Difference between ActivityUnitTestCase and ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2

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I am new to Android Instrumentation cases. i have been looking at the API samples and see that sometimes we use ActivityUnitTestCase and the ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2. What is the difference between the two ? When would we use one over the other ?

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 13 '13 at 00:47

See the difference discussed here: http://www.vogella.com/articles/AndroidTesting/article.html#activity_testing

Key points:

ActivityUnitTestCase can be used for testing layout and isolated methods.
ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2 can be used when you want to send touch/mouse events and to test state management.

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered May 09 '13 at 18:24

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ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2 class used for functional testing and ActivityUnitTestCase used for Unit testing an Activity.

answered May 09 '13 at 18:24

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