Oreo, Nougat, Marshmallow and Lollipop: Effective Android Testing in 2019
summary
Provides Docker images that run Android emulators (Android 5–8) inside Selenoid/Selenite so Appium tests execute in containers. Images include ADB, UIAutomator, Chrome mobile with matching ChromeDriver, VNC and ffmpeg for video; orchestration creates/destroys container per session and uses emulator snapshots to reduce cold starts from ~30–40s to ~5–10s. Describes cluster-scale operation (example: ~2,000 emulators across ~100 servers; platform can support >5,000 parallel browsers and ~2.5M sessions/day).
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:51Android testing matters
- 8:26Device farms vs emulators
- 13:43Android automation challenges
- 16:56Docker quick start
- 21:53Android testing with Selenoid
- 29:48Mobile web in Chrome
- 37:50Solution limits and requirements
- 39:35Summary
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