This week some familiar tier 1 test suites began running on a new test
platform labelled "Android 7.0 x86" on treeherder. Only a few test suites
are running so far; more are planned.
Like the existing "Android 4.2" and "Android 4.3" test platforms, these
tests run in an Android emulator running in a docker container (the same
Ubuntu-based image used for linux64 tests). The new platform runs an x86
emulator using kvm acceleration, enabling tests to run much, much faster
than on the older platforms. As a bonus, the new platform uses Android 7.0
("Nougat", API 24) - more modern, more relevant.
This test platform was added to support geckoview testing. Tests run in the
geckoview-based TestRunnerActivity (not Firefox for Android).
To reproduce the main elements of this test environment locally:
- build for Android x86 (mozconfig with --target=i686-linux-android)
- 'mach android-emulator' or explicitly 'mach android-emulator --version
x86-7.0'
- install the geckoview androidTest apk
- run your test command using --app to specify the geckoview test app,
something like 'mach mochitest ... --app=org.mozilla.geckoview.test'
Great thanks to the many people who have helped enable this test platform,
especially :wcosta for help with taskcluster and :jchen for investigating
test failures.
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