[android-beginners] Sending Unicode characters in unit tests?
Hi, I have been using InstrumentaionTestCase.sendKeys(String) for typing text into text boxes in our app. This works fine for english charaters but now I need to type Chinese (unicode) characters which does not work. It just skips the unicode charaters. If I use the chinese keyboard on Emulator, then also it sends only english characters and I have to select chinese from the suggestions. Is there a way to simply type chinese like sendKeys() works for english? Thanks Yasser -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android 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
[android-beginners] Setting volume to max?
Hi, I am using the following code to play an audio file. MediaPlayer mp = new MediaPlayer(); mp.setDataSource(sdcard/Music/test.amr); mp.prepare(); mp.setVolume(1.0f, 1.0f); mp.start(); This plays the file but at the same media volume that's set on the device. mp.setVolume(1.0f, 1.0f) doesn't seem to work. Since I am testing speech simulation in my app, I need the file to play at the maximum volume always. Or Is there another way I can set the media volume to max programatically? Thanks Yasser -- 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
[android-beginners] Separate AndroidManifest for tests?
Hi, Currently in our app, the unit tests (ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2) and the app code both share the same AndroidManifest.xml. Is it possible to have a separate manifest file which the tests can use i.e. having 2 manifest files in a package? Thanks Yasser --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Re: Simulate speech on emulator?
Thanks Natalya. I think these are basically for playing audio in the emulator. My task is to feed audio into the microphone just like a person would normally speak into it. On Sep 14, 9:53 pm, Natalya Dobry natalyado...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 6:48 AM, Yasser yassersiddi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I saw that emulator has the followin options -audio backend use specific audio backend -audio-in backend use specific audio input backend -audio-out backend use specific audio output backend You can see this from coman line do emulator -help . Regards. My application records the audio data coming from Microphone, saves it to an AMR file and then sends it to the server for results. Is there a way I can change the AudioSource from microphone to some audio file? This way I would be able to simulate the speech functionality. OR in some way if I can feed audio file into the mike it will solve my purpose. Thanks Yasser- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Simulate speech on emulator?
Hi, My application records the audio data coming from Microphone, saves it to an AMR file and then sends it to the server for results. Is there a way I can change the AudioSource from microphone to some audio file? This way I would be able to simulate the speech functionality. OR in some way if I can feed audio into the mike it will solve my purpose. Thanks Yasser --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Finishing all the running activities?
Hi, I want to completely exit my application under test in my test code (ActivityInstrumentationTestCase) before launching each test. Since there is no exit in an android app. Is there a way I can traverse through all the activities of an app so that I call Finish() on each i.e. finish all the activities that have been started. Thanks Yasser --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Re: How to send uppercase letter using InstrumentationTestCase.sendKeys() ?
Thanks Balwinder. Passing the character after SHIFT_LEFT or SHIFT_RIGHT did the job. Isn't there any single method which can be used to send any character type including special? something like sendKeys(@Abc) On Sep 2, 8:23 am, Balwinder Kaur (T-Mobile USA) balwinder.k...@t- mobile.com wrote: Did you try KEYCODE_SHIFT_LEFT or KEYCODE_SHIFT_RIGHT ? Balwinder Kaur Open Source Development Center ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. On Sep 1, 7:57 pm, Yasser yassersiddi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Using the sendKeys() function I am able to send small letters like sendKeys(A B C). How to send capital letters? I didn't find any key event for them in KeyEvent class. Is there any separate event that I have to send prior to sending a letter, in order to make it uppercase? Thanks Yasser- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] How to send uppercase letter using InstrumentationTestCase.sendKeys() ?
Hi, Using the sendKeys() function I am able to send small letters like sendKeys(A B C). How to send capital letters? I didn't find any key event for them in KeyEvent class. Is there any separate event that I have to send prior to sending a letter, in order to make it uppercase? Thanks Yasser --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Re: Install app on a device?
