You're reading from Learning Android Application Testing Improve your Android applications through intensive testing and debugging

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2015

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781784395339

Length 274 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

Gradle

Concepts

Android Development

Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started with Testing FREE CHAPTER

2. Understanding Testing with the Android SDK

3. Baking with Testing Recipes

4. Managing Your Android Testing Environment

5. Discovering Continuous Integration

6. Practicing Test-driven Development

7. Behavior-driven Development

8. Testing and Profiling Performance

9. Alternative Testing Tactics

Index

Chapter 1. Getting Started with Testing

Firstly, I will avoid introductions to Android since it is covered in many books already, and I am inclined to believe that if you are reading a book that covers this more advanced topic, you will have already started with Android development.

I will be reviewing the main concepts behind testing, and the techniques, frameworks, and tools available to deploy your testing strategy on Android.

After this overview, we can put the concepts learned into practice. In this chapter we will cover:

Setting up the infrastructure to test on Android
Running unit tests using JUnit
Creating an Android instrumentation test project
Running multiple tests

We will be creating a simple Android project and its companion tests. The main project will be bare bones so that you can concentrate on the testing components.

I would suggest that new developers with no Android testing experience read this book. If you have more experience with Android projects and have been using testing techniques for them, you might read this chapter as a revision or reaffirmation of the concepts.