Learning Android Application Testing

Testing local and remote services

When you want to test an android.app.Service, the idea is to extend the ServiceTestCase<Service> class to test in a controlled environment:

public class DummyServiceTest extends ServiceTestCase<DummyService> {
    public DummyServiceTest() {
        super(DummyService.class);
    }

    public void testBasicStartup() {
        Intent startIntent = new Intent();
        startIntent.setClass(getContext(), DummyService.class);
        startService(startIntent);
    }

    public void testBindable() {
        Intent startIntent = new Intent();
        startIntent.setClass(getContext(), DummyService.class);
        bindService(startIntent);
    }
}

The constructor, as in other similar cases, invokes the parent constructor that passes the Android service class as a parameter.

This is followed by testBasicStartup() ...