I had put my own experiences with the Android testing framework on a blog post here: http://androidgps.blogspot.com/2008/10/testing-with-android-framework.html
It is not super detailed, but as I got both the apidemo tests and my own tests to run that way, it might contain a missing hint for others. Ludwig 2008/10/14 Mark Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Andrew Stadler wrote: > > Yes, you've also figured out that the name "packages" has been > > overloaded here. In the context of the package manager, as well as > > the way that Instrumentation is applied, we are referring here to > > Android packages, which are mostly typically found in .apk files. > > <snip> > > > Anyway, as I said before, at the end of the day for any given app+test > > pair, you should be able to build both packages, install both > > packages, and view them using "adb shell pm list packages". Only > > then, try running them.... > > Well, that got me further. Sorta. > > I'm trying to test a library (JAR exposing a public API), not an app. So > I tried setting targetPackage to be the closest thing I have to an > "app", which is a sample app (xyz.sample). That works but claims there > are no test cases in xyz.sample. That's absolutely true -- the test > cases are in xyz.test -- and I have no idea why it would be looking in > xyz.sample for tests when my adb shell command is telling it to run > tests in xyz.test. Heck, I don't even know why it cares about xyz.sample > in the first place. > > What seems to work is making targetPackage in the manifest be the test > package itself (xyz.test). That at least claims to run the tests, and I > see the names of my tests in logcat output. > > However, the fact that all tests are run twice, and assert(false); > passes both times, doesn't exactly inspire me with confidence. > > But, that's OK. I'll skin the cat some other way. Perhaps I'll circle > back to the Android testing framework sometime in the future. > > Thanks again for the help! > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 1.3 Published! > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
