Thanks a lot, this is great news! What's the process model configuration for this testing platform? Do these tests run in single process mode or are they running in some e10s like environment? Is there some documentation that explains what runs in which process?
Thanks, Ehsan On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 5:44 PM Geoffrey Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > This week some familiar tier 1 test suites began running on a new test > platform labelled "Android 7.0 x86" on treeherder. Only a few test suites > are running so far; more are planned. > > Like the existing "Android 4.2" and "Android 4.3" test platforms, these > tests run in an Android emulator running in a docker container (the same > Ubuntu-based image used for linux64 tests). The new platform runs an x86 > emulator using kvm acceleration, enabling tests to run much, much faster > than on the older platforms. As a bonus, the new platform uses Android 7.0 > ("Nougat", API 24) - more modern, more relevant. > > This test platform was added to support geckoview testing. Tests run in the > geckoview-based TestRunnerActivity (not Firefox for Android). > > To reproduce the main elements of this test environment locally: > - build for Android x86 (mozconfig with --target=i686-linux-android) > - 'mach android-emulator' or explicitly 'mach android-emulator --version > x86-7.0' > - install the geckoview androidTest apk > - run your test command using --app to specify the geckoview test app, > something like 'mach mochitest ... --app=org.mozilla.geckoview.test' > > Great thanks to the many people who have helped enable this test platform, > especially :wcosta for help with taskcluster and :jchen for investigating > test failures. > _______________________________________________ > dev-platform mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > -- Ehsan _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
