How do you test an Android application across multiple Activities?

Question

We are building a complex Android application consisting of many screens and workflows spread across many Activities. Our workflows are similar to what you might see on a Ba

Answer 1

I'm surprised no one has mentioned some of the leading automated functional testing tools. Compared with Robotium, these don't require writing Java code.

MonkeyTalk: an open-source tool backed by the company Gorilla Logic. Pros: provides recording as well as a higher-level scripting language easier for non-technical users, and is cross-platform (includes iOS). Given those benefits as requirements, we've found this to be the best solution. It also allows customization beyond what can be done in their scripting language using Javascript.

Calabash-Android: an open-source tool for Cucumber-style features. Pros: write features in the Gherkin language which is Business Readable, Domain Specific Language that lets you describe software’s behavior without detailing how that behavior is implemented. Similar but not exact support is available for iOS in cucumber-ios. Recording capabilities are not as good, as they produce a binary output.

A couple of other references:

• Here are some additional comparisons between Robotium, Monkeytalk and Calabash. It mentions TestDroid as another possibility.
• This blog mentions the above plus NativeDriver and Bot-bot.