Thanks a lot Carmen and Michael. I am not able to find this app, there is no download link on this: http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news/email-android-apps-with-apkatcher/ On Aug 25, 7:10 pm, Michael Leung michaelchi...@gmail.com wrote: That is good, AppsInstall is only from SD card. Therefore, I need to connect phone by USB. On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Carmen Delessio carmendeles...@gmail.comwrote: Apkatcher also works. Send your APK to gmail open with apkatcher Carmen On Aug 25, 2009, at 9:02 PM, Michael Leung michaelchi...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, that is an app calls AppsInstaller in the Android Market. It can do the job you want. I have written some instructions about this issue in my blog. http://www.itblogs.info/index.php/2009/07/23/install-android-apps-fro... On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Yasser yassersiddi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have HTC Magic and I want to install an android app (APK) on it. I did the following: 1. connected phone to PC and then used HTC sync to synchronize with windows 2. run adb install command For this I had to install and setup android SDK and HTC sync. Is there any simple way of installing an app for a normal user, like copying it to SD card and then selecting it to install? Thanks Yasser -- Regards, Michael Leung http://www.itblogs.info http://www.michaelleung.info -- Regards, Michael Leunghttp://www.itblogs.infohttp://www.michaelleung.info- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Install app on a device?
Hi, I have HTC Magic and I want to install an android app (APK) on it. I did the following: 1. connected phone to PC and then used HTC sync to synchronize with windows 2. run adb install command For this I had to install and setup android SDK and HTC sync. Is there any simple way of installing an app for a normal user, like copying it to SD card and then selecting it to install? Thanks Yasser --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] How to unlock screen through code?
I want to unlock the emulator screen before running the tests, otherwise they are stuck till i manually clcik on menu to unlock the screen. tried this but it doesn't do anything. sendKeys(KeyEvent.KEYCODE_HOME); Thanks yasser --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] How to wait for an activity under test to launch?
Hi, I am writing tests using the Android test framework ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2. In this after launching an activity I want to wait till it gets fully launched and then proceed. I tried these but none of them work. 1. getInstrumentation().waitForIdleSync(); 2. while (!getActivity().isFinishing()) Thread.sleep(100); As a result my test code and the application under test are not in sync. Thanks Yasser --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] How to run instrumentation?
Hi, In the instrumentation class description it's given When running with instrumentation turned on, this class will be instantiated for you before any of the application code I included an instrumentation component in our application/package code and also added it in the manifest file. But when I run the app, the instrumentation is not launched, how to turn it on? Thanks Yasser --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] How to test activity integration using the test framework?
Hi, My application under test has multiple activities. Example Scenario: - The first activity has a text box and a search button. - After entering some text and clicking the search button, the results are displayed on a separate activity. With ActivityInstrumentationTestCase for the first activity, I can launch that but on clicking the search button nothing happens because that's a different activity. So I cannot verify the results, How to test such an integration? Thanks yasser --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Communication API/mechanism to talk between emulator-desktop?
Hi, Is there is any way to send a message from device/emulator to the desktop. Any API available in Android for this? Thanks Yasser --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Re: How to log test results in a file? - logcat error
Thanks Brett, that helped.. The log messages I write in the test code are not included in the output using -r option? to get those i need to run logcat. Also is there a mechanism to send messages from the emulator to desktop? -Yasser On Jul 14, 8:48 pm, Brett Chabot brettcha...@android.com wrote: If this helps, you can run the instrumentation from the command line with the -r option specified. ie adb shell am instrument -w -r pkg.android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner This will output the test results in a format that is intended to be parseable. This is how the Android plugin to Eclipse retrieves the test results. There is existing code in python (development/testrunner/am_instrument_parser) and java (development/tools/ddmlib/.../testrunner) in the Android open source project which can parse the instrumentation raw mode results. Brett. On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Yasseryassersiddi...@gmail.com wrote: The test results are just visible in the Eclipse IDE. Actually I need to create an automated report after the run parsing the test results. On Jul 13, 6:06 pm, Brett Chabot brettcha...@android.com wrote: Try piping the output to a file: adb logcat fileName But I'm curious why you need to do this rather than just using Eclipse with the Android plugins to run your tests and obtain the test results. Brett. On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Yasseryassersiddi...@gmail.com wrote: I am getting log messages by logcat command but when I try to use adb logcat -f filename, it gives could't open output file: read-only file system error. On Jul 13, 2:36 pm, Yasser yassersiddi...@gmail.com wrote: I can't find the resultinglogfile, where does it get created? On Jul 13, 1:55 pm, Radzell basketballd...@gmail.com wrote: use thelog.i() method On Jul 13, 4:37 pm, Yasser yassersiddi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am using assert methods of JUnit's Assert class on passing/failing of a test case. How can Ilogthese messages in a file on the desktop so that I can parse them to know the testresults? Thanks Yasser- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] How to log test results in a file?
