Firstly, I will avoid introductions to Android since it is covered in many books already, and I am inclined to believe that if you are reading a book that covers this more advanced topic, you will have already started with Android development.
I will be reviewing the main concepts behind testing, and the techniques, frameworks, and tools available to deploy your testing strategy on Android.
After this overview, we can put the concepts learned into practice. In this chapter we will cover:
Setting up the infrastructure to test on Android
Running unit tests using JUnit
Creating an Android instrumentation test project
Running multiple tests
We will be creating a simple Android project and its companion tests. The main project will be bare bones so that you can concentrate on the testing components.
I would suggest that new developers with no Android testing experience read this book. If you have more experience with Android projects and have been using testing techniques for them, you might read this chapter as a revision or reaffirmation of the concepts.