Where do the Android tests belong?

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Examines why many Android projects end up with an inverted test pyramid (heavy UI/end-to-end tests, few unit tests) and the platform-specific obstacles to unit testing. Describes experimenting with design patterns (MVP, MVVM) and testing tools (JUnit, Robolectric, Espresso, Calabash), presents a working app example, and shows a TDD-driven mixed MVP/MVVM pattern and how to place and write tests at each layer to achieve a healthier test pyramid.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 5:38IMPORTANCE OF TESTS
3. 10:34INVERTED TEST PYRAMID
4. 15:35WHY LESS UNIT TESTS?
5. 29:38BEFORE MODEL-VIEW-PRESENTER
6. 33:23MIX OF MVVM AND MVP

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