Finding the right test framework is the key for getting your automated process right. This slide-show is a list of a few automated UI test frameworks, each with its characteristics, for Android and iOS.

1. AUTOMATED
UI TESTING
FRAMEWORKS

2. RobotiumSelendroidEspressoUI Automator
AppiumCalabashUI Automation
iOS-DriverKIF
Finding the right
test framework is
the key for getting
your automated
testing process
right.

3. Robotium

4. open-source framework for native or
hybrid Android apps
grey-box tests: the .apk is sufficient,
no source code is needed
simple and basic API for writing UI tests

5. Selendroid

6. based on Selenium; it´s a test automation tool for
hybrid or native Android apps
tests are written using the Selenium Client 2 API
for the tests you just need the .apk

7. espresso

8. open-source framework directly developed by
Google for native Android apps
the executed test .apk is synchronised by the
framework with the Android UI thread
white-box tests are written in Java, using
Hamcrest matchers to simplify the reading and
writing of test scripts

9. UI Automator

10. UI Automator
testing tool from Google which allows to test
native Android apps
cross-app functional UI testing across system
and installed apps
black-box automated tests written in Java

11. appium

12. open-source cross platform framework
for native, hybrid and mobile web apps for
iOS and Android
uses WebDriver JSON Wire Protocol to drive
and test the UI of mobile apps
client libraries:
Ruby, Python, Java, JavaScript, PHP, C#

13. Calabash

14. cross-platform framework for native and hybrid
iOS and Android apps
possible to write automated UI tests in Cucumber,
which uses Gherkin as a domain-specific-language;
actual test automation is performed with Ruby
to perform the tests you just need the .apk

15. UI Automation

16. iOS testing tool provided by Apple
record the tests or write them manually in
JavaScript
runs without source code, but has limited
functionality

17. iOS-Driver

18. automates native, hybrid and mobile web apps for iOS
uses the Selenium WebDriver API
supported languages: C#, Clojure, Java, JavaScript,
Objectve-C, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby

19. (Keep It Functional)
KIF

20. open-source framework for native iOS apps
source code is needed and it uses the accessibility
labels provided by the app
write the automated tests using Objective-C and can
be fully integrated with Xcode

21. Robotium
Selendroid
Espresso
UI Automator
Appium
Calabash
UI Automation
iOS-Driver
KIF
Android iOS native hybrid web

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