robolectric/robolectric

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Robolectric is the industry-standard unit testing framework for Android that runs tests in a simulated Android environment inside a JVM, avoiding slow and flaky emulators. It supports 14 Android API levels (23 through 36) and integrates with JUnit and Gradle-based Android builds.

Use cases

• run android unit tests fast without an emulator
• test android activities and ui behavior in the jvm
• speed up tdd for android apps
• simulate android framework behavior in tests
• test across multiple android api levels
• isolate android tests with controlled framework state

When to choose

• you want fast, reliable android unit tests without emulator overhead
• you need to test android components like activities and views in a jvm sandbox
• you practice tdd on an android project and need second-level test cycles
• you need to run tests against many android api versions

When to avoid

• you need true instrumentation on real devices or hardware sensors
• you need end-to-end integration tests with real android runtime behavior
• your tests depend on actual emulator-only features like real gpu rendering

Facets

framework · maturity active

testing e2e-testing mocking mobile-development testing android-tools jvm cli android unit-testing jvm emulator-free test-framework gradle

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