Hi, I am using assert methods of JUnit's Assert class on passing/failing of a test case. How can I log these messages in a file on the desktop so that I can parse them to know the test results? Thanks Yasser --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Re: How to log test results in a file? - logcat error
I am getting log messages by logcat command but when I try to use adb logcat -f filename, it gives could't open output file: read-only file system error. On Jul 13, 2:36 pm, Yasser yassersiddi...@gmail.com wrote: I can't find the resultinglogfile, where does it get created? On Jul 13, 1:55 pm, Radzell basketballd...@gmail.com wrote: use thelog.i() method On Jul 13, 4:37 pm, Yasser yassersiddi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am using assert methods of JUnit's Assert class on passing/failing of a test case. How can Ilogthese messages in a file on the desktop so that I can parse them to know the testresults? Thanks Yasser- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] How to programatically launch an installed app?
Hi, I want to launch/start an already installed application like Calculator on Android and then send some keystrokes to it. Is there a way to programatically launch an app without having access to its code? Thanks Yasser --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Re: How to programatically launch an installed app?
To know the intent for an activity in order to launch it, do I need to have access to the app source code? On Jul 10, 1:23 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Yasser wrote: I want to launch/start an already installed application like Calculator on Android and then send some keystrokes to it. You cannot send keystrokes to other applications. Is there a way to programatically launch an app without having access to its code? If you can find out an Intent that launches it, you use startActivity() like you would any other activity. Finding the proper Intent can be a bit tricky, though there are methods on the PackageManager class that may help you identify what is launchable. Bear in mind, though, that unless those Intents are publicly documented, they are likely to break in future releases of Android (or of whatever 3rd party app you attempt to launch). -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy Need help for your Android OSS project?http://wiki.andmob.org/hado --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Re: How to programatically launch an installed app?
Thanks a lot Mark, that clarified my doubts. On Jul 10, 4:05 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Yasser wrote: To know the intent for an activity in order to launch it, do I need to have access to the app source code? Ideally, you have documentation telling you hey, it is perfectly acceptable to use this Intent to launch my application: Now, you can find out possible Intents other ways -- use PackageManager, watch messages in LogCat, examine the source code -- but any of those techniques may result in you creating something that will be unsupported over time. So, no, you do not necessarily need the source code, though it helps. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Development Wiki:http://wiki.andmob.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Re: How to install and run applications from within another application?
For getLaunchIntentForPackage(), it says it is undefined for type PackageManager and hence code cannot compile? i can see the other methods when I put . after getPackageManager() except this one. Thanks Yasser On Jul 6, 10:39 am, Justin (Google Employee) j...@google.com wrote: How does the process for retrieving system rights look like? Its a matter of signatures. Whoever signs the system is also going to need to sign any app that wants system privileges. I suppose this problem shouldn't exist if I was able to save the .apk file in the private directory of my application and then invoke the system install UI on the file. Well, no, you can't have your cake and eat it to. The package manager needs to be able to read the APK file to install the app. In order to do this you need to place the APK in a world-readable location because you can't have the same UID or GID as the package manager. No matter what you do, if you want to allow the package manager to read the file, everyone can. Now, if you put the file in your private directory and set the mode to MODE_WORLD_READABLE, the package manager may be able to read the file, I think it should be able to. Everyone else can, but they would have to know the exact path because I don't believe they can list the directory in which the file resides. Now, regardless of where the APK is placed, you should probably delete it after installation, otherwise you're at least doubling storage space required per application. If you delete the APK after its installed, you also fix your install only to device downloaded on. Cheers, Justin Android Team @ Google On Jul 2, 3:48 am, calleandersson calleanders...