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I recently made this template on Github for people starting software development with Android who want to use Intellij or Android Studio who are planning on using different testing libraries with test coverage. I plan on adding more examples for Mockito and Espresso testing libraries. Here is the

Github link: https://github.com/jaredsburrows/AndroidGradleTemplate

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How to test Android with Gradle(Robolectric + EasyMock/PowerMock + JaCoCo + TravisCI)

How to test Android with Gradle + Android Studio + Robolectric + Mockito + EasyMock/PowerMock + JaCoCo + TravisCI

Here is my Github example:

https://github.com/jaredsburrows/AndroidGradleTemplate

AndroidGradleTemplate

Gradle + Android Studio + Robolectric + Mockito + EasyMock/PowerMock + JaCoCo

Technologies used:

• Building:
  • Gradle v2.4
  • Android Studio v1.2+
  • Android Gradle Build Tools v1.2.3 or Intellij v14.1.3+
  • Android SDK Build Tools v22.0.1
• Libraries:
  • Android SDK v22
  • Android Support-v4 v22.0.1
  • Android AppCompat-v7 v22.0.1
  • Android Google Play Services v7.3.0
• Testing:
  • JUnit v4.12
  • Hamcrest Matchers v1.3
  • Robolectric v3.0-RC2
  • Mockito v1.10.19
  • EasyMock v3.3.1
  • PowerMock v1.6.2
• Reporting:
  • JaCoCo Test Coverage
  • Coveralls
• Continuous Integration:
  • TravisCI

Works with the following Configurations:

• Multiple Modules
• Multiple Flavors
• Android Libraries

Getting Started:

• View JUnit and Hamcrest Tests
• View Robolectric Activity Tests
• View Robolectric Fragment Tests
• View EasyMock/PowerMock Tests

Android Studio or Intellij Support(Simple):

1. Import/Open this project with Android Studio/Intellij(click on build.gradle)
2. Change the Build Variant Test Artifact to Unit Tests instead of Instrumentation Tests

Comand Line(Advanced):

Clone with Git:

• git clone https://github.com/jaredsburrows/AndroidGradleTemplate.git
• cd AndroidGradleTemplate

Installing/Running with Gradle:

• Install the debug flavor on your Android Device:
  • gradlew installDebug
• Install and Run the debug flavor on your Android Device:
  • gradlew runDebug

Testing with Gradle:

• Run all tests in all flavors:
  • gradlew test
• Run single test in all flavors:
  • gradlew test --tests="*MainActivityTest*"
• Run all the debug flavor tests:
  • gradlew testDebug
• Run single test in the debug flavor:
  • gradlew testDebug --tests="*MainActivityTest*"
• Run single test in the debug flavor with Jacoco test reports:
  • gradlew testDebug --tests="*MainActivityTest*" jacocoTestReport

License

Copyright (C) 2015 AndroidGradleTemplate by Jared Burrows

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

Featured on Wired.com

Recently I was featured in an article on Wired.com


Read the article here:

http://www.wired.com/2015/03/forget-pc-real-crapware-problem-android/

How to completely remove Android Studio from Mac OSX

How to completely remove Android Studio from Mac OSX

rm -rf ~/Library/Application Support/AndroidStudio
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/AndroidStudio
rm -rf ~/Library/Logs/AndroidStudio
rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/AndroidStudio

How to completely remove Google Chrome from Mac OSX

How to completely remove Google's Chrome from Mac OSX

Delete Google folder from ~/Library/Application Support
Delete below folders from ~/Library/Caches
Delete ~/Library/Google folder

Gradle iOS Plugin

Gradle iOS Plugin

This plugin is in Beta and Open Source:

https://github.com/jaredsburrows/gradle-ios-plugin

There is an example repository here:

https://github.com/jaredsburrows/gradle-ios-plugin-example


There is an Android Plugin for Gradle, why isn't there one for iOS?

Example "build.gradle":

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath 'burrows.apps.ios:gradle:0.0.1'
    }
}

apply plugin: 'com.ios.application'

ios {
    compileSdkVersion '8.1'     //  iOS SDK version
    buildToolsVersion '6.1'     //  XCode version

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 8         // Minimum iOS SDK version
        targetSdkVersion 19     // Target iOS SDK version
        versionCode 1           // *optional*
        versionName '1.0'       // *optional*
    }

    // Cocoa Pods
    pods {
        pod 'Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK'
        pod 'GoogleAnalytics-iOS-SDK'
    }
}

dependencies {
    ...
}

How to make more money with Android and Admob?

Improving Admob Revenue

Check out this awesome link on suggestion on how to improve Admob!

http://www.mobiadage.com/2013/01/3-steps-to-increase-mobile-ad-revenue.html

How to use the same C++ code for Android and iOS?

Best tutorial on using C++ code with iOS and Android

Please read this wonderful StackOverflow post:

http://stackoverflow.com/a/18334548/950427