Thanks Mark. I will look more into the instrumentation framework. Questions: - Can I use this framework for UI operations without having access to the app source code? - So it means there is no way in Android for querying controls and then performing actions on them?
Thanks Yasser On Jul 7, 3:49 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > Yasser wrote: > > I am running my app on the android emulator. > > I am looking for a tool through which I can programatically perform > > (simulate) user actions on the app's GUI. A tool like WinRunner or QTE > > (may be not that advanced) which can interact with the GUI. Actually I > > need this to develop test automation for my app. > > The instrumentation framework, which you dismissed earlier, is the answer. > > >>> There is an "Android Instrumentation Framework" (part of SDK) but > >>> that's more for API or Unit testing not for functional testing. > > That is incorrect. Use android.test.ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2 and > sendKeys() to simulate user input. Admittedly, this only works for > keyboard/trackball events (not touch events, AFAIK), but it is better > than nothing. > > More importantly, short of improving the instrumentation framework, you > have no other real option for black-box GUI testing, due to Android's > security measures. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, $35/Year --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
