A semi-automatic testing method for Android applications based on dependency injection

Abstract

A dependency-injection Android application semi-automatization test method, wherein same can acquire, in combination with the advantages of a manual test and a random test, an application call-related system dependency request by using an Xposed frame, provide various dependencies required for the proper running of an application during testing, and improve a test coverage rate; and can efficiently detect bugs. The method comprises: an Android phone preprocessing process, a target program code insertion process, a random test process, and a dependency injection process. By using the method, a dependency request, during an application testing process, can be automatically detected in a lightweight manner, and a resource-type dependency is automatically provided to solve the problem of a missing dependency during an automatic testing process. Moreover, proposed is a method for performing semi-automatization testing, wherein complex interactions can be solved in combination with a manual method, and the features of unexpected defects can be discovered by providing user-dependent advantages and a random test, thus improving the efficiency and quality of an automatization test.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of mobile application testing, in particular to a semi-automatic testing method for Android applications based on dependency injection. Background technique [0002] With the popularity of smartphones, mobile apps have gradually become a part of our daily life. Due to the fragmentation of the Android system and devices, many apps cannot be fully tested at present. We can see a lot from the negative reviews in the Android market. The application is defective. At present, mobile testing technology is mainly divided into manual testing and automatic testing. It is generally believed that manual testing is time-consuming, labor-intensive and error-prone, but humans are intelligent and can generate valuable test cases and improve test results. Due to its open source characteristics and huge market share, Android has attracted a group of researchers to study and develop many automated testing tools, among which Monkey is a...

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Android applications need a lot of external dependencies to run correctly. For example, the music player needs music files to play, and the email client needs the user to provide an available email account to access its main functions. If these dependencies are not provided, it is difficult for automatic testing tools to pass the generated events to reach application states that real users can easily reach, making it nearly impossible to test the main functionality of these applications

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