@hotmail.com wrote: I have been testing with the 'file://' prefix and got the following results: When saving an .apk file in the private directory of my application and trying to invoke the system installation UI, an parse error occured due to permission issues: 07-02 07:15:27.826: WARN/zipro(726): Unable to open zip '/data/data/ test.calle.helloworld/files/AndroidHelloWorld.apk': Permission denied 07-02 07:15:27.826: DEBUG/asset(726): failed to open Zip archive '/ data/data/test.calle.helloworld/files/AndroidHelloWorld.apk' 07-02 07:15:27.846: WARN/PackageParser(726): Unable to read AndroidManifest.xml of /data/data/test.calle.helloworld/files/ AndroidHelloWorld.apk 07-02 07:15:27.846: WARN/PackageParser(726): java.io.FileNotFoundException: AndroidManifest.xml ... 07-02 07:15:27.856: WARN/PackageInstaller(726): Parse error when parsing manifest. Discontinuing installation When I saved the .apk file on the SD card, everything went as supposed and the system installation UI was displayed. So far so good. However, I only want a downloaded .apk file to be installed on the same phone which downloaded it. If the application is placed on the SD card, wouldn't it be possible to use the same SD card in another phone (or copy the .apk file to another SD card used by another phone) and install the application on that phone too? Am I correct in these assumtions? With regards to what I wrote above, is it somehow possible to restrict an application file from beeing installed on any other phone except the very same phone which downloaded the .apk file (using my application)? Is system rights needed? I suppose this problem shouldn't exist if I was able to save the .apk file in the private directory of my application and then invoke the system install UI on the file. Regards, Calle On 1 Juli, 18:22, calleandersson calleanders...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Justin, Thanks for the tips about the 'file://' prefix and SD card, I will look into that tomorrow. How does the process for retrieving system rights look like? Is it the manufacturer of an Android device which decides if an application should have system rights? I suppose that that kind of clients must be installed/included in the device before it is released or am I wrong? Is there somehow possible to simulate that an application has system rights in the Emulator? By the way, I was thinking of using the same Intent code to start an already installed application but, currently, I'm using the following code which seems to work pretty well (and the class name doesn't need to be specified): Intent intent = getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage (packageName); startActivity(intent); Regards, Calle On 1 Juli, 17:18, Justin (Google Employee) j...@google.com wrote: The package manager way will not work, you need the permission you referenced, INSTALL_PACKAGES, which only the system has and is not obtainable by user-installed applications. I think your Intent-based method should work, I believe this is more or less what the browser does when you download an APK from the internet. I have two thoughts. First, you haven't specified
[android-beginners] GUI test tool/framework for Android?
Hi All, I need to interact with my Android application through its GUI in order to test it. Is there any tool/framework available which can be used to perform various user actions on the UI elements/controls like a button click, read/write some text into a textbox etc.? There is an Android Instrumentation Framework (part of SDK) but that's more for API or Unit testing not for functional testing. Thanks Yasser --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] GUI test tool/framework for Android?
I need to interact with my Android application through its GUI in order to test it. Is there any tool/framework available which can be used to perform various user actions on the UI elements/controls like a button click, read/write some text into a textbox etc.? There is an Android Instrumentation Framework (part of SDK) but that's more for API or Unit testing not for functional testing. Thanks Yasser --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Re: GUI test tool/framework for Android?
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. On Jul 7, 1:25 pm, Gabriel Branch mugaf...@gmail.com wrote: If you are using eclipse to dev then you know the emulator is all part of what you are looking for. If you are not using eclipse then you should probably start using it. Go tohttp://eclipsesource.com/en/yoxos/yoxos-ondemand/and roll your own eclipse install with all the android, svn, jUnit stuff or whatever you like and you should be good to go. g On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Yasser yassersiddi...@gmail.com wrote: I need to interact with my Android application through its GUI in order to test it. Is there any tool/framework available which can be used to perform various user actions on the UI elements/controls like a button click, read/write some text into a textbox etc.? There is an Android Instrumentation Framework (part of SDK) but that's more for API or Unit testing not for functional testing. Thanks Yasser- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Re: GUI test tool/framework for Android?
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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
