There's a TouchUtils class to simulate taps, drags, etc. On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Mark Murphy<[email protected]> 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 > > > >
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