Automated testing method and system based on Android and mobile terminal

Abstract

The invention is suitable for the technical field of communications and provides an automated testing method and system based on Android and a mobile terminal. The invention has the following beneficial effects: a coordinate of at least an interface element of the tested program is firstly obtained, a simulated operation instruction can be still sent to some interface element of the tested program according to the coordinate of the interface element even though a system and the tested program do not belong to the same process so as to carry out out-of-process automated testing, thus the coverage of testing of the tested program is wider; white box testing is not needed for the automated testing technology, thus effectively ensuring security of program codes; and in addition, the man-machine interaction function is completely simulated by adopting the technology, thus reducing the program development cycle, reducing the human capital for test development and improving the testing efficiency.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of communication technology, in particular to an Android-based automated testing method, system and mobile terminal. Background technique [0002] The Android platform is a Linux-based open source mobile terminal operating system developed by Google (Google). It includes all the software necessary for the mobile terminal to work, such as the operating system, user interface, and applications. Google hopes to form an open ecosystem in the mobile industry by establishing a standardized and open mobile terminal software platform through in-depth partnerships with operators, equipment manufacturers, and developers. However, testing on the Android platform is still a new field. Many materials on the Internet are based on Junit (java unit testing) and Instrumentation (tools) automated testing frameworks. They are a powerful automated testing framework provided by Google. All life cycles of the program also provide functio...

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[0003] However, the Junit and Instrument automated testing frameworks belong to white-box testing and must have all the codes of the program under test, which poses a big challenge to the code security of various companies

Another important disadvantage of Instrument is that it cannot be tested across processes, because Instrument injects itself into the program under test, so it must be in the same process as the program under test, and it cannot control all cross-process interactions, but many commonly used on mobile terminals Operations are cross-process, which leads to narrow coverage of Instrument tests

However, traditional manual testing has defects such as narrow coverage, long cycle, and high labor cost.

[0004] In summary, the existing testing technology of the Android platform obviously has inconvenience and defects in actual use, so it is necessary to improve it.

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