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~ Matthias Käppler ~~ Matthias Käppler ~

February 23rd, 2010

  

1h Workshop1h Workshop(1) Writing Android tests 5m

(2) Writing Android tests: Example 15m

(3) Build management / Maven 5m

(4) Build management / Maven: Example 15m

(5) Build automation / Hudson 5m

(6) Build automation / Hudson: Example 15m

  

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How do we write tests for Android?

  

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As usual! Android uses JUnit 3

android.test:

AndroidTestCase < junit.framework.TestCase

InstrumentationTestCase < junit.framework.TestCase

  

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AndroidTestCase

ApplicationTestCase

ProviderTestCase2

ServiceTestCase

  

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InstrumentationTestCase

(SyncBaseInstrumentation)

(SingleLaunchActivityTestCase)

ActivityUnitTestCase

ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2

  

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How do we run tests for Android?

  

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Using Instrumentation.

  

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Work it!

  

Build managementBuild management

Nice, we have tests now.

But my build serverdoesn't click buttons.

  

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We need something that can runbuilds from the command line.

  

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Maven 2 does these sorts of things.

(and MUCH more, in fact)

  

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Maven 2 is a build system.

  

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Maven 2 is a dependencymanagement system.

  

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Maven 2 is a life-cyclemanagement system.

  

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Maven 2 is a report anddocumentation generator.

  

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In fact: Maven 2 is a platform.

  

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There's a plugin for Android!

maven-android-plugin

  

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Maven's central notion is the project.

It's described by the POM.

  

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Let's have a look at one...

  

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Nice, we can now build and deploy our app from the command line.

But we still have to do it manually.

  

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What we need is a build server, which automatically triggers builds.

  

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Hudson does these sorts of things.

  

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Hudson is a continuuous integration server. It can run builds when people commit pieces of work.

This is extremely helpful for discoveringsoftware regressions early on.

  

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Hudson is a Java Web application.It consists of a single WAR.

$ java -jar hudson.war

  

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Let's run it.

  

More informationMore information

maven.apache.org

code.google.com/p/maven-android-plugin

hudson-ci.org