Difference between Android Instrumentation test and Unit test in Android Studio?

Question

As of Android Studio 1.1rc there\'s Unit testing support and I\'m wondering what\'s the difference between Android Instrumentation Tests and Unit tests.

Answer 1

Unit Testing

It Runs on the local machine only.

Instrumentation Test case

It Runs on the android device or emulator .if you check the test case it runs on emulator or android device