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user952342
user952342

Reputation: 2752

custom parameter when launching android test from command line

I can launch my Android applications Junit/Robotium tests from the command line like this:

adb shell am instrument -w com.myapp.client.test/android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner

However, I want to somehow include a custom parameter that allows me specify whether the test is to be run in "Portrait" mode or "landscape" mode.

How can I:

  1. specify that custom parameter in the command-line command?

  2. How can I access that custom parameter's value in the Java code?

Thanks

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2960

Answers (4)

user952342
user952342

Reputation: 2752

I made a hack solution to this. It doesn't look like there is a clean solution here.

My hack is to utilize the "small", "medium", and "large" attributes that you can attach to tests.

   @MediumTest
    public void testPortraitTest1() throws Exception{
        this.MetaDataTest(Solo.PORTRAIT);        
    }

    @LargeTest
    public void testLanscapeTest1() throws Exception{
        this.MetaDataTest(Solo.LANDSCAPE);        
    }

then you can use your batch file to call the medium tests first and then the large tests, like this:

adb shell am instrument -w -e size medium com.me.client.test/android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner 
adb shell am instrument -w -e size large com.me.client.test/android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner

shame on google for not making this easier.

Upvotes: 0

peetasan
peetasan

Reputation: 857

You can specify a custom parameter using 

adb shell am insrument -e <NAME> <VALUE> <package/runner>

You can reach it's value using the bundle that is available if you override the onCreate method of the InstrumentationTestRunner.

E.g:

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

 super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

 value = (String) savedInstanceState.get("name");

}

Upvotes: 4

Franck
Franck

Reputation: 522

The way I did this is:

Before I run the test, I save a text file in the sdcard\

When the test starts, in the setUp, I parse each line of the text file and extract the key/value

arg1=valueX arg2=valueY

Upvotes: 0

apoorvn
apoorvn

Reputation: 43

You can extend Android Instrumentation runner and override oncreate() method to get custom parameter from command line. Use your customized instrumentation runner while executing test cases.

public class CustomInstrumentationRunner extends android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner{

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle arguments) {
    //process you parameters here.     
super.onCreate(arguments);
}

@Override
public void onStart() {
    try {
       logger = CustomLogger.GetLogger();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        throw new RuntimeException(e);
    }
    super.onStart();
}

Upvotes: 3

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