Android Testing

Visual tests catches UI imperfections that traditional UI tests miss. They detect misalignments, color issues, and layout problems across different devices and themes. This article introduces visual testing concepts, explains how screenshot comparison works, and demonstrates implementation.

The article explores different types of UI testing, such as end-to-end testing, UI testing with fake data, pixel perfection testing, and accessibility testing. The article also includes information on how to get started with UI testing in any project.

The "App Shortcuts" feature allows users to access a specific part of the application from the device's home screen. Users can see all available shortcuts by long pressing on the icon of the applications. In this article, we will learn how to test app shortcuts in Android apps.

Nowadays, mobile apps have many screens so that the projects can have many UI tests. When a project is large, we can have hundreds or thousands of UI tests, and running them locally can be time-consuming. In this article, we will explore different ways of grouping test cases.

Many developers use string resources for development, and we can use similar resources for testing Jetpack Compose code with UI tests.

Designers and developers pay more attention to animations. This article will explore how to test animation created with Jetpack Compose.

Many accessibility features are integrated into the Android, and others can be installed and used via apps. We will explore how to change them via UI or ADB commands.

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Runtime Android Permissions were introduced in Android 6.0 (API 23), and starting from then, we could change the state

This article is a part of the "Efficient Android testing" series: * Introduction * Local and Instrumentation tests in Android

A Fragment is an essential component of building the modern UI of an Android application. Every Fragment should be attached to an Activity that complicates the testing of Fragment in isolation. In this article, we will talk about how to test Fragments in isolation.

Efficient UI testing series * Introduction * Local and Instrumentation tests in Android * Android Studio and Android SDK tools * UI Testing Frameworks