A lot of mobile apps rely on data that they retrieve from a server, and this integration between app and back end is important for the overall functionality of the app. At the same time it can also be a source of headache when UI tests fail because your back Read more…
Build Variants are different versions of your app, built from the same project. In this blog post I will show you how to create different build variants for your app, and how to setup your project structure to enable you to write different tests for different variants, while sharing the Read more…
A RecyclerView is a View that allows you to display a scrollable list of items in an app. It’s designed in a way to minimise resource usage of your device (such as memory), but that design also makes automation of a RecyclerView a bit harder. In this blog post I Read more…
Sometimes you’ll want to check whether a view is displayed or not during a test. Espresso supplies a few matchers that might be useful: isDisplayed() withEffectiveVisibility()doesNotExist() (this last one is actually a view assertion, not a matcher)These matchers are related, but check different aspects that play a role in the visibility Read more…
This is the third blog post in a small series that’s meant to introduce a bit of Android App development terminology to testers. The previous posts were about Activities and Views. This post is about View IDs. If you are automating Android apps with Espresso, you’ll be working with IDs as Read more…
This is the second blog post in a small series that’s meant to introduce a bit of Android App development terminology to testers. As a tester you don’t need to be an expert at app development, but knowing the basics of how apps are constructed will certainly help you make Read more…
You don’t have to be a developer to be able to automate an Android App, but having a basic understanding of the way an App works certainly helps. This is the first post in a small series aimed at giving a high level explanation of the way Android Apps are Read more…
Espresso is the Android test automation framework offered by Google. For the past few years I’ve had the pleasure of working with Espresso and I’d like to share a few features that contributed to this pleasurable experience. Synchronization capabilities Timing issues in tests are always unpleasant. Frameworks like Appium and Read more…