Android

AppThwack – Android and Webapp Cloud Testing Service

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Another new cloud testing service is available, named AppThwack. AppThwack is currently available for testing Android Apps but will soon provide the possibility to test also mobile web apps on different test devices. See a Sneak Peak in the company blogpost about the web app testing. If you want to test your Android app on different … Read more

OutOfMemory Exception with Robotium – Update IV

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If you are using Robotium for test automation your Android app and you have many test cases that must be executed, you may run into an OutOfMemory Exceptions after a certain time of test execution. I have this problem with my test suite. The full test suite consists of around 110 test cases. Besides the … Read more

YAATT – Yet Another Android Testing Tool

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Thanks to my colleague @the_qa_guy I got the information that there is another test automation tool for Android Apps. The tool is called bot-bot and provide a selenium like test automation for native Android Apps using a capture & replay functionality. The tool is developed by Imaginea and based on the keyword driven approach. bot-bot … Read more

Useful new Android Tool also for QA – Lint

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Since the last Android ADT update 16 there is a new tool included called Lint. Lint is able to scan Android projects for potential new bugs! Here is a short list of possible problems Lint is checking: Missing translations Layout performance problems Unused resources Inconsistent array sizes Accessibility and internationalization problems Icon problems Usability problems … Read more