public abstract class ActivityInstrumentationTestCase
extends ActivityTestCase

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.test.InstrumentationTestCase
     ↳ android.test.ActivityTestCase
       ↳ android.test.ActivityInstrumentationTestCase<T extends android.app.Activity>


This class was deprecated in API level 3.
new tests should be written using ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2, which provides more options for configuring the Activity under test

This class provides functional testing of a single activity. The activity under test will be created using the system infrastructure (by calling InstrumentationTestCase.launchActivity()) and you will then be able to manipulate your Activity directly. Most of the work is handled automatically here by setUp() and tearDown().

If you prefer an isolated unit test, see ActivityUnitTestCase.

Summary

Public constructors

ActivityInstrumentationTestCase(String pkg, Class<T> activityClass)

Creates an ActivityInstrumentationTestCase in non-touch mode.

ActivityInstrumentationTestCase(String pkg, Class<T> activityClass, boolean initialTouchMode)

Creates an ActivityInstrumentationTestCase.

Public methods

T getActivity()
void testActivityTestCaseSetUpProperly()

Protected methods

void setUp()
void tearDown()

Make sure all resources are cleaned up and garbage collected before moving on to the next test.

Inherited methods

From class android.test.ActivityTestCase

Activity getActivity()
void scrubClass(Class<?> testCaseClass)

This function is called by various TestCase implementations, at tearDown() time, in order to scrub out any class variables.

void setActivity(Activity testActivity)

Set the activity under test.

From class android.test.InstrumentationTestCase

Instrumentation getInstrumentation()

Inheritors can access the instrumentation using this.

void injectInsrumentation(Instrumentation instrumentation)

This method was deprecated in API level 15. Incorrect spelling, use injectInstrumentation(android.app.Instrumentation) instead.

void injectInstrumentation(Instrumentation instrumentation)

Injects instrumentation into this test case.

final <T extends Activity> T launchActivity(String pkg, Class<T> activityCls, Bundle extras)

Utility method for launching an activity.

final <T extends Activity> T launchActivityWithIntent(String pkg, Class<T> activityCls, Intent intent)

Utility method for launching an activity with a specific Intent.

void runTest()

Runs the current unit test.

void runTestOnUiThread(Runnable r)

Helper for running portions of a test on the UI thread.

void sendKeys(int... keys)

Sends a series of key events through instrumentation and waits for idle.

void sendKeys(String keysSequence)

Sends a series of key events through instrumentation and waits for idle.

void sendRepeatedKeys(int... keys)

Sends a series of key events through instrumentation and waits for idle.

void tearDown()

Make sure all resources are cleaned up and garbage collected before moving on to the next test.

From class java.lang.Object

Object clone()

Creates and returns a copy of this object.

boolean equals(Object obj)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

void finalize()

Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.

final Class<?> getClass()

Returns the runtime class of this Object.

int hashCode()

Returns a hash code value for the object.

final void notify()

Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.

final void notifyAll()

Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.

String toString()

Returns a string representation of the object.

final void wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

final void wait(long timeoutMillis)

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

final void wait()

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Public constructors

ActivityInstrumentationTestCase

public ActivityInstrumentationTestCase (String pkg, 
                Class<T> activityClass)

Creates an ActivityInstrumentationTestCase in non-touch mode.

Parameters
pkg String: ignored - no longer in use.
activityClass Class: The activity to test. This must be a class in the instrumentation targetPackage specified in the AndroidManifest.xml

ActivityInstrumentationTestCase

public ActivityInstrumentationTestCase (String pkg, 
                Class<T> activityClass, 
                boolean initialTouchMode)

Creates an ActivityInstrumentationTestCase.

Parameters
pkg String: ignored - no longer in use.
activityClass Class: The activity to test. This must be a class in the instrumentation targetPackage specified in the AndroidManifest.xml
initialTouchMode boolean: true = in touch mode

Public methods

getActivity

public T getActivity ()
Returns
T Returns the activity under test.

testActivityTestCaseSetUpProperly

public void testActivityTestCaseSetUpProperly ()
Throws
Exception

Protected methods

setUp

protected void setUp ()
Throws
Exception

tearDown

protected void tearDown ()

Make sure all resources are cleaned up and garbage collected before moving on to the next test. Subclasses that override this method should make sure they call super.tearDown() at the end of the overriding method.

Throws
Exception

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