# RobotiumTech/robotium

Android UI Testing

Repository: https://github.com/RobotiumTech/robotium
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/robotium
Homepage: http://www.robotium.org
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-09-28T16:14:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6110, "days_push": 1800, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2852, forks 780 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:25.707874+00:00)

## What it is
Robotium is an Android UI test automation framework for writing black-box functional, system, and acceptance tests for native and hybrid Android applications. It supports testing across multiple Android activities with runtime binding to UI components for more robust test cases.

## Use cases
- automate UI tests for Android apps
- write black-box tests for native and hybrid Android applications
- run user acceptance test scenarios spanning multiple activities
- integrate Android UI tests into CI with Maven or Gradle
- make Android instrumentation tests more readable and robust

## When to choose
- you need black-box UI testing for Android apps with minimal knowledge of the app internals
- your test scenarios span multiple Android activities
- you want simple, readable test cases that integrate with Gradle/Maven CI pipelines

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new Android project - Espresso or UI Automator are more actively maintained
- you need cross-platform mobile testing (iOS and Android) - consider Appium
- you require recent Android platform support or active community development

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: testing, e2e-testing
- domain: mobile-development, testing
- platform: jvm
- tags: android-ui-testing, black-box-testing, test-automation, hybrid-apps, instrumentation, android

## Member repositories
- RobotiumTech/robotium (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:25.707874+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:36:52.730070+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/RobotiumTech/robotium (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:25.707874+00:00, sha afad74294225)
  - homepage: http://www.robotium.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:52:31.076603+00:00, sha 6549c05c4ca0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.