Testing Android Applications
With IntelliJ IDEA you can generate and run unit tests for your Android applications using Android Testing Framework. Unit tests are stored in a dedicated module related to the target module that is going to be tested. Each module requires a separate test module. To execute unit tests, IntelliJ IDEA provides an Android-specific run configuration.
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To create a module for Android unit tests
- Select File | New | Module from the main menu, or New | Module from the context menu of the Project tool window.
- On the first page of the New Module wizard that opens, select Test Module.
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On the next step of the wizard, specify the module name, the location of the
.imlmodule file and the content root of the module. - From the Tested module drop-down list, select the module against which you are going to run unit tests. Click Finish.
IntelliJ IDEA creates a module with the specified name and a stub test class for your main activity with the default name <main activity class name>.test.
Complete the stub and populate
A default Android run configuration is created automatically.
To run unit tests for an Android application
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Specify the tests that you want to run. Do one of the following:
- To run a single test, open it in the editor and select Run | Android Test from the context menu. IntelliJ IDEA creates an Android Test temporary run configuration.
- To run all tests in a class or an entire test module, create an Android Test run/debug configuration.
- Select a run/debug configuration from the drop-down list on the main toolbar and start the test according to it.
- Monitor the test execution and view test results in the Test Runner tab of the Run tool window.