in the authentication activity...
Instrumentation.ActivityMonitor aMonitor = 
        instrumentation.addMonitor(mynextActivity.class.getName(), null, false);

getInstrumentation().runOnMainSync(new Runnable() {
         public void run() {
             btnLogin.performClick();
         }
     });

getInstrumentation().waitForIdleSync();

//check if we got at least one hit on the new activity
assertTrue(getInstrumentation().checkMonitorHit(aMonitor, 1));