linkedin/test-butler
Reliable Android Testing, at your service observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
50/100
- Activity 61
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3688
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 238
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1044 stars · 94 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Test Butler is an Android testing library plus companion emulator app that stabilizes the Android emulator for automated UI tests. It disables animations, crash/ANR dialogs, and sleep behaviors, and lets tests toggle WiFi, orientation, locale, location modes, and runtime permissions.
Use cases
- run espresso tests without emulator animations breaking them
- prevent ANR and crash dialogs from failing android ui tests
- simulate no wifi connectivity during android tests
- change device orientation from test code
- grant runtime permissions programmatically in tests
- set app locale to test localization
- keep emulator cpu and wifi awake during test runs
When to choose
- you run android instrumentation or espresso tests on emulators in CI
- you need to toggle emulator settings like wifi, orientation, or locale from tests
- flaky emulator behavior like animations or system dialogs is causing test failures
When to avoid
- you test only on physical devices, since the companion app requires the emulator system keystore
- your tests are pure JVM unit tests with no emulator involvement
- you need a solution actively maintained for the latest android versions
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
testing e2e-testing testing mobile-development developer-tools jvm cli android-emulator espresso ui-testing test-stability android-library android
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/linkedin/test-butler · fetched 2026-08-28 · a8fcc7890d13
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| linkedin/test-butler | main | 50 |
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