ROBOTIUM Remote

This is the remote solution for Robotium.

This solution has a standalone server apk and takes use of the client side and message mechanism of solution from activars (https://github.com/activars/remote-robotium)

COMPILE FROM SOURCE

To setup development enviroment in Eclipse, you need to install M2E, and import the pom file in the project root.

After importing, there will be 4 projects:

robotium-remote: the root project.
robotium-common: the common library (message handling classes)
robotium-agent: the server side code which need to be compiled as android project, and installed on the phone. Use instrumentaion command to start the server.
robotium-client: client side code through which user can control the phone with the agent started.

Follow the steps to compile and run

Run Maven Install on project robotium-common and robotium-client.
Right click on 'src' folder on project robotium-agent, and select Build Path then Use as Source Folder.
Run project robotium-agent as android project.

Start your emulator with the robotium-agent installed.
Run this command on shell: adb shell am instrument -w com.aps.arobot.agent/.RIS

Install android example project 'Notepad' on the emulator.
Open project robotium-client and Use as Source Folder for folder 'src/main/test'
Run 'example.android.notepad.test.' as JUnit Test.

Install Jython.
Run mvn clean package assembly:single on project robotium-common and robotium-client.
run the jython command: jython -Dpython.path=android.jar:robotium-common-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar:robotium-client-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar
Copy the lines in file examples/rclient.py to the jython shell.

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