General installation steps

You can find the general installation guide for Calabash for Android here:

https://github.com/calabash/calabash-android/blob/master/documentation/installation.md

Once all the needed tools are installed (Ruby and Android SDK), run the following command:

$ sudo gem install calabash-android

The calabash-android command should be available in the path.

Create a new test

$ mkdir new-calabash-test
$ cd new-calabash-test
$ calabash-android gen

This generates a new feature directory inside the new-calabash-test directory. The feature directory contains my_first.feature-file, step_definitions-directory, and support-directory. For a simple test only, edit my_first.feature-file. Here is the list of predefined steps required: https://github.com/calabash/calabash-android/blob/master/ruby-gem/lib/calabash-android/canned_steps.md

Run the first test

Here is an example of a Calabash test:

Feature: Click items
  Scenario: Run whole app
   When I press the view with id "radio0"
   Then I wait
   Then I press the view with id "radio1"
   Then I wait
   Then I press the view with id "radio2"
   Then I take a screenshot
   Then I wait
   Then I enter text "Hello Calabash" into the field with id "editText1"
   Then I take a screenshot
   Then I wait
   Then I press the view with id "button1"
   Then I wait
   Then I take a screenshot
   Then I go back
   Then I wait
   Then I press the view with id "radio1"
   Then I wait
   Then I press the view with id "button1"
   Then I wait
   Then I take a screenshot

Calabash requires the application to have the INTERNET permission enabled in the AndroidManifest.xml file.

If the application has not been signed yet, you can do it with Calabash:

$ calabash-android resign {path-to-apk}

Now, you should be ready to run the Calabash test locally. Go to new-calabash-test-directory and run:

$ calabash-android run {path-to-apk}

The output should look as follows:

Feature: Click items
Scenario: Run whole app # features/my_first.feature:3
  2485 KB/s (554161 bytes in 0.217s)
  2282 KB/s (100963 bytes in 0.043s)
  When I press the view with id "radio0" # calabash-android-0.4.14/lib/calabash-android/steps/press_button_steps.rb:13
  Then I wait # calabash-android-0.4.14/lib/calabash-android/steps/progress_steps.rb:5
  Then I press the view with id "radio1" # calabash-android-0.4.14/lib/calabash-android/steps/press_button_steps.rb:13
  Then I wait # calabash-android-0.4.14/lib/calabash-android/steps/progress_steps.rb:5
  Then I press the view with id "radio2" # calabash-android-0.4.14/lib/calabash-android/steps/press_button_steps.rb:13
  Then I take a screenshot # calabash-android-0.4.14/lib/calabash-android/steps/screenshot_steps.rb:9
  Then I wait # calabash-android-0.4.14/lib/calabash-android/steps/progress_steps.rb:5
  Then I enter text "Hello Calabash" into the field with id "editText1" # calabash-android-0.4.14/lib/calabash-android/steps/enter_text_steps.rb:25
  Then I take a screenshot # calabash-android-0.4.14/lib/calabash-android/steps/screenshot_steps.rb:9
  Then I wait # calabash-android-0.4.14/lib/calabash-android/steps/progress_steps.rb:5
  Then I press the view with id "button1" # calabash-android-0.4.14/lib/calabash-android/steps/press_button_steps.rb:13
  Then I wait # calabash-android-0.4.14/lib/calabash-android/steps/progress_steps.rb:5
  Then I take a screenshot # calabash-android-0.4.14/lib/calabash-android/steps/screenshot_steps.rb:9
  Then I go back # calabash-android-0.4.14/lib/calabash-android/steps/navigation_steps.rb:1
  Then I wait # calabash-android-0.4.14/lib/calabash-android/steps/progress_steps.rb:5
  Then I press the view with id "radio1" # calabash-android-0.4.14/lib/calabash-android/steps/press_button_steps.rb:13
  Then I wait # calabash-android-0.4.14/lib/calabash-android/steps/progress_steps.rb:5
  Then I press the view with id "button1" # calabash-android-0.4.14/lib/calabash-android/steps/press_button_steps.rb:13
  Then I wait # calabash-android-0.4.14/lib/calabash-android/steps/progress_steps.rb:5
  Then I take a screenshot # calabash-android-0.4.14/lib/calabash-android/steps/screenshot_steps.rb:9
  1 scenario (1 passed)
  20 steps (20 passed)
  0m47.002s

If your test takes screenshots, they should be stored as png-files in new-calabash-test-directory.

Run Calabash Android test in BitBar Testing

The following steps will help you get your Calabash tests up and running on over 250 Android devices:

Log in to BitBar Testing.
Create a new project.
Upload your .apk application.

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Create a zip package from your feature directory.
Upload the test zip package.

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Select devices.

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Check advanced configurations.
Run the project.
Verify the results.

Getting Started With Calabash

General installation steps

Create a new test

Run the first test

Run Calabash Android test in BitBar Testing

See Also