Overview of Testing in Android
Explore the fundamentals of testing in Android development. Understand different test types such as unit, integration, and end-to-end tests, and learn how to apply JUnit for local tests and Espresso for instrumentation tests. This lesson helps you ensure app quality and reduce manual testing effort.
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Introduction
Testing is integral to software development, and Android app development is no different. Depending on the size and complexity of the application, we might choose to use automated testing or perform manual testing. Manual tests work well if our app contains just a few simple flows. As the complexity of the application increases, we can easily miss edge cases and introduce bugs. Every time a new version of the app is released, we need to retest the existing flows for regression.
Manual testing doesn’t scale well. We can use tools to set up ...