| ActivityManagerPerfTests |
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| Performance tests for various ActivityManager components, e.g. Services, Broadcasts |
| * These are only for tests that don't require a target package to test against |
| * Self-contained perf tests should go in frameworks/base/apct-tests/perftests |
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| Command to run tests |
| * atest -v ActivityManagerPerfTests |
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| Overview |
| * The numbers we are trying to measure are end-to-end numbers |
| * For example, the time it takes from sending an Intent to start a Service |
| to the time the Service runs its callbacks |
| * System.nanoTime() is monotonic and consistent between processes, so we use that for measuring time |
| * If the test app is involved, it will measure the time and send it back to the instrumentation test |
| * The time is sent back through a Binder interface in the Intent with the help of Utils.sendTime() |
| * Each sent time is tagged with an id since there can be multiple events that send back a time |
| * Each test will run multiple times to account for variation in test runs |
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| Structure |
| * tests |
| * Instrumentation test which runs the various performance tests and reports the results |
| * test-app |
| * Target package which contains the Services, BroadcastReceivers, etc. to test against |
| * Sends the time it measures back to the test package |
| * utils |
| * Utilities that both the instrumentation test and test app can use |
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| Adding tests |
| * Example |
| * Look at tests/src/com/android/frameworks/perftests/am/BroadcastPerfTest and |
| test-app/src/com/android/frameworks/perftests/amteststestapp/TestBroadcastReceiver |
| for simple examples using this framework |
| * Steps |
| * Add any components you will test against in the target package under |
| test-app/src/com/android/frameworks/perftests/amteststestapp/ |
| * Add the test class under tests/src/com/android/frameworks/perftests/am/tests/ |
| * The class should extend BasePerfTest |
| * Each test should call runPerfFunction() returning the elapsed time for a single iteration |
| * The test has access to a Context through mContext |
| * If you are measuring the time elapsed of something that either starts or ends in the target |
| package |
| * The target package can report the time it measures through an ITimeReceiverCallback passed |
| through an Intent through Utils.sendTime(intent, "tag") |
| (or however a Binder needs to be passed to the target package) |
| * The instrumentation test can collect that time by calling getReceivedTimeNs("tag") and |
| calculate the elapsed time |
| * Each timestamp sent to the instrumentation test is tagged with a tag since multiple timestamps |
| can be reported in an iteration |
| * If the target package should be running before your test logic starts, add startTargetPackage(); |
| at the beginning of the iteration |
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| * Reporting |
| * Look at internal documentation for how to add new tests to dashboards and receive notification |
| on regressions |
