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androidui-automation
user1340068
user1340068

Reputation: 59

Are there ways to get android app view hierarchy from another android app?

I'm researching ways to do android automation running on the device, without any workstation connection.

My approach is like this, i modified monkey's source, and is able to start 3rd party app (which i don't have the source access), I can send the keystrokes to the app too. But now I'm facing another problem, i need access properties of some ui elements, for e.g. get button's text for verification purpose.

How can i get the system's (or top activity's) hierarchy from my app?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2454

Answers (3)

qtmspin
qtmspin

Reputation: 119

I'd start by looking at the hierarchy with this:

https://madcoda.com/2013/01/inspect-the-view-hierarchy-of-any-android-app/ https://developer.android.com/studio/profile/ddms.html

And then writing the code with the use of the Accessibility class to access it. http://www.apps4android.org/?p=3628

Upvotes: 1

arne.jans
arne.jans

Reputation: 3856

There is a way, check out Robotium here: http://code.google.com/p/robotium/ It is open source, so you should be able to check out how they do it.

You don't need access to sources of the target app.

Upvotes: 2

Buda Gavril
Buda Gavril

Reputation: 21657

No, there is no way to accomplish this.

Upvotes: 2

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