Android Functional Testing vs Dependency Injection
I commonly use Dependency Injection (DI) to create testable Java code. Dependency injection is simple: instead of having your objects find their own dependencies, you pass them in via the constructor...
View ArticleAndroid Testing: XML Reports for Continuous Integration
Summary This post introduces the Android JUnit Report Test Runner, a custom instrumentation test runner for Android that produces XML test reports. Using this runner you can integrate your Android test...
View ArticleSimpler Ant Builds With the Ant Script Library
Introduction Ant may be unfashionable these days, but it still has its advantages. Key among these are familiarity and simplicity: most Java developers have worked with Ant, and with an Ant build what...
View ArticleAndroid JUnit XML Reports: Multiple File Support
Due to popular demand, I’ve added support for multiple output files (one per test suite) to android-junit-report. For simplicity and efficiency, android-junit-report does not produce files in the exact...
View ArticleAndroid: Attaching Sources to Libraries in Eclipse
Since ADT r17, Android projects in Eclipse have had a nice property: all jars in your libs directory have been automatically picked up by Eclipse projects under a magic “Android Dependencies” entry in...
View ArticleNew Android Ant Tasks: lint and ndkbuild
I’m back into Android development these days, and expect plenty more to come (especially with a Nexus 7 due to arrive today!). So my Android-related projects on GitHub should be getting some...
View ArticleAndroid: Easier Source Linking in Eclipse
In my prior post Android: Attaching Sources to Libraries in Eclipse I noted that ADT version r20 added the ability to link sources to libraries in the Android Dependencies classpath container in...
View ArticleAndroid JUnit Report Updates
Recently I’ve made a few updates to my custom Android test runner, android-junit-report. This runner makes it easy to integrate your Android test results into a continuous integration process by...
View ArticleOpen Source at Zutubi
At Zutubi we’ve reaped massive benefits over the years from open source. We’ve contributed back bits and pieces in that time — feedback and patches — but always felt we could do more. You may have...
View ArticleAndroid: JUnit XML Reports with Gradle
The Android development tools project has seen big changes over the last year. The original Eclipse ADT development environment was superseded late last year by Android Studio — a new IDE based on...
View ArticleObscure Gradle Error: RSA premaster secret error
Just a quick post in case anyone else runs into the same obscure scenario. Setting up a new Gradle project on my OSX dev machine, the build could not download any files from Maven Central. When trying...
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