REU Program at ECU “Software Testing – Foundations, Tools, and Applications”
Mobile Testing
Demonstration Using
MonkeyRunner
Ernest Holston and Brandi Amstutz
DEMONSTRATION CASE STUDY
Our goal was to write a simple test script to perform
the following objectives on two different Android
devices for GUI comparison:
 Install APK
 Launch application
 Simulate simple user interaction
 Capture screenshots and write to file
 Uninstall application from device
CASE STUDY SPECIFICATIONS
DEVICE
MAKE
MODEL
ANDROID OS
1
Samsung
Galaxy Note 10.1
4.1.1
2
Motorola
RAZR M
4.1.2
 Application: Foursquare
 Functions to simulate:
 Search for “Joyner Library”
 Check in with a status message
 Return to our personal profile page
 Delete “Joyner Library” check-in
 Return to device home screen
WHAT IS FOURSQUARE?
 A social networking site that allows you to “check – in” to the
places you visit
 Integrates with Facebook and Twitter which helps you share your
location with all your friends
 In some special cases, checking – in to certain locations can even
give you the opportunity to receive special offers from that specific
location
WRITING THE TEST SCRIPT
 This is the Android
Debug Monitor.
 It’s the program that
is used to get the
coordinates of
specific locations on
the phone
SCREENSHOT
RESULTS
From The Application Test Script
Screen Activity
Launch application
Type login credentials
Device #1
Device #2
Screen Activity
Type “Joyner Library”
into search bar
Checking in (Joyner
Library)
Device #1
Device #2
Screen Activity
Post check-in (Joyner
Library)
NOTICE: Screen
flipped to portrait mode
after checking in
Return to profile page
Device #1
Device #2
Screen Activity
After selecting the
Joyner check-in
After the deletion of the
Joyner check-in
NOTICE: Even though the check
– in has been deleted (as shown
by the boxes near the bottom of
the screens), it still shows up on
the profile
Device #1
Device #2
GENERIC TEST SCRIPT RESULTS
**Fault in the application**
In an attempt to use a
generic test script, upon
clicking Joyner Library
(After searching for it on
the profile page) it
brought us to this page.
CONCLUSION
 Mobile testing is an important form of software testing
 It helps to produce better quality applications on the market
 MonkeyRunner is an Android Development Kit tool that allows
people to test out applications using the screenshot features it
provides
 It is very beneficial for Android application developers, who may
use it to locate some bugs within an application and fix them, and
even for students who want to learn how to test Android
applications for their personal benefits
REFERENCES
 http://developer.android.com/tools/help/monkeyrunner_concepts.h
tml#APIClasses