Android, Ant, Emma, Robotium

We started a new android project at work today.  Since there isn't any legacy development we wanted to get it started right, with a continuous integration environment so we wanted to automate the build and testing as an ant task.  I was unable to find anything on the android developer site outlining the process to set this up, so I turned to the internet.  Nothing on the first couple pages of google results had a complete recipe so I figured I ought to share the solution we used.

Requirements

• Eclipse
• Android SDK
• ADT
• Ant
• Robotium jar

Create Android Application

• File -> New -> Other...
• Open Android -> Select Android Project -> Click Next
• Set Project name, Android <Version>, Package name (The rest should be filled out with reasonable defaults)
• Click Finish

Add Ant Script

• Open terminal to project directory

% $ANDROID_HOME/tools/android update project --path .
Updated local.properties
Added file ./build.xml
Updated file ./proguard.cfg

Create Android Test Application

• File -> New -> Other...
• Open Android -> Select Android Test Project -> Click Next
• Set An existing Android project (The rest should be filled in with reasonable defaults)

Add Ant Script

• Open terminal to test project directory

% $ANDROID_HOME/android update test-project -m ../BigMeanRobot --path .
Resolved location of main project to: /Users/daya/src/BigMeanRobot/BigMeanRobot
Updated default.properties
Updated local.properties
Added file ./build.xml
Updated file ./proguard.cfg
Updated build.properties

Test Coverage Report

• Open terminal to test project directory

% ant coverage
...compile/install project...
...compile/install test project...
coverage:
        Running tests...
...cleanup...

• Open <test project root>/coverage/coverage.html

Add Robotium

• Download robotium-solo-<version>.jar to <test project root>/libs
• Add to test project
• File -> Properties
• Select Java Build Path -> Libraries -> Click Add Jar...
• Open Big Mean Robot -> libs
• Select robotium-solo-<version>.jar -> Click OK
• Click OK

Create Robotium Test