How to use monkey and monkeyrunner tools for android testing?

Question

How do you use monkey and monkeyrunner tools for android testing?

What are the basic commands needed?

Answer 1

These three steps should help you set it up:

1 ) Get inside this directory - ~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools

2) Start server - ./adb start-server

3) Command to test 5000 random keystrokes in your app - ./adb shell monkey -p your.package.name -v 500

For more information check this out. https://developer.android.com/studio/test/monkey.html