Robotium: Android UI Test Automation Tool

[minitu]

Robotium

Robotium is an UI test automation tool for an Android application. In other words, it provides an easy and efficient way to write extensive tests for the user interface of your Android application.

There are several benefits of using Robotium:

• Requires minimal knowledge of app
• Minimal time for test writing
• Good readability of test cases
• Robust test cases
• Fast test execution

(excerpt from Robotium homepage)

The overall steps of using Robotium are as follows: 1. Download Robotium 2. Add downloaded .jar file to the build path of your test project (In Eclipse: right-click on test project → Properties → Java Build Path → Add (external) Jar) 3. Write tests, taking advantage of Robotium APIs (Sample application with test project) 4. Run the test (In Eclipse: right-click on test class → Run as → Android JUnit Test) 5. Fix your application

Refer to the links below for more information on Robotium.

• Robotium homepage
• Download Robotium releases
• Offical Robotium tutorials
• Robotium tutorial by Vogel

[bgchun]

@minitu Thanks for sharing the info.