Alexey Perfilov is an automation test engineer in Mail.Ru Group. He specializes in writing tests for Android as well as in the architecture of continuous integration systems that ensure fast and smooth development process.
Sooner or later, physical mobile devices will appear in the integration system of every relatively large Android project. The need to fix mistakes, perform non-standard test cases and simply test for the presence of certain features all inevitably require an actual device. Regression testing is one of the most time-consuming tasks when developing a mobile Android app. Using myMail as a case study, Alexey Perfilov would like to share his experience and advice on how to build a flexible and extensible automated testing system for Android smartphones — from scratch.
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