Robotium Recorder

What do you like best?

Robotium Recorder is based on the open source Robotium test automation framework. It allows you to easily create test cases for your android app and re-run them later.

Installation is simple, it works as a plugin for either Eclipse or Android Studio.

To record a test case all you need to do is run the application on an emulator and perform the actions you'd like to test, Robotium will record each click as a step. When you are done, you can remove the steps you don't want and save the test case. so, basically, anyone can use it to create a test case.

It works directly on your app APKs file.

Execution of the test case can be done at the same pace you recorded them, or at a fast pace if you disable the sleeps between steps.

The same test case can be executed on any android version, device and screen size.

Overall, this is an easy way to write tests for your android apps using an extension of the android test framework.

What do you dislike?

I think Robotium Recorder does what it set up to set very well, however, some very minor limitations would be:

It's only support a single app at a time, so if your app switches to another app (such as video player) that won't be recorded.

There is no support for web applications.

It's android only.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

Test cases is a must for testing, and Robotium makes it very easy.

There is a free trial available, it is limited to few saved test cases, but should be enough to tell if this is the right tool for you.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

It's always important to have test cases when you make changes to your app, and robotium does it well.

The step by step trace also help tracking bugs that you might normally find hard to re-create.