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| <h2>See also</h2> |
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| <li><a href="{@docRoot}training/testing.html">Best Practices for Testing</a></li> |
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| <p> |
| Testing is a critical software development activity because it helps you |
| improve the quality of your apps, ensure better user satisfaction, and |
| reduce overall development time spent on fixing defects. |
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| <p>The following sections describe tools that help |
| you test your mobile apps for the Android platform.</a> |
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| <dt><strong><a href="{@docRoot}tools/testing-support-library/index.html">Android |
| Testing Support Library</a></strong></dt> |
| <dd>This library provides a set of APIs that allow |
| you to quickly build and run test code for your apps, including JUnit 4 and functional user |
| interface (UI) tests. The Android Testing Support Library includes the following test automation |
| tools: |
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| <li><a href="{@docRoot}tools/testing-support-library/index.html#AndroidJUnitRunner">AndroidJUnitRunner</a>: |
| JUnit 4-compatible test runner for Android |
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| <li><a href="{@docRoot}tools/testing-support-library/index.html#Espresso">Espresso</a>: |
| UI testing framework; suitable for functional UI testing within an app |
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| <li><a href="{@docRoot}tools/testing-support-library/index.html#UIAutomator">UI Automator</a>: |
| UI testing framework; suitable for cross-app functional UI testing across system and installed apps |
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| </ul> |
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| <dt><strong><a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/monkey.html">Monkey</a></strong></dt> |
| <dd>This tool runs on your emulator or device and generates pseudo-random streams of user |
| events such as clicks, touches, or gestures, as well as a number of system-level events. You can |
| use the Monkey tool to stress-test applications that you are developing, in a random yet |
| repeatable manner. |
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| <dt><strong><a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/monkeyrunner_concepts.html">monkeyrunner</a></strong></dt> |
| <dd>This testing system provides an API for writing programs that control an Android device or |
| emulator from outside of Android code.</dd> |
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