Capture-replay testing for android applications

Chien Hung Liu; Chien Yu Lu; Shan Jen Cheng; Koan Yuh Chang; Yung Chia Hsiao; Weng Ming Chu

doi:10.1109/IS3C.2014.293

Capture-replay testing for android applications

Chien Hung Liu, Chien Yu Lu, Shan Jen Cheng, Koan Yuh Chang, Yung Chia Hsiao, Weng Ming Chu

Department of Industrial Education and Technology

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

27 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

With the widespread popularity of Android devices, the number of Android applications has increased dramatically in recent years. In order to assure the quality of the applications, Android testing has drawn extensive attention. This paper proposes an approach to automate the testing of Android applications based on the Capture and Replay method. Particularly, the user events of Android applications are captured and converted into Robotium test scripts that can be executed to replay the recorded actions of users. The approach also allows inserting assertions when capturing user interactions for verifying the outputs of Android UI components. A supporting tool is implemented to illustrate the usefulness of the proposed approach.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2014 International Symposium on Computer, Consumer and Control, IS3C 2014
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	1129-1132
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781479952779
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IS3C.2014.293
Publication status	Published - 2014 Jan 1
Event	2nd International Symposium on Computer, Consumer and Control, IS3C 2014 - Taichung, Taiwan Duration: 2014 Jun 10 → 2014 Jun 12

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - 2014 International Symposium on Computer, Consumer and Control, IS3C 2014

Other

Other	2nd International Symposium on Computer, Consumer and Control, IS3C 2014
Country	Taiwan
City	Taichung
Period	14-06-10 → 14-06-12

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Computer Science Applications
Control and Systems Engineering

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Liu, C. H., Lu, C. Y., Cheng, S. J., Chang, K. Y., Hsiao, Y. C., & Chu, W. M. (2014). Capture-replay testing for android applications. In Proceedings - 2014 International Symposium on Computer, Consumer and Control, IS3C 2014 (pp. 1129-1132). [6846085] (Proceedings - 2014 International Symposium on Computer, Consumer and Control, IS3C 2014). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/IS3C.2014.293

Liu, Chien Hung ; Lu, Chien Yu ; Cheng, Shan Jen ; Chang, Koan Yuh ; Hsiao, Yung Chia ; Chu, Weng Ming. / Capture-replay testing for android applications. Proceedings - 2014 International Symposium on Computer, Consumer and Control, IS3C 2014. IEEE Computer Society, 2014. pp. 1129-1132 (Proceedings - 2014 International Symposium on Computer, Consumer and Control, IS3C 2014).

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Liu, CH, Lu, CY, Cheng, SJ, Chang, KY, Hsiao, YC & Chu, WM 2014, Capture-replay testing for android applications. in Proceedings - 2014 International Symposium on Computer, Consumer and Control, IS3C 2014., 6846085, Proceedings - 2014 International Symposium on Computer, Consumer and Control, IS3C 2014, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 1129-1132, 2nd International Symposium on Computer, Consumer and Control, IS3C 2014, Taichung, Taiwan, 14-06-10. https://doi.org/10.1109/IS3C.2014.293

Capture-replay testing for android applications. / Liu, Chien Hung; Lu, Chien Yu; Cheng, Shan Jen; Chang, Koan Yuh; Hsiao, Yung Chia; Chu, Weng Ming.

Proceedings - 2014 International Symposium on Computer, Consumer and Control, IS3C 2014. IEEE Computer Society, 2014. p. 1129-1132 6846085 (Proceedings - 2014 International Symposium on Computer, Consumer and Control, IS3C 2014).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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