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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
    </li>

    <li><a href="{@docRoot}tools/testing-support-library/index.html#Espresso">Espresso</a>:
    UI testing framework; suitable for functional UI testing within an app
    </li>

    <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
    </li>
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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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