Learning Android Application Testing

Android testing framework

Android provides a very advanced testing framework that extends the industry standard JUnit library with specific features that are suitable to implement all of the testing strategies and types we mentioned before. In some cases, additional tools are needed, but the integration of these tools is, in most of the cases, simple and straightforward.

Most relevant key features of the Android testing environment include:

• Android extensions to the JUnit framework that provide access to Android system objects
• An instrumentation framework that lets the tests control and examine the application
• Mock versions of commonly used Android system objects
• Tools to run single tests or test suites, with or without instrumentation
• Support to manage ...