1. Calabash-Driver –
Test Automation for Android
Apps
Dominik Dary
Mobile Test Summit San Francisco
1. November 2012

2. TEST AUTOMATION OF THE
ANDROID APPS
•We use calabash-android on the device and have
created the Open Source project Calabash-Driver
•Calabash-Driver integrates the existing open source
project Calabash-Android into the Selenium Grid
•Calabash-Driver offers a convenient Webdriver like
Java API for writing tests
http://calabash-driver.github.com/
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3. TEST AUTOMATION OF ANDROID APPS
Selenium Grid
TestNG Hub
Test
http
http
Instrumentation
http Backend**
Calabash
Calabash Android
Jetty Server
Driver Connecto
r
eBay App
ADB
Connec- USB
tion
QE Machine Device
Calabash Server
Backend
** Component by the open source project Calabash-Android: http://calaba.sh
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4. ANDROID APP TEST CASE
Tests
Flow Objects
Objects
Dialog
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5. ADVANTAGES OF USING
CALABASH-DRIVER
•Solution can be integrated into the Selenium Grid
which enables us to scale
•The concept of automated testing the
Web, Win32, mobile Web and native apps is the
same
•Fast Rampup for the testers and quick return on
investment
•Calabash-Driver supports the interaction with
elements based on the Localization (L10n) resource
bundle key
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6. FORK ME AT GITHUB
•Github:
http://calabash-driver.github.com
•Detailed Talk from Google Developer Group DevFest
http://youtu.be/BExAKDslV9I
•Practical Demo:
https://github.com/DominikDary/gdg-devfest-zrh
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7. Thank You!
Questions or Comments?
Dominik Dary
Staff Software Engineer in Test
E-mail: ddary@ebay.com
G+: Dominik Dary
Twitter: @DomeLG
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