You might use Monkey to test that your app handles only certain keystrokes, handles only keystrokes sent in a certain order, and doesn't crash if it gets anything else. For touch events, you could use it to test that random touches or gestures don't do something unexpected in your application. As the Dev Guide topic says, Monkey is for "stress-testing" your application.
MonkeyRunner provides limited scripting and control capabilities, so that you can write Python scripts to run test suites. The Froyo Dev Guide describes MonkeyRunner in some detail. You have to know Python in order to use it. You can send keystrokes and touch events to control the UI, but to send touch events you have to know the screen coordinates where you want the touch to occur. That means that you'll need to do some work by hand first, to figure out those coordinates. As far as I know, MonkeyRunner can't do gestures. Robotium is in Java only. It's like JUnit. You write something that looks like a Java program. The Robotium runner interprets it as a sequence of steps to run. There's documentation online; you should Google "Robotium". Suspend/restart could mean many things. You may or may not be able to test those functions automatically. In general, you can't easily test something that requires turning off the device. File copying from the network could be done in MonkeyRunner. It really depends on what you're trying to do. Since MonkeyRunner is essentially a Python module, you can write any Python program you want and add MonkeyRunner to it. Python can do just about anything you can think of. Python can accept user input. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to teach you Python or Java. This forum really isn't appropriate for that. On Jan 31, 2:29 am, raki <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Alk, > > Thanks a lot for the reply. > I had a look at Robotium. It seems it will solve my purpose. > > But I am still not clear on whats the difference between Monkey ad > Monkey runner. Can u please give a simple scenario explaining thier > main purpose and difference between each other? > > I would be grateful to you if you clarify the below questions as well? > > 1) To work with Robotium do I need to have knowledge on Java or can I > manage with Python itself? > 2) Power management processes like suspend/restart is a key part in > our testing. Can I achieve it using Monkey runner or Robotium? > 3) Can we automate the operations like file copy through network using > Monkey runner/Python? > 4) I would like to create scripts that accept inputs from user while > running. I have no knowledge on Python. Hope I can achieve it in > Python. Correct me if I am wrong. > > Thanks in advance. > > Rakesh > > On Jan 31, 2:40 am, "A. Elk" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I don't think that Monkey will give you the type of UI testing you > > want. It's mostly used to generate input while you test other things. > > > MonkeyRunner can do functional testing, but a better use for it is to > > run suites of system tests and then collect the results. Remember, > > too, that MonkeyRunner is an API, not a program; you have to write a > > Python program to use it. > > > You may also want to look at Robotium, which is similar to Selenium > > but with specific support for Android. > > > UI > > > On Jan 28, 12:06 am, raki <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I want to automate UI and functional testing on Android OS. > > > > I am in dilemma whether to use Monkey or Mokeyrunner for the purpose. > > > > I will not be able to access the source code for the applications but > > > I just need to test the applications, probably using Python/Shell > > > scripting. > > > > Can anyone suggest me which tool I need to use for best results? > > > > I also want to include power management operations in between my UI > > > testing processes. > > > > Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > > Rakesh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
