Problems with running Android Activity unit-testing from Eclipse - android

Im having a problem starting or running any activity unit tests from within eclipse.
Even i start a clean project and make a simple test class it always prints to the console:
[2010-10-05 13:10:24 - testAndroid] Collecting test information
[2010-10-05 13:10:25 - testAndroid] Test run failed: Test run incomplete. Expected 2 tests, received 0
Any ideas ?
Just for testing, I have created a fresh Android project called Demo with a test project called DemoTest
The main activity to test is called Main and I have created a simple testclass MainTest that looks like this:
package net.demo.test;
import android.test.ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2;
import net.demo.Main;
public class MainTest extends ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<Main>
{
public MainTest()
{
super("net.demo", Main.class);
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
}
}
My tests used to run fine before, but suddenly I cant run any of them, they all fail with the same error, even I create new a project. It seems like it something to do with Eclipse or and not with the Code.
Update:
Seems like extending SingleLaunchActivityTestCase<Main> is working, but still got no clue about how to make ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<Main> working.

I had no regression problems. I just couldn't get the example to work. I finally fixed it by defining two constructors:
public MainActivityTest(String pkg, Class<MainActivity> activityClass) {
super("com.myapp", MainActivity.class);
}
public MainActivityTest() {
super("com.myapp", MainActivity.class);
}
It turned out that most emulators before 2.3.3 were silently swallowing the error generated when construction went wrong.

You must put at least 2 methods (i.e 2 test cases) into the Test class. even methods without definition inside can do the trick

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You will have something like
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#Rule
public ConditionalIgnoreRule rule = new ConditionalIgnoreRule();
#Test
#ConditionalIgnore( condition = NotRunningOnEmulator.class )
public void testSomething() {
// ...
}
}
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public boolean isSatisfied() {
return !Build.PRODUCT.startsWith("sdk_google");
}
}
EDIT
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The most straightforward solution I found is to use JUnit Assume API: http://junit.org/junit4/javadoc/4.12/org/junit/Assume.html
So, inside the test methods that can only be run on an emulator, I put this code:
Assume.assumeTrue("This test must be run in an emulator!", Build.PRODUCT.startsWith("sdk_google"));
This results in the said test being ignored when it isn't run on an emulator, and a handy error msg in the run window:
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Unable to log output in new android studio

I am new to Android Studio. I successfully created a Hello World app from the example in Android website. Now, I want to play around by using some statement to print in the logcat but it doesn't works. Below is my ApplicationTest.java code:
package com.example.abc.myloggingapplication;
import android.app.Application;
import android.test.ApplicationTestCase;
import android.util.Log;
/**
* Testing Fundamentals
*/
public class ApplicationTest extends ApplicationTestCase<Application> {
public ApplicationTest() {
super(Application.class);
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}
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Check View -> Tool windows -> Android Monitor.
Or Alt + 6
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Is it possible to have something like this? Either with Android/Robotium test frameworks or any other solutions
public void testAll() throws Exception {
test_001_LoginActivity();
test_002_MainActivity();
}
public void test_001_LoginActivity() throws Exception {
startActivity();
test_001_LoginActivity_001_emptyUsername();
test_001_LoginActivity_002_emptyPassword();
test_001_LoginActivity_003_incorrectValues();
test_001_LoginActivity_004_correctValues(); // MainActivity is opened on success
}
public void test_002_MainActivity() throws Exception {
test_002_MainActivity_001_profile();
test_002_MainActivity_002_list();
test_002_MainActivity_003_logout();
}
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test_001_LoginActivity() - OK
--->test_001_LoginActivity_001_emptyUsername() - OK
--->test_001_LoginActivity_002_emptyPassword() - OK
--->test_001_LoginActivity_003_incorrectValues() - OK
--->test_001_LoginActivity_004_correctValues() - OK
test_002_MainActivity() - NOK
--->test_002_MainActivity_001_profile() - OK
--->test_002_MainActivity_002_list() - NOK
--->test_002_MainActivity_003_logout() - OK
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Android test annotations with Robotium

I'm currently building an app in Android, and using Robotium to do functional tests (By the way, don't use Robotium on anything less that Android 1.6, it is way too buggy).
Some of these tests have a random tendency to fail, mainly Robotium missing a text field, or timing out, not reading text. I am trying to use the #FlakyTest annotation, so they will run two or three times before throwing out a failed test error. However, the annotation is not working, the tests do not re-run after a failure.
Here is how I am using the annotation:
public class ClassName extends ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<HomeActivity>{
#LargeTest
#FlakyTest(tolerance=3)
public void testMethod(){
//Here I run my roboitium scripts.
}
}
Then I run it from the command line:
adb shell am instrument -w com.jayway.test/android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner
Neither eclipse nor the command line execution of the tests takes into account the flaky test annotation. Does anyone see an error with how I am trying to apply #FlakyTest?
I can't see any issue with your use of the #FlakyTest annotation.
I put together a quick test case to test #FlakyTest and Robotium (v2.2):
public class FlakyTestCase extends ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<Main> {
private static int count = 0;
private Solo solo;
public FlakyTestCase() {
super("com.stackoverflow.example", Main.class);
}
#Override
public void setUp() throws Exception {
solo = new Solo(getInstrumentation(), getActivity());
}
#LargeTest
#FlakyTest(tolerance=3)
public void testFlaky(){
Log.e("FlakeyTestCase", "Execution Count:" + ++count);
solo.assertCurrentActivity(null,Main.class);
solo.clickOnText("Doesn't Exist");
Log.e("FlakeyTestCase", "Shouldn't make it here");
}
}
LogCat showed the following messages:
Execution Count: 1
Execution Count: 2
Execution Count: 3
So the #FlakyTest annotation was definitely being invoked. The (final) failure of the test was shown as:
junit.framework.AssertionFailedError: The text: Doesn't Exist is not found!
And the message "Shouldn't make it here" was never logged.
So as far as I can see, there is no issue with how you've declared your annotation or any problems with #FlakyTest and Robotium, v2.2 anyway.
Perhaps there is an issue with another part of your test code?
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Robotium missing a text field, or timing out, not reading text means
We have to check clearly if the text or any existed on the screen then only need to perform the actions like
if(solo.searchText("Doesn't Exist", true){
solo.clickOnText("Doesn't Exist");
}
Similar if any components like button or others we can achieve this by above logic.
Add this to your code:
import android.util.Log